What is the price of good health? In R.O.I., ethical boundaries, financial gains, and corporate back stabbing play against the desire to make an impact on the well-being of our fellow human beings. Two venture capitalists are debating what their next big project will be: Paul, (Bay Area favorite Anthony Fusco) the founder of The Montrose Fund and mentor to May, (earnest Sharon Shao) who is eager to prove her value. Mention of avoiding scandalous high-profile health technology start-ups like Theranos tells the audience where this is going. Greed, tech, capitalism. There are huge screens above the stage on the right and left. With a prodigious use of projections, R.O.I. drops you into the action as we see May, a young woman in her 30s walking briskly along the sidewalk on the right screen and then enter the stage just below it. The use of these devices indicate we are dealing with high-tech issues. As the play begins, May shares that her recent interview was with someone who has a chip t...
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