Mr. Burns, a post-electric play at Theatre B

What will endure when the cataclysm arrives when the grid fails, society crumbles, and were faced with the task of rebuilding? Can art remake a civilization? Mr. Burns propels us forward and imagines a future where Bart Simpson and the pop culture references of one era evolve into the mythology of another.Tucker Lucas, production director, said, Mr. Burns is a show about a community living in a post-apocalyptic world where there is no more electricity and so to entertain each other the community members stage old episodes of The Simpsons as plays.Act 1 takes place in the year 2023Act 2 takes place in the year 2030Act 3 takes place in the year 2105There will be one 15-minute intermission between Acts 2 and 3.

Authors

• Anne Washburn