boom update - texas, DC, Seattle

(official Woolly Mammoth boom graphic)


So, we'll start with some self promotion first.


boom, my apocalyptic date play is showing its tender underarm skin in some magical pockets of the country (with another spot or two TBA). If you happen to be in these chunks of the world, you should be getting really excited:

(in the interest of comparing and contrasting marketing blurbs, I have posted the blurb each theater has used to describe my play, one of which I wrote. I'm not telling)


Dallas, Texas
One Night Staged Reading of boom at Kitchen Dog Theatre
Saturday, June 21 @1pm
directed by Christina Vela

A marine biologist hosts a journalism student in his subterranean biology lab for an erotic "casual encounter." As disaster looms upon the planet, the fate of their "date" takes on monumental importance. BOOM is an epic and intimate comedy of evolution, loneliness, and how to survive.

Washington, DC
boom at Woolly Mammoth Theatre
directed by John Vreeke
November 2 - November 30, 2008

“Sex to change the course of the world…” A grad student’s personal ad lures a randy journalism coed to his subterranean lab, where he studies fish sleep cycles for signs of the apocalypse. Will their “intensely significant coupling” lead to another big bang, or is mankind’s fate in the hands of someone watching from outside the fishbowl?


Seattle, WA
boom at Seattle Rep
directed by Jerry Manning
November 13 – December 14, 2008

A nerdy marine biologist calculates that the end of the world is near and posts an online personals ad, hoping to romance the girl that will help him ensure the survival of the species. But when push comes to shove, saving life on earth on the first date proves to be a bit of a challenge. Exciting new playwright Nachtrieb brings us this funny, slightly warped and ultimately hopeful look at the apocalypse.