COMING SOON: (Written & Directed by Lisa Balderston) My play, Let’s Chat, is going to have full-play productions at Lamplighters Theatre on June 5-7th and June 12-14th.
SYNOPSIS: When overworked Professor Gracie uses AI to generate a quiz but fails to fact-check it, her sharp-eyed student, McKenzie, spots the errors and seizes an opportunity. Confronting the professor, McKenzie demands a grade boost in exchange for her silence, sparking a tense and hilarious battle of wits over accountability, academic integrity, and the growing role of AI in education. As accusations fly and ethical lines blur, the play forces the audience to consider who is truly at fault—an overburdened educator, a savvy student, or the very technology they both choose to use? Let’s Chat is a timely and unsettlingly relevant exploration of AI’s impact on learning, the fine line between innovation and deception, and what it means to create in an age of automation.
