Mr Burns: A Post‑Electric Play
DalTheatre's Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play
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Oct. 16 - 18 | 7:30pm
Oct. 19 2:00 & 7:30pm
David Mack. Murray Theatre | Dal Arts Centre
$15.00 & 20.00, additional box office fees will apply
Tickets @ Ěý902-494-3820, or 1-800-874-1669
The “nuclear family” gets redefined in this apocalyptic comedy. Where do we find light in a world gone dark?
How do stories grow? Where are the mhyths born? At the end of the world, a group of survivors will search for purpose amongst the fallout by turning to the greatest saga of all time: The Simpsons. Spanning 80 strange and dangerous years, Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play shows us how stories evolve and mutate along with humanity, and how our collective instinct is to hunt for laughter, even at the end of the world.
Directed by The Villains Theatre Artistic Director, Dan Bray, the Fountain School of Performing Arts was the first production of the 2024-2025 theatre season featuring a talented ensemble of 4th year acting program students including Emily Ayer as Maria/Nelson, Meagan Benwell as Marge, John Black as Matt/Moe, Lorenzo Castro as Mr. Burns, Kathrine Currie as Quincy/Lisa, Maude McInnis as Edna Krabappel, Bailey Nash as Jenny/Scratchy, Liam Oko as Homer, Mae Rafuse as Flanders, Kaitlyn Thompkins as Bart, Christian Vallis as Sam/Itchy, and Jake Wilke as Gibson. The production also features musicians Angela Chu (piano) and August Van Meekeren (percussion).
In addition to Dan Bray, the creative team includes Assistant Director August Van Meekeren, award-winning Set and Costume Designer Sean Mulcahy, Choreographer VĂ©ronique MacKenzie, Lighting Designer Thunder Defayette (third-year Stage Design Ěý& Technical Theatre), and Sound Designer Brianne Smith-Vetter (second-year Stage Design & Technical Theatre).
The production is further supported by the students in the Stage Design and Technical Theatre and Costume Studies programs, including stage manager Veronica Jollymore, and Assistant Stage Managers Kathleen Burke and Cadence Cook.
Written by Anne Washburn in 2012 Mr. Burns is a pitch-black ensemble comedy that explores the anxiety that comes with living through any given apocalypse. This surprising text gives the students unique opportunities to explore multiple theatre styles while creating one cohesive and expensive work. The play is at once haunting and uplifting cumulating in an epic musical tragedy that will forever change the way we interact with Matt Growing's immortal family. In a world plunged Into darkness where can light be found? Who will be remembered? Who gets the final laugh?
Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play
By Anne Washburn
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