King Lear was Never Here

Audiences are invited to Carrboro for a wildly unique spin on Shakespeare’s “King Lear” featuring only his daughters! This all-women production imagines Lear as a hulking tech monolith that speaks only through a green chime of approval or a red buzzer of disapproval.

Cordelia, Regan and Goneril are caught in a loop of forever performing for a man who can assure their safety at the price of their obedience — until that cycle is shattered.

Intimate, funny and heart-pounding, “King Lear Was Never Here” explores surveillance, obedience, the fawn response and what happens when proximity to power breaks down.