"Set on a major motion picture set, in which the chaotic soundstage mimics the real-world climate crisis, the director, Maria, tries to keep her production on track in this sharp-witted, energetic comedy. Egos clash, secrets spill and hard truths are faced as the crew responds to an existential predicament with movie magic."
"The play, whose mock film is set on a Styrofoam ice shelf and shot in the middle of the New Mexico desert (because of tax breaks), satirizes showbiz archetypes to expose how humanity deals with a problem that affects us all. Beneath the veneer of comedy lies an appeal to grasp the finite nature of human life on Earth and the ominous hourglass counting down to an irreversible state of destruction."
"Bess Wohl understands that the climate crisis is a human crisis and that humans standing in front of the climate crisis are actually like clowns. It is so big, and we are slack-jawed before it. The characters, like the audience, face this global situation while simultaneously reckoning with their own secret dilemmas."
"This play gets at climate change, and while the world is on fire, we still have to live our lives, and do the best we can. The energy and the humor behind this show is the will toward life."
A fast-paced climate change comedy follows a Hollywood film crew making a movie about the climate crisis on a major motion picture set. The chaotic soundstage mirrors real-world climate conditions as director Maria tries to keep production on track. Egos clash, secrets emerge, and hard truths surface while the crew confronts an existential predicament using movie magic. The mock film is set on a Styrofoam ice shelf and shot in the New Mexico desert for tax breaks, satirizing showbiz archetypes. Beneath the humor lies an appeal to recognize the finite nature of human life and the countdown toward irreversible destruction, with characters facing global stakes alongside private dilemmas.
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