About the Show
Burn This is a story about loss, fear, doubt, and the transforming power of art and love. The place is a Manhattan loft shared by Anna, a lithe young dancer-choreographer, and her two gay roommates — her collaborator, Robby, who has just been killed in a freak boating accident, and Larry, a world-weary, caustically funny young advertising executive.
As the play begins, Anna is recovering from attending Robby’s funeral, comforted by her wealthy, well-meaning boyfriend, Burton, a sci-fi screenwriter whose persistent proposals of marriage Anna is unable to accept. Then, unexpectedly, Robby’s older brother, Pale, bursts on the scene. He has come to collect his brother’s belongings, but stays and transforms the lives of those around him. Menacing, profane, dangerous and yet oddly sensitive, Pale is both terrifying and fascinating and, in the end, the one who brings Anna the unsettling but compelling love that, despite her fears and doubts, she cannot turn away.
There will be herbal cigarette smoking in this production.
Appropriate for ages: 15+
