A visionary is ousted, the board is panicking, and the future is already here. Doomers is a sharp new play about power without control.
The system works. That’s the problem.Doomers is a two-act tech-world drama from Matthew Gasda, inspired by the real events behind Sam Altman’s 2023 ousting from OpenAI. Set inside MindMesh, an AGI company surging ahead of regulation, ethics, and internal consensus, the play follows a recently fired CEO and the board that removed him — both claiming to be the adults in the room as the machine outpaces them all.The first act takes place in a cluttered San Francisco apartment where the founder plots his return. The second moves to the sleek, unsettled boardroom that betrayed him. Same goals, same fears, different dress codes.Fresh off acclaimed seasons in New York and San Francisco, Doomers comes to Sydney Fringe for a limited run of performances. Expect tech-speak, moral panic, flickering loyalty, and unnervingly accurate banter.It’s not about stopping the future. It’s about trying to steer it while it’s already moving.For anyone who’s ever sat in a strategy meeting and wondered: are we the baddies?Book now — before someone launches the next update.
