Human Error at The Matrix

Human Error

The Matrix
7657 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles

Madelyn and Sameer are NPR-listening, latte-sipping blue-staters who are planning a family. Or they were, until they learn that because of a mix-up at the fertility clinic, Madelyn's embryo was accidentally implanted in another client's uterus. That news is hard to take; fostering a relationship with the other couple, NASCAR-loving NRA cardholders, is even harder. Can these polar opposites make it through nine months of gestation without killing one another?

Presented by Rogue Machine

Thru - Sep 8, 2024

Show Type: Drama

Box Office: 323-852-1445

www.roguemachinetheatre.org

Human Error Reviews

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LA Splash - Highly Recommended

"...HUMAN ERROR is a hilarious story told in multiple vignettes. As is sometimes true of comedy, the characters are somewhat one-dimensional in the pursuit of every laugh possible. Given that limitation, director Joshua Bitton and the cast shine. Bitton does a superb job of introducing and fleshing out each character – to the extent possible within the confines of the script – warts and all."

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- Elaine Mura

Stage Scene LA - Highly Recommended

"...A fertility clinic snafu wreaks hilarious havoc on the lives of two married couples, one Red State, one Blue State, in Rogue Machine Theatre's Los Angeles Premiere of Eric Pfeffinger's smart, topical, and very, very funny Human Error."

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- Steven Stanley

ArtsBeatLA - Recommended

"...I liked Human Error a lot, and I recommend it as a skillful comedy. But as a description of where our country is at right now, I didn’t find it completely credible."

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- Terry Morgan

On Stage Los Angeles - Highly Recommended

"...There are moments when the audience was raucous in response to the predictable antics that came in two full dimensions from the actors. Early on, there is a missed opportunity for blood. See if you can catch it. Had there been blood, to me. an infusion may have elevated the premise to farce that would have supported some of the acting styles."

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Stage Raw - Highly Recommended

"...Director Joshua Bitton keeps things moving at a brisk pace and the actors are on point in their portrayals and comedic timing. Vaganos embodies the pent-up Madelyn with nervous tics and flailing ponytail while Talwalkar’s Sameer epitomizes the academic who is too scholarly for his own good. Lauren Burns’ Jesus-infused Heather is a benign presence for the most part but displays a steely side when the need arises. Kiel Kennedy’s square-jawed and muscled Jim may come off as dim, but he offers up a father’s wisdom that is surprisingly more open-minded than the caricature of a rightwinger — as long his kids do not root for the Wolverines!"

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- Martín Hernández

Larchmont Buzz - Recommended

"...Director Joshua Bitton guides the misfits toward—and away from—understanding, a complex dance that we come to see as standing in for all the conversations not being had. Between unfriending, blocking and plain old hanging up on, friends and family members who find themselves on opposite ends of the red-blue spectrum are giving up on each other. Human Error makes the eye-opening point that we’re really not that far apart. All it takes is tolerance and a sense of humor. Oh. Wait. Maybe we’re doomed after all."

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- Laura Foti Cohen

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Human Error Reviews

LA Splash - Highly Recommended

Stage Scene LA - Highly Recommended

ArtsBeatLA - Recommended

On Stage Los Angeles - Highly Recommended

Stage Raw - Highly Recommended

Larchmont Buzz - Recommended

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