Mr Burns

MARIA: I’m just saying I think we have a chance to like, to like, engage at the same time with, like…larger…are we just entertaining them? We have an opportunity here to provide…meaning. QUINCY: Things aren’t funny when they’re true they’re awful. Meaning is everywhere. We get Meaning for free, whether we like it or not. Meaningless Entertainment,

This play is set in the very near future Then 7 years after that Then 75 years after that

Costuming is an interesting question. In the first act people wear normal clothes but all Gibson’s camping gear should look very new. In the second act, clothing is looking a little worn, with a few newly made (sewn, knit) pieces. In the third act everyone is ‘costumed’ to look like The Simpsons and should be wearing a combination of vintage pieces

QUINCY: I hear Richard’s has a stash of lithiums, and ten of those super powerful camping flashlights, and they’re going to do a dusk to dark showing of A Streetcar Named Marge, with a spotlight finale at the end. A bit of a pause. JENNY: They can’t keep that up for long. MARIA: Long enough though, right? MATT: It still kills me they’ve got Streetc

MARIA: But it can’t look like mud it’s got to look like engine oil. So it’s not just that he’s dirty but it’s that thing like, all during the journey, he’s clinging to the underbelly of the car, hot engine oil, in his face uh but he holds on, he perseveres. Like that’s what makes him scary. QUINCY: I just think, something on a person’s face is funn

Notes on Staging What It Looks Like: all illumination is from ostensibly non-electric sources. The first act takes place by firelight, outdoors. The second act takes place in an interior under a skylight in the afternoon. The third act takes place after nightfall, in an interior stage, lit with non-electric instrumentation: candles and oil lamps, p