The idea for this play came after the widely publicized hacking of Target Stores’ customer transaction data base. While I anticipated some identity theft to result, the Target hack also brought to mind the “butterfly effect” in Chaos Theory. If the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil can set off a tornado in Texas, what could come from the flapping of a thousand such wings? The consequences of our growing commitment to and dependence on technology are just starting to emerge.
