 "Has
the Whole World Gone Crazy?"
by Elizabeth Emmons of New York City
About the Play:
"Has the Whole World Gone Crazy" is
a conversational -- almost Seinfeld-esque -- vignette about two coffee shop
intellectuals in search a meaningful way of doing something about all the
problems in the world. This very short piece is reminiscent of elements
of Chekhov, Vaclav Havel, and Becket as it playfully blends sarcasm with some
very serious social issues.
"I was feeling disillusioned with the social
and political circumstances in the U.S. (still am) and was searching to find
meaningful political action." the playwright explains when asked what
led her to write this work. "My answer ended up being that the
only meaningful political action is personal, and is about one's ability to
communicate their ideas and emotional reactions to others."
She then added, "The other option is to
forget about meaningful political action and concern one's self solely with
amusements."
About the Play's Production History:
"Has the Whole World Gone Crazy?" was presented at
Blue Box's Sticky @ Belly, January 2005, directed by Matthew Korahais, with
Neil Hellegers and Stacy Rock; at Polybe + Seats Speakeasy at The Tank,
February 2005, with the same director and cast; and at The Infringement
Festival at The Players' Theatre, directed by Elizabeth Emmons, with Jennifer
Boggs and David Marcus. All venues were in New York City.
About the Playwright:
Elizabeth Emmons' plays have been seen in
New York, Philadelphia, New Zealand and Argentina. She is recipient of
the Playwriting Liberace Fellowship, Shubert Presidential Fellowship, and
Miller Scholarship for Study at Columbia University’s School of the Arts,
where she is an MFA candidate. She is co-founder of BlueBox and curates
monthly 10-minute play series Sticky @ Belly & Mama’s.
Recent credits include: “Melia and Suggy
Decide,” SacActors, Sacramento, CA; “Has the Whole World Gone
Crazy?” Polybe + Seats, Infringement Festival New York; "White
Out" and "Arrested," The Bat Theater Co. at The Flea
Theater (readings); "Dirty & Leo" in Tokyo, Magnetic
North Theatre Co. (reading), "Act 5 Scene 0," co-written with
Matt Korahais, performed at El Rayo Misterioso, Rosario, Argentina, and "At
the Seashore," Magnetic North Theatre Co./Singularity '03
Festival, Manhattan Theatre.
About our Rendition:
The second performance in our ongoing nightly
showcase "sUBVERsIVE sHORTs," "Has the Whole World
Gone Crazy?" features the following cast and crew:
Kurt Schneiderman* . . Director
Joe Weins . . . . . . . . . . "Nook"
Jeannine Giffear* . . . . "Strella"
* = indicates members of the Subversive Theatre Collective
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