Human Museum, by Miyoko Conley, directed by Aili Huber.
As robots on Earth finalize a museum exhibit commemorating the 100th anniversary of humanity’s extinction, an unexpected radio transmission disrupts everything they thought they knew. This darkly comic new play delves into our legacy and who will carry it forward.
Performances September 11-13 and 18-20, 2026. Music begins at 5 and the play begins at 6.
As with all of our shows, this one will feature an hour of live music beforehand. Some performances will have ASL interpretation, virtual captioning, and audio description for the blind. Exact dates for these accessibility accommodations will be announced soon. See our accessibility page for more information.
About the Creative Team
Aili Huber has been directing for over 25 years, working primarily with very old and very new texts. She holds an MFA from Mary Baldwin College/American Shakespeare Center, and her work is heavily influenced by their focus on audience connection. She is the co-author, with Toby Malone, of Cutting Plays for Performance, from Routledge Press.
Aili created Take5, a framework for developing spaces of radical welcome in theater workplaces, and convened the first Radical Welcome symposium in the spring of 2025.
Favorite directing credits include Sperm Donor Wanted (2020) with Slow Your Role Theater Co., Romeo and Juliet (2012), The Duchess of Malfi (2016), Antony and Cleopatra (2018), and Richard III (2019) with Pigeon Creek Shakespeare, A Bold Stroke for a Wife (2023) at Bridgewater College, Merry Wives of Windsor (2022) at Richmond Shakespeare Festival, and the world premieres of Give Us Good (2022), Wonder of Our Stage (2023) and The Wanting Forest (2025) at Silk Moth Stage.
Aili is the founder and artistic director of Silk Moth Stage.
Rachel E. Herrick is a costume designer based out of the Shenandoah Valley. She has an MFA in Theatre Arts from the University of Idaho. She is currently teaching at James Madison University and designing costumes for various theatres around the area.
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