Introduction to Drama and Artificial Intelligence

The theoretical framework I have tried to draw, allows us to figure out a new kind of performing space, which is able to respond automatically, intelligently to the performer's actions. Stage and actors are no longer in opposition, but in symbiosis. Here the dream of the Avant-gardes (from Symbolism to Futurism) became a starting point, a lens through which the scholars and the artists may see new experiments. On the other hand, the body of the actor itself can be augmented thanks to technology. This augmentation coincides with the "augment" of the stage. The stage has to review its own limits, both practical and conceptual. The space of drama can be sensible and intelligent, but also dislocated, as has already happened in pervasive gaming.