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Mr. Burns and Other Plays
Mr. Burns and Other Plays in Bloomington, MN
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"One of the most spectacularly original plays in recent memory."
Entertainment Weekly
"Fascinating and hilarious . . . With each of its three acts,
Mr. Burns
grows grander."
Village Voice
"When was the last time you met a new play that was so smart it made your head spin? . . . Mr. Burns has arrived to leave you dizzy with the scope and dazzle of its ideas . . . with depths of feeling to match its breadth of imagination."
The New York Times
An ode to live theater and the resilience of
The Simpsons
, Anne Washburn's apocalyptic comedy
"even better than its hype" (
New York Post
)is an imaginative exploration of how the culture of one generation can evolve into the mythology of the next. Following an enthusiastic critical reception from New York critics for its world premiere, Mr. Burns will receive its London premiere in spring 2014. Also included in the collection are
The Small
,
I Have Loved Strangers
, and
10 Out of 12
, all of which, together, develop a theme of destruction, from the personal to the city to civilization and, finally, to the destruction of form.
Anne Washburn
's plays include
The Internationalist
A Devil at Noon
Apparition
The Communist Dracula Pageant
The Ladies
, and a transadaptation of Euripides's
Orestes
. Her awards include a Guggenheim, NYFA Fellowship, Time Warner Fellowship, and a Susan Smith Blackburn finalist. She is a member of 13P, The Civilians, and is a New Georges affiliated artist.
Entertainment Weekly
"Fascinating and hilarious . . . With each of its three acts,
Mr. Burns
grows grander."
Village Voice
"When was the last time you met a new play that was so smart it made your head spin? . . . Mr. Burns has arrived to leave you dizzy with the scope and dazzle of its ideas . . . with depths of feeling to match its breadth of imagination."
The New York Times
An ode to live theater and the resilience of
The Simpsons
, Anne Washburn's apocalyptic comedy
"even better than its hype" (
New York Post
)is an imaginative exploration of how the culture of one generation can evolve into the mythology of the next. Following an enthusiastic critical reception from New York critics for its world premiere, Mr. Burns will receive its London premiere in spring 2014. Also included in the collection are
The Small
,
I Have Loved Strangers
, and
10 Out of 12
, all of which, together, develop a theme of destruction, from the personal to the city to civilization and, finally, to the destruction of form.
Anne Washburn
's plays include
The Internationalist
A Devil at Noon
Apparition
The Communist Dracula Pageant
The Ladies
, and a transadaptation of Euripides's
Orestes
. Her awards include a Guggenheim, NYFA Fellowship, Time Warner Fellowship, and a Susan Smith Blackburn finalist. She is a member of 13P, The Civilians, and is a New Georges affiliated artist.
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