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The Demo Krannert Center Workshop 2014

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2014 performance 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.

Featured Crew

Thomas O. Kriegsmann
Producer
Jeff Sugg
Projection
Mikel Rouse
Writer
Jim Findlay
Set Designer
Mikel Rouse
Music
Bob McGrath
Director
Ben Neill
Music
Christopher Ericson
Sound Designer

Cast

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Mikel Rouse
Douglas Engelbart
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Ben Neill
William English
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Douglas Carl Engelbart
Himself (archival footage)