Alone Together

When an appointment with a rented family member crosses a line with a client, a lonely university dropout must decide between keeping up appearances or dropping them. Meet Kya as she weaves in and out of the lives of lonely people working as a professional stand-in for the Alone Together Agency.

Conceived as a self-generated performance for your home and launched with a companion film, ALONE TOGETHER is an app for your phone in which you to play rented family members to lonely people. The app combines cutting-edge virtual human production, voice recognition, and artificial intelligence with theatrical storytelling and your interactions.

Inspired by the concept of a family rental agency that provides fake family members to lonely people seeking companionship, Alone Together offers unpredictable, seemingly spontaneous narratives and invites the audience member to take on one of the roles.

Brief yet emotionally arresting, innovative yet surprisingly familiar, the project is accessible and inclusive in ways that traditional culture sometimes fails to be.

To register for a free ticket code for this experience, please visit: https://www.pushoff.org/registration or email: contact@arcade.ltd

Season One: Kya’s Story

EPISODE 1
Meet Sara. Sara’s husband, Mike, passed away almost a year ago. She hasn’t spoken to their daughter Aisha in nearly six months since she stormed out of the house and vowed never to return. On the anniversary of Mike’s death, she wants to come home with the lights on, the house warm, and Aisha. She has rented a stand-in daughter for the evening.
Objective: Forgive

EPISODE 2
Underwhelmed
Meet Ben. Ben’s parents have become increasingly worried as Ben has slowly withdrawn from society and refuses to leave his bedroom. In desperation, they have hired a stand-in sister to try and coax Ben into the real world.
Objective: Inspire

EPISODE 3
Meet Ana. Ana’s girlfriend of three years broke up with her out of the blue. There is no rhyme or reason, just, “I don’t love you anymore.” Ana had cried her eyes out and begged her to stay with no success, and now Ana is living not just with the heartbreak but also the shame of how she handled herself. Ana hires a stand-in ex to try and redo the breakup, but with the roles are reversed.
Objective: Release

EPISODE 4
Meet Kya. Kya wanted to be a dancer or an artist, but an injury stopped her from continuing. Never mind that ‘big bodies’ aren’t given much space in that community. After dropping out of university, Kya stayed in the port city and didn’t go home. Her friends moved on to bigger and better things; her family is halfway around the world. She is essentially alone.
Objective: Connection


Experience duration: Four episodes, 8 to 11 minutes each
(Approximately 16 minutes of interactive + 24 minutes of film content)
Genre: Interactive Drama/Science Fiction/Coming of Age.