The Water Engine

David Mamet’s The Water Engine is set against the backdrop of the 1934 Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. As the story unfolds, we learn that inventor Charles Lang has created a wondrous device: an engine that runs on water. When he approaches a lawyer to patent the engine, Lang finds he must fight to defend himself and his family from the dark corporate forces that want to destroy it. Originally written as a radio play, those elements survive in Pet Brick’s production which is set in a radio studio complete with actors performing on mike and a Foley artist creating live sound effects on stage.