A year after his run in Broadway’s “Oh, Mary!” came to a close, Conrad Ricamora is back onstage in a thriller he hopes will encourage viewers to reduce — or, at least, reevaluate — their reliance on screens.The “How to Get Away with Murder” actor currently stars in Andrew Stein’s play “Disruption,” now making its New York debut at Pershing Square Signature Center through October after a 2023 run in London. He portrays Ben, a married Columbia University professor who agrees to become a beta-tester for an artificial intelligence algorithm designed to guide users through having children, buying a home and other life milestones in pursuit of what makes them “truly happy.” Directed by Hersh Ellis, “Disruption” is one of several new plays to explore the evolving impact of AI on everyday life.Shaunette Renée Wilson, left, and Conrad Ricamora star in the off-Broadway play “Disruption,” now playing in New York through October. Emilio MadridAs to why he believes AI is such a rich subject for dramatization, Ricamora told HuffPost, “It has the potential to change the course of humanity in a way that no other technology has. It can act on its own and make its own decisions regardless of what we tell it to do, which is terrifying.”The algorithm in “Disruption” is being developed by Ben’s Silicon Valley entrepreneur pal, Nick (John David Washington), and his Gen Z business partner, Raven (Emma Kikue). Together, the pair quietly observed the online habits of Ben and his psychoanalyst wife, Suzie (Shaunette Renée Wilson), along with two other mutual friends and their spouses, to analyze their desires.What Ben and his cohorts don’t know, however, is that the technology has also uncovered their vulnerabilities, from financial woes and infidelity to suppressed questions about their sexuality. If those secrets are revealed, they could have a disastrous impact on each participant’s marriage and livelihood.“I hope [the play] encourages people to put their phones and their tablets away and spend more time in real time with their friends and family,” Ricamora said. Emilio MadridRicamora says he was intrigued by the way Stein’s script presented “no clear-cut good or bad” characters within its eight-person ensemble ― which includes actors Irene Sofia Lucio, Jason Ralph, Elizabeth Stanley and Joe Tippett ― while also tapping into the compare-and-despair mindset of the social media era.As for the play’s New York setting, he said, “I don’t think there’s any city in the world where people are basing their existence off of comparison more than New York. People here are in a constant state of dissatisfaction, and that causes this hustle-and-grind culture.”“People seem to be existing in some hoped-for future that they’re not in yet,” he continued. “I hope [the play] encourages people to put their phones and their tablets away and spend more time in real time with their friends and family.”A California native, Ricamora made his Broadway debut in the 2015 revival of “The King and I” and has since turned in acclaimed performances in “Soft Power” and “Here Lies Love,” among other musicals. Ricamora, left, received his first Tony Award nomination after appearing alongside Cole Escola in “Oh, Mary!” Emilio MadridHe went on to win the hearts of TV viewers as Oliver on “How to Get Away With Murder.” He cemented his status as a gay heartthrob in Hulu’s “Fire Island” before securing his first Tony Award nomination for portraying Mary’s Husband ― aka President Abraham Lincoln ― in “Oh, Mary!” last year.There have been some professional disappointments, too, such as “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” in which Ricamora was slated to appear as the roommate of Anne Hathaway’s character, journalist Andy Sachs. By the time the film hit theaters this summer, however, all of his scenes had been cut.Though Ricamora joked on Instagram that test audiences had deemed him “too sexy” for the movie, he said his character simply “didn’t make sense in the overall arc.”He explained, “[Director] David Frankel emailed me and was like: This is heartbreaking, but the feedback we’re getting is: ‘She’s a successful journalist. Why does she have a roommate 20 years after the first movie?’” As to what his performance would have entailed, he added, “I wasn’t a great roommate. I wasn’t considerate or friendly … it’s a little sad because I feel like I did some funny stuff, but I get why they cut the storyline.”Ricamora, right, and husband Peter Wesley Jensen celebrated their three-year wedding anniversary in July. Cindy Ord via Getty ImagesHe’ll hopefully fare better in the movie adaptation of Mariko Tamaki’s queer-inclusive graphic novel, “Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me,” directed by Tommy Dorfman. In the film, he plays the father of 17-year-old Freddie Riley (Sam Morelos), who is caught up in an on-again, off-again romance with her girlfriend, Laura Dean (Ava Phillippe). A release date for the film has not been announced.Both “Disruption” and “Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me” reflect Ricamora’s desire to “tell more stories that have to do with relationships” after tying the knot with his husband, Peter Wesley Jensen. The couple celebrated their three-year wedding anniversary last month.“The trajectory of my career [correlates] naturally with my personal life,” he said. “[My marriage] is the biggest and most important part of my personal life right now, so I feel like I have a lot to offer, having that insight.”