New York City
In the world of Melissa James Gibson’s [sic] dwell three apartment-house neighbors in close proximity, engaged in a quirky ménage à trois. 30-something, neurotic, these urbanites try to connect with each other, or with anyone or anything in the world, as their physical and mental spaces impinge and collide. There’s Theo, a composer commissioned to write a theme for an amusement park ride called the Thrill-o-rama; Babette, a writer whose central premise for her great work is that the history of the world can be told as a series of consequential tantrums; and Frank, a gay man preparing through a home-study audio course to be an auctioneer. In this limbo state they talk, and eat Chinese takeout, make shadow puppets and vacuum. Presented by Eastenders Repertory Company.