Jonathan Calderon | Are we alone?

Are We Alone?

A Postmodern Fantasy About God, Aliens, and the Holocaust

A series of interconnected stories depicting humanity's struggle to truly connect with one another.

An animal rights activist, after attempting to assassinate a former Soviet scientist who conducted pioneering medical experiments on animals, pretends to be a dog to escape prison.
A woman wearing a coat for two searches for her Siamese twin who was abducted by aliens. Playwright Jonathan Calderon, born at the exact moment of Voyager's launch, confesses his loneliness to a webcam performer during a live stream.
Ann Druyan's recorded stream of consciousness, preserved on the Golden Record and now somewhere at the edges of the solar system, connects to the Internet and disrupts the data stream of the webcam site.

Through these interwoven narratives, the play attempts to answer the profound question: "Are we alone?"

Quotes from the play

I was born on September 5, 1977, at Assaf Harofeh Hospital. On the same day at the other end of the world, the US space agency launched The probe Voyager 1 Space. We both have the same mission: to make contact.

Jonathan Calderon

Every person you've ever loved, every person you've ever known, every person you've ever heard of, every human being you've ever been, lives their lives on a grain of dust hanging from a horn sun.

Prof. Carl Sagan

They separated us by force. We didn't want to. We were told it was dangerous. That we will not be able to continue living. The operation was complicated. Our blood vessels were woven together. Our internal organs were embraced. Our thoughts were connected.

twin sister

We are building a cultural Noah's Ark here. With all the good will, we will not be able to bring all of humanity's history into it. Part of history will have to be lost in the flood. God Himself also destroyed the world He created. Erase the bad and keep the good.

Prof. Carl Sagan

Let your light shine on the dark churches, and the gleaming canyons. Let your light shine on the fertile soil, buried under high-speed interchanges. Let your light shine on the Moon, which is covered by footprints.

AnneDruyan's stream of consciousness

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