ExPats Theatre
a small theatre grappling with big ideas
Freedom Club is a fast-paced dystopian thriller which focuses on the power of high-tech corporations and the impact of rapidly progressing digital technologies (particularly AI and VR) on our way of life. Set in an abandoned warehouse in Paris, the play plunges immediately into a high-stakes situation. Members of anti-tech actrivist group FREEDOM CLUB – once childhood friends and now working for the high tech, defense, and media industries – have carried out an attack on Elon Musk: a drone dumping feces on the billionaire’s head at a high-profile event. As footage of the incident goes viral worldwide, part two of their plan – warning the world of an AI program called “AI NOS” which they manipulate to demonstrate its corrosive power – spins out of control. One of them gets shot, they have a hostage on their hands, and the police are closing in fast. As the crisis unfolds and the AI shows everyone a shocking future, a moral and psychological power struggle breaks out with the group debating how far it is willing to go for its ideals.
Nicolas Le Bricquir is an author, director, and actor who serves as Artistic Director of Panorama, a Paris theater. He trained at the Cours Florent and at the Ἐcole Superieure des Comédiens through the work-study program in Asnières. He received the Audience Award of the Theater 13 competition in 2021 for his play, Denali. That show also received four nominations for the Molières in 2024. He created Freedom Club in 2025 and directed its theatrical debut at Théâtre Juliette Récamier in Paris, France.
Expats Theatre Founder Karin Rosnizeck is a theatre artist who has performed in and directed numerous shows around D.C. Before coming to the US, she worked for more than a decade in transatlantic relations and cross-cultural dialogue. She holds an M.A. in American/English and French Literature from the University of Stuttgart in Germany. She was an Artist in Residence at the Kennedy Center Reach in 2023.
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