Existential Questions of the 21st Century is a musical comedy with book, music, and lyrics by Sam Balzac that pokes fun at corporate opportunism and mass defeatism in the face of the climate crisis. Set at ExistenceCon, a fictional festival for those celebrating the coming end of the world, the show follows entrepreneurs, artists, alien-worshippers, and sentient computers as they wrestle with pessimism and progress over the fate of humanity. The concert reading features Sam Balzac, Patrick Brady, Jen Chia, Hannah Eakin, Molly Rose Heller, Pru Lord-Remmert, Njoki Tiagha, and music director Fernanda Douglas. The performance will include an interview with the NYC DSA Ecosocialist working group, a force in the Zohran Mamdani campaign.
Cast and Creative Team for Existential Questions of the 21st Century at Caveat
Cast
Molly Rose Heller
Ensemble
Njoki Tiagha
Ensemble
Hannah Eakin
Ensemble
Jen Chia
Ensemble
Patrick Brady
Ensemble
Sam Balzac
Ensemble
Pru Lord-Remmert
Ensemble
Fernanda Douglas
Ensemble
Creative Team
Fernanda Douglas
Musical Director
Sam Balzac
Book Writer
Sam Balzac
Lyricist
Sam Balzac
Composer
News About Existential Questions of the 21st Century at Caveat
Cast Set for EXISTENTIAL QUESTIONS OF THE 21ST CENTURY Concert at Caveat
April 24, 2026 Existential Questions of the 21st Century, a musical comedy about climate doomerism by Sam Balzac, will present a one-day concert reading at Caveat in NYC, featuring an eight-person cast.About the Theatre
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