Mr. Burns: A Post-electric Play

People going into this play expecting a full and closed plot, one easy storyline, or anything more conventional like that will probably be disappointed. This play is about the importance of storytelling to humanity, and how it can change and reflect the world around it. Since that was what I expected when I saw it produced, I was completely blown away. I bought this script during the first intermission and didn't regret it at any point. I realize a lot of this was due to the great production, so some of that might be lost in just reading the script, but I would definitely say it is worth buying if this sounds interesting to you at all. (as a side note, there are only a couple monologues for guys as far as I could tell, one a short comedic about diet coke that you might be able to google, and another more frantic but maybe confusing one later on. just saying.)

The play may take a while to sink in for some; I woke up thinking about the play's progression, how it speaks to our obsession with image and entertainment. This play may be hard to "read" in that certain elements would be more clear on the stage. However, for those of us who don't live near the Off-Broadway lights, this is as close as we'll get. This play is a revelation, not of character, but of ideas. It wouldn't hurt to know something about morality plays, but I doubt that an absence of that knowledge would inhibit an understanding of the third act. Very beautiful.

Anne Washburn's Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play is part human drama, part post-apocalyptic pageant. Washburn implies more than she says about her world, and in so doing gives us a script that will stay with you. While some aspects of this post-electric apocalypse don't make a lot of sense, the sense that Washburn makes of it is well worth the read.

Had my reservations during the first half, but by final act it's one of the most brilliant things I've ever had the pleasure of reading. The depth of some of the later scenes is dumbfounding. Pick this up.

Great.

One of the smartest most innovative plays I've read in a long time.

My favourite play. Completely relevant to modern day environmental anxieties, and also full of Simpsons references.

This play was an assigned reading in my class. It was very confusing, but that's because the script isn't written in a traditional way. However, the concept and story is very cool! I recommend reading it. Would be even better to see it live. Just give it some time and challenge yourself!