Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play
Title | Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play |
Year for Search | 2013 |
Authors | Washburn, Anne |
Date Published | 2013 |
Publisher | Playwrights Horizons |
Place Published | New York |
Keywords | Female author, US author |
Annotation | Post-catastrophe dystopia with the first act set in the very near future, the second act seven years later, and the third act seventy-five years after that. In the play, a small group of people are trying to remember and re-enact the “Cape Feare” episode of The Simpsons, which originally aired October 7, 1993. The re-enactment changes dramatically over time. |
Additional Publishers | Rpt. in Mr. Burns and other plays (New York: Theatre Communications Group, 2017), 115-228. The revised London script London: Oberon Books, 2014. |
Info Notes | Play first performed at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Washington, DC on June 1, 2012. New York City premiere at Playwrights Horizons, September 15, 2013. The original score was by Michael Friedman (1975-2017). Premiered in London at the Almeida Theatre in 2014 with a revised script and a new score by Orlando Gough (b. 1953). |
Holding Institutions | PSt, PU |
Author Note | Female author. |
Full Text | 2013 Washburn, Anne. Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play. New York: Playwrights Horizons. Rpt. in Mr. Burns and other plays (New York: Theatre Communications Group, 2017), 115-228. The revised London script London: Oberon Books, 2014. PU, PSt Post-catastrophe dystopia with the first act set in the very near future, the second act seven years later, and the third act seventy-five years after that. In the play, a small group of people are trying to remember and re-enact the “Cape Feare” episode of The Simpsons, which originally aired October 7, 1993. The re-enactment changes dramatically over time. Play first performed at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Washington, DC on June 1, 2012. New York City premiere at Playwrights Horizons, September 15, 2013. The original score was by Michael Friedman (1975-2017). Premiered in London at the Almeida Theatre in 2014 with a revised script and a new score by Orlando Gough (b. 1953). Female author. |