Sara Zein

Based on The Bear by Antoine Chekhov, Luka unfolds in 2040 after technology, social media and digital currencies have taken full control over our lives. A young woman, whose partner vanished after the news broke of another economic collapse, is contacted by a young man who wants to get back the money he lent to the missing partner. She tells him she has no right to access her partner’s account and then consults the lawyer. As tensions between them mount, he hacks her accounts and blocks her calls. Through the protagonists’ interactions, the play presents an imaginary portrait of the impacts of digital and other technological advances on interpersonal relations and value systems.