Human in the Loop

What happens when the systems you’ve trusted collapse—and the only way forward is to rebuild yourself?

Human in the Loop: Manual Override is an original solo theatrical work by Don Allen that blends autobiographical storytelling, comedy, movement, immersive sound, projected media, and live interaction with AI. Through moments that are funny, vulnerable, and unexpectedly hopeful, the performance explores grief, identity, institutional failure, creativity, and the resilience required to begin again.

This is not a lecture about artificial intelligence. It is a deeply human theatrical experience about memory, connection, and what it means to remain human in an increasingly technological world.