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Darkly comic and heartbreakingly beautiful, Adding Machine, a musical adaptation of Elmer Rice's incendiary 1923 play, tells the story of Mr. Zero, who after 25 years of service to his company is replaced by a mechanical adding machine. In a vengeful rage, he murders his boss. An eclectic score gives passionate and memorable voice to this stylish and stylized production, which follows Zero's journey to the afterlife in the Elysian Fields where he is met with one last chance for romance and redemption.

Scott Morfee  Tom Wirtshafter  Margaret Cotter
present ADDING MACHINE original music by Joshua Schmidt libretto by Jason Loewith and Joshua Schmidt Based on the play The Adding Machine by Elmer Rice

with Cyrilla Baer   Joel Hatch   Amy Warren Joe Farrell   Jeff Still Adinah Alexander   Niffer Clarke   Roger E. DeWitt   Daniel Marcus

musicians Andy Boroson   Brad "Gorilla" Carbone   Timothy Splain

set design by Takeshi Kata  lighting design by Keith Parham   sound design by Tony Smolenski IV costume design by Kristine Knanishu   video design by Peter Flaherty   properties design by Michele Spadaro   musical direction J. Oconer Navarro  production stage manager Richard A. Hodge production management Aurora Productions   casting Pat McCorkle CSA/Joe Lopick press representative O&M Co.   general management Two Step Productions   advertising Eliran Murphy Group

directed by David Cromer
Adding Machine was developed and received its world premiere at the Next Theatre Company,
Artistic Director Jason Loewith, on February 5, 2007.