07/22/2014
MEET THE ACTORS!
We interviewed our cast members and asked them to show us their TRUE SELFIES!
Meet David M. Farrington (aka RMODY31)!
SPOOKFISH: Can you describe your experience finding human connection via the Internet, or other social media platforms?
DAVID: FINDING connection? Like most people today, I have joined dating sites in the past and I participate heavily in social media, and I have met people that way. But usually those friendships and relationships do not last very long. Sometimes it feels that if you start a relationship online, it stays online. It's easy to bare your soul hiding behind the computer screen, but it's not so easy to maintain that level of honesty and trust when you're face to face with the person sitting in front of you. I tend to use the Internet and social media more as a way of keeping up with friends that I have met in person or had at one point had a significant relationship with in my life, whether or not we maintain contact any other way today.
SPOOKFISH: Why is this project special?
DAVID: Of course it is wonderful to be working with Spookfish again, but this project holds a special meaning for society at large. I definitely have been guilty of ignoring friendships to sit in a closed room in front of a screen or a gadget or a tablet... I already look around and see people of the younger generation texting and facebooking each other messages in lieu of talking while sitting at a table together eating dinner. I would not be surprised if sometime in the near future we live, go to school, date, and even get married online without ever leaving a solitary space. I wouldn't be shocked to hear if a Skype wedding has already happened. We as human beings are social creatures. It is built into our genetic makeup and history. It scares me to think where we may be heading when we no longer need physical, human interaction in our lives. Specifically with my character, RMody31, he is a man that is so lost and lonely despite being married that he can only find a connection chatting with innocence online that has not been corrupted yet by the trials of life. This is a positive thing because he's still found a way to connect, but very negative because it leads him into a life of regret, guilt, and further loneliness. If the stories in this play resonate with you at all, then you should be fearful as well for the human race and, more importantly, yourself.
SPOOKFISH: Bio?
David is so happy to be reuniting with Spookfish after tackling the role of Paul in last year's production of Advance Guard. Other recent credits include (New York) How I Learned to Drive, Woman at the Funerals, Baptized at NYC Fringe, Ryan Case 1873, (Regional) Grace, Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods, and (Film) "[escape]" and "Naz + Maalik." www.wix.com/d_m_farrington/actor
SPOOKFISH: Show us your true selfie!
