Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play

Schedule

Thu, 06 Nov, 2025 at 07:30 pm to Sun, 09 Nov, 2025 at 02:00 pm

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1533 S Main St, 27127 | Winston Salem, NC

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Anne Washburn’s imaginative dark comedy — a play with music featuring songs by Washburn and Michael Friedman — propels us forward nearly a century, following a new civilization stumbling into its future.
After the collapse of civilization, a group of survivors share a campfire and begin to piece together the plot of The Simpsons episode “Cape Feare” entirely from memory. Seven years later, this and other snippets of pop culture (sitcom plots, commercials, jingles and pop songs) have become the live entertainment of a post-apocalyptic society, sincerely trying to hold onto its past. Seventy-five years later, these are the myths and legends from which new forms of performance are created.
A paean to live theater, and the resilience of Bart Simpson through the ages, "Mr. Burns" is an animated exploration of how the pop culture of one era might evolve into the mythology of another.
This production is directed by UNCSA School of Drama faculty member Carl Forsman.
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