production history
Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play is an American black comedy play written by Anne Washburn with music by Michael Friedman.
The play depicts the evolution of the story from the Simpsons episode "Cape Feare" in the decades after an apocalyptic event.
From left, Steve Rosen, Jenna Sokolowski and Kimberly Gilbert in “Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play.”Credit...Michael Bailey
Jennifer R. Morris, Sam Breslin Wright, Gibson Frazier, Colleen Werthmann and Susannah Flood in the New York production of MR. BURNS – A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY. (Joan Marcus)
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May 2012 (Premiere) at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, D.C.
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August through October 2013 at Playwrights Horizons in New York City
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Commissioned and developed with the New York theater company The Civilians
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It received polarized reviews and was nominated for a 2014 Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play
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It was produced at the Almeida Theatre in London in 2014 by director Robert Icke
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Produced in Adelaide and Sydney, Australia in 2017 by director Imara Savage
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UK regional premiere was produced at Derby Theatre in 2023 by director Omar Khan
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