'Marjorie Prime' Depicts a Near-Future with Robot Companions

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jan 6, 2016

Award-winning actress Lois Smith and writer Jordan Harrison talk about their critically acclaimed production, “Marjorie Prime.” The play was a 2015 Pulitzer Prize finalist. It's set in the near-future at a time when robots serve as companions to the elderly. Smith plays Marjorie, an 85-year-old-woman facing the onset of dementia who is given a young, male robot to keep her company. 

Runs through January 24 at Playwrights' Horizons Mainstage Theater (416 W 42nd Street). For tickets and more information, click here. 

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