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Mr. Burns, a post-electric play

After the end of contemporary America, in a future without power, what survives? Mr. Burns, by Anne Washburn, investigates how theatre and storytelling tell us who we are and who we’ve been, explores pop culture’s survival and evolution under stress, and imagines a future for TV’s most enduring family. A darkly comic play with music that the New York Times says “leave[s] you dizzy with the scope and dazzle of its ideas.”

Sketch drawing of Mr. Burns head from The Simpsons with poster text

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Mr. Burns, a post-electric play

After the end of contemporary America, in a future without power, what survives? Mr. Burns, by Anne Washburn, investigates how theatre and storytelling tell us who we are and who we’ve been, explores pop culture’s survival and evolution under stress, and imagines a future for TV’s most enduring family. A darkly comic play with music that the New York Times says “leave[s] you dizzy with the scope and dazzle of its ideas.”