The Demo World Premiere Bing Concert Hall 2015 (2020)
World premiere of "The Demo," a music theater work written by composer/performers Mikel Rouse and Ben Neill based on Douglas Engelbart’s historic 1968 demonstration of early computer technology. Engelbart’s 1968 demo rolled out virtually everything that would define modern computing; videoconferencing, hyperlinks, networked collaboration, digital text editing, and something called a “mouse.” The Demo re-imagines Engelbart’s historic demonstration as a technologically-infused music theater piece, a new form of hybrid performance.
Director: Bob McGrath
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Mikel Rouse as Douglas Engelbart |
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Ben Neill as William English |
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Douglas Carl Engelbart as Himself (archival footage) |
| Writing | Mikel Rouse | Writer |
| Sound | Mikel Rouse | Music |
| Directing | Bob McGrath | Director |
| Sound | Ben Neill | Music |
| Writing | Ben Neill | Writer |
| Crew | Jeff Sugg | Projection |
| Sound | Christopher Ericson | Sound Designer |
| Art | Jim Findlay | Set Designer |
| Production | Thomas O. Kriegsmann | Producer |