Cyber:\womb is a contemporary, domestic speculative fiction drama in two-acts.
Set in the last decade of the last century, Oneida desperately wants a baby. After her third and final failed attempt at invitro-fertilization, abandoned by her husband, Oneida becomes immersed in technology-based speculations and pre-natal discoveries as she tries to conceive her own cybernetic pregnancy. How will she and her experimental twins thrive in this dangerous new world order where only “perfect” babies are granted Live-ability Licenses?
In 2007, Cyber:\womb was described in Canadian Theatre Review as “arguably the most original in its approach to its particular subject matter and arguably one of the most remarkable works in recent Canadian drama.”
Keywords: Reproductive technology, cyberpunk, virtual reality, invitro fertilization, eugenics, transhumanism
Produced by the National Arts Centre's Atelier Workshop Porgramme, November 1994
Content notes: Contains swearing; domestic violence; self-inflicted injury; mental illness; grotesque imagery.
Male roles: 4
Female roles: 11
Trans/Non-Binary/Gender Non-Conforming roles: 2
Other roles: 4
Casting note: This play may be produced with 6 actors/actresses. Suggestions for multiple-role playing are included in the script.