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Foolin' Around with Infinity

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  2w, 3m

"Pours out...spell binding stories that accumulate into a bold picture of how we come to terms with, or ignore, impending Armageddon. There are so many ripe images in this rich play. It's an extravagant collision of funny, unthinkable things adding u…

Foolin' Around with Infinity

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    Cast Size
    2w, 3m

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Summary
You is ushered into the theatre and given a program and a microphone. "You" is a character who comments on the action in this off beat comic drama about angst in the Nuclear Age which takes place in and around a nuclear missile silo a mile beneath Utah. Characters include Jesse and Mac, military keepers of the nuclear keys and codes, Mac's estranged daughter Luke, who lives in a fallout shelter, and the mysterious Mr. Anderson who tells the audience: "The play you are about to see contains poetry, profanity, infidelity and monopoly. Nobody sings. Leave now or deal with it." "You" stays until she is standing alone saying, "As you do nothing, the light on you goes to black."

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"Pours out...spell binding stories that accumulate into a bold picture of how we come to terms with, or ignore, impending Armageddon. There are so many ripe images in this rich play. It's an extravagant collision of funny, unthinkable things adding up to one of the most absorbing plays yet written about the subject." - Minneapolis Star Tribune

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  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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Authors

Steven Dietz

Steven Dietz’s 30+ plays and adaptations have been seen at over 100 regional theatres in the United States, as well as off-Broadway. International productions have been seen in over 20 countries. His work has been translated into a dozen languages. In 2019, Dietz was once aga ...

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