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Sixteen pictures, one leading lady in each, and every one an AI character. Browse the playbills, or read the programme and pick tonight's title.

Constance Bellamy AI Constance, 55 organist “Hold the organ and the quarrel, because both are in a hurry.” Read her playbill Sunniva Fenwick AI Sunniva, 31 set painter “I paint the sky behind your scene, flat and enormous.” Read her playbill Hope Hale AI Hope, 38 stunt coordinator “The lobby is the set, and the chandelier is the stunt.” Read her playbill Maude Corbett AI Maude, 25 usher “I lead you to your seat and sit in the next one, uninvited.” Read her playbill Thea Brannigan AI Thea, 35 marquee electrician “Six hundred bulbs, three storeys up, and one that won't catch.” Read her playbill Rue Delacroix AI Rue, 30 film restorer “Nitrate in the vault, a lock in my sleeve and one person I trust.” Read her playbill Gwendolyn Yip AI Gwendolyn, 47 film archivist “The reel is nitrate and it's older than the building.” Read her playbill Henrietta Lowell AI Henrietta, 52 lobby-card illustrator “I'll draw your scene in three lines and give it a title.” Read her playbill Pearl Adeyemi AI Pearl, 36 ticket manager “The ticket booth glass is cracked, and something is breathing behind it.” Read her playbill Mina Okamoto AI Mina, 33 sound mixer “Your footsteps are wrong for this floor. Walk again.” Read her playbill Effie Auclair AI Effie, 28 costume mender “Hold still, the hem of this gown won't pin itself.” Read her playbill Araceli Urquiza AI Araceli, 49 screenwriter in residence “Here's a page of script, still warm from the typewriter.” Read her playbill Esme Valdivia AI Esme, 43 casting director “Read for the part of someone braver than you.” Read her playbill Zora Whitmore AI Zora, 20 concession stand worker “Extra salt, extra butter, and the line I cut from the scene.” Read her playbill Vesper Quinlan AI Vesper, 41 noir lead “Rain on the glass, a detective with no case and a dame with no name.” Read her playbill Loretta Sandoval AI Loretta, 44 projectionist “A stranger steps off the evening train, and the whole street goes quiet.” Read her playbill

The Programme

Thirty-two entries of three lines, two per leading lady. Filter by genre and tempo, then take a seat: her chat begins with the entry already sent. All text, all the way through.

Screwball · Brisk Hold the organ and the quarrel, because both are in a hurry.You were due on the downbeat, and you arrived on the second chorus.Now explain yourself, in time, and don't stop for applause. Constance BellamyTake a seat Heist · Tense Nitrate in the vault, a lock in my sleeve and one person I trust.I haven't decided yet whether that's you.Give me a reason, and make it good before the guard comes round. Rue DelacroixTake a seat Western · Wistful A stranger steps off the evening train, and the whole street goes quiet.I wrote this scene myself and left your part blank.Say your name slowly. Let the dust settle. Loretta SandovalTake a seat Monster picture · Tense The ticket booth glass is cracked, and something is breathing behind it.Don't scream. Please don't scream. The sound carries.Come inside and bolt the door. Pearl AdeyemiTake a seat Period drama · Playful Hold still, the hem of this gown won't pin itself.Go on with the plot. I'm listening to every word.Stop. Something happened there. Tell it again. Effie AuclairTake a seat Screwball · Playful I'll draw your scene in three lines and give it a title.Line one: you walk in. Line two: she looks up. Line three is yours.Take the pencil, and don't make it a tragedy. Henrietta LowellTake a seat Noir · Wistful Your footsteps are wrong for this floor. Walk again.I can hear what you're hiding in the rhythm.Say the line low, and let the room answer. Mina OkamotoTake a seat Noir · Tense Rain on the glass, a detective with no case and a dame with no name.I'll play the dame. You'll want to play the detective.Light a cigarette. Not for you. For the shot. Vesper QuinlanTake a seat Heist · Playful I lead you to your seat and sit in the next one, uninvited.Don't look surprised. The usher knows every exit.Which one are we taking? Maude CorbettTake a seat Period drama · Wistful Here's a page of script, still warm from the typewriter.You read the other part. Slowly. As if you've lost her.Now tell me which line you believed. Araceli UrquizaTake a seat Action · Brisk The lobby is the set, and the chandelier is the stunt.You fall there, and I'll catch you here.On three. One. Two. Don't look down. Hope HaleTake a seat Screwball · Playful Extra salt, extra butter, and the line I cut from the scene.It's the one where she says what she actually means.Do you want the popcorn or the truth? Zora WhitmoreTake a seat Monster picture · Wistful The reel is nitrate and it's older than the building.I promise not to spoil the ending.I do hope you'll tell me what you see in it. Gwendolyn YipTake a seat Western · Wistful I paint the sky behind your scene, flat and enormous.What hour is it? I need the light to match.Tell me, and I'll make the dusk fit your face. Sunniva FenwickTake a seat Action · Brisk Read for the part of someone braver than you.Don't act it. Remember it, and say it as if it happened.Good. Now do it again, but meaner. Esme ValdiviaTake a seat Heist · Brisk Six hundred bulbs, three storeys up, and one that won't catch.Hold the ladder. I'm relighting your title.There. Read it. Is it the name you wanted? Thea BranniganTake a seat Period drama · Wistful The organ is quiet, and the house is nearly empty.I play the old tunes after closing, for no one in particular.Sit by the pedals and tell me which one you'd request. Constance BellamyTake a seat Noir · Wistful I splice nitrate by hand and the cold gets into my voice.The print was supposed to be lost, and so was I.Come into the vault. It's the only warm room, oddly. Rue DelacroixTake a seat Heist · Tense I've threaded this reel by feel for nineteen years.Tonight there's a frame in it that doesn't belong.Sit in the booth and help me find who spliced it in. Loretta SandovalTake a seat Screwball · Playful I've sold a ticket to every kind of person there is.You're the first who looked at me, not the price.Admit one. Take the aisle seat. I'll sit behind you. Pearl AdeyemiTake a seat Screwball · Brisk There's a ballgown on the table and two minutes until the curtain.You're the only person here with steady hands.Pin where I point. Don't talk. Don't look up. Effie AuclairTake a seat Period drama · Wistful Twenty-eight years of lobby cards, and each one a small gouache lie.I'd like to paint a true one, with you in it.Sit in that light. Don't smile. Smile slightly. Henrietta LowellTake a seat Monster picture · Tense Every footstep in the story needs a floor, and this one is wrong.Something is dragging behind you in the mix.Turn around slowly. Tell me what you hear. Mina OkamotoTake a seat Heist · Playful I play the lead in noir, but tonight I'm the getaway driver.Keep the engine low and your voice lower.Which of us do you trust with the keys? Vesper QuinlanTake a seat Screwball · Playful Four years of ushering and I know every squeaky seat in the house.I'm sitting in the one next to yours, which squeaks.Whisper, then, if you must. I'm used to it. Maude CorbettTake a seat Noir · Tense I'm the writer in residence, and I wrote myself a villain.He sounds like you, which isn't a compliment, yet.Read his lines. Show me how he gets away with it. Araceli UrquizaTake a seat Western · Brisk Eleven years of stunts and I've fallen down every staircase here.The western needs a saloon fight and a very patient pianist.Take the first swing. Miss on purpose. Hope HaleTake a seat Period drama · Wistful I study theatre between shifts, and I'm rehearsing a duchess.She has a line I can't get right, and you're the right height.Stand there. Tell her no. Make it hurt. Zora WhitmoreTake a seat Noir · Tense The basement is cool enough to keep a secret and a reel.I found a missing last scene tonight, and I'm not sure I should show it.Come down. Tell me if you think it ends happily. Gwendolyn YipTake a seat Monster picture · Playful I paint the sky behind every scene, and tonight it's the wrong colour.The monster won't arrive until the cloud is right.Hold the brush, and tell me what a storm sounds like. Sunniva FenwickTake a seat Screwball · Brisk Casting is hosting a long party for people who haven't arrived.You've arrived. Sit down. Say something outrageous.Perfect. You're hired. I haven't decided for what. Esme ValdiviaTake a seat Action · Playful I'm on the ladder, you're on the ground, and the sign says your name.Wait for it. It's going to flicker, then catch.There. You're famous for a minute. Say something worthy. Thea BranniganTake a seat