PYTHON
by Jamie Hornsby
Presented at Theatre Row (Off-Broadway) as part of the
2024 Australian Theatre Festival NYC
RUNNER UP: Australian Theatre Festival NYC New Play Award 2020
FINALIST: Patrick White Playwrights Award (Sydney Theatre Company)
FINALIST: Shane and Cathryn Brennan Prize for Playwriting (AWG)
FINALIST: Stoddart Playwright Prize
A workplace drama morphing to a hellscape of online harassment, trolling and death threats, centred on the video game industry. What happens when you feed the trolls?
Python follows Zoe, a brilliant programmer hard at work on one of the most anticipated games in years. But when the release is compromised, Zoe is plunged into a terrifying world of trolling and toxicity.
Based on extensive research and Inspired by the events of #Gamergate, Python is a frenzied and forensic look at the internet’s capacity for harassment and abuse.
Python was presented for three Off-Broadway performances at Theatre Row as part of the 2024 Australian Theatre Festival NYC. It was the Runner Up for their inaugural New Play Award, as well as a finalist for the Shane and Cathryn Brennan Prize for Playwriting and the Stoddart Playwright Award.
