The Demo World Premiere Bing Concert Hall 2015

World premiere of "The Demo," a music theater work written by composer/performers Mikel Rouse and Ben Neill based on Douglas Engelbart’s historic 1968 demonstration of early computer technology. Engelbart’s 1968 demo rolled out virtually everything that would define modern computing; videoconferencing, hyperlinks, networked collaboration, digital text editing, and something called a “mouse.” The Demo re-imagines Engelbart’s historic demonstration as a technologically-infused music theater piece, a new form of hybrid performance.

• Mikel RouseWriter
• Ben NeillWriter
• Bob McGrathDirector

• Mikel RouseDouglas Engelbart
• Ben NeillWilliam English
• Douglas Carl EngelbartHimself (archival footage)