Post Mortem
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SHOW INFORMATION
Opened Nov 2, 2006
Closed Dec 16, 2006
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Jim Simpson directs the world premiere of Post Mortem, by A.R. Gurney.
Set in the not too distant future when the Christian Right hold sway, Alice, a lowly lecturer in drama at a faith-based state university in the Mid-West, and Dexter, an enthusiastic student more interested in his teacher than the theater, become embroiled in the discovery of a play by an obscure late 20th century playwright by the name of A.R. Gurney. When the authorities destroy the evidence, these two must piece together the play and with it the future of the world gone mad. Mr. Gurney brings his most wicked and most political works to The Flea, and Post Mortem tackles the validity of theater as a potent social force in a society rankled by political conservatism and the evangelical leanings of the right.
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
41 White St
New York, NY 10013
The Flea Theatre is home of the Bat Theater Company.
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A.R. Gurney is clearly worried about the future. Three of his most recent (and most political) plays -- all produced at The Flea -- are set many years from now and involve disturbingly dystopic societies whose origins appear to have their roots in current events. O Jerusalem involves a futuristic era staging a play that deals with political events leading up to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Screen Play resets the film classic Casablanca in 2015 Buffalo, where a conservative U.S. government bogged down by foreign wars, is trying to keep its citizens from emigrating to Canada. Now comes Post Mortem, a satiric, self-referential work that begins in a bleak, totalitarian future at [...]