After the Blast at Langhorne Players (Spring Garden Mill)

Langhorne Players Opens 78th Season with Zoe Kazan’s After the Blast. Hope Springs Eternal in a World Gone Wrong.

Plot: In a not-too-distant future, humanity’s best and brightesthave gone underground after radiation has devastated the world. Generations later, coping with life inside an artificial habitat,they’re relying on implanted chips that simulate everything from adventures in nature to the flavors of their daily meals. Aftergovernment rejections, Anna and Oliver struggle to have a childof their own, until Oliver brings home a robot companion namedArthur for Anna to train as an assistant to the blind. Will Anna’sconnection to this machine help her to be the mother she hasalways dreamed she’d become? “[Kazan has] created a slyly detailed alternate universe that is both an extrapolation of theworld we know today and its own consistent entity.” —The NewYork Times.

From the Director, D. Ryan Lafferty, “In a world decimated by nuclear fallout, we witness a most human story of hope and survival buried deepunderground. A third generation living beneath the surface finds its way in the aftermath of their forefathers’ doom. A heartfelt, yet telling mirror held to the face of today’s society. Each of us live in private little silos of our own making; isolated by choices and circumstances beyond our control. How can one balance life and love while steeped within surroundings so separate from reality and nature? Only time will tell. Having the original robot, Arthur, from the Broadway production on stage has been nothing short of a miracle. On loan from New York’s Lincoln Center Theater, the iconic helper bot’s story is a marvel in itself. Whiz kids from Princeton High School’s robotics team helped restore Artie to stage-ready condition for our run. The audience is in for a real treat!”

Director: D. Ryan Lafferty

Producer: Robert A. Norman

Stage Manager: Terri M. Bentley

Lighting Designer: Liz Minder

Cast:

Anna: Caity Brown

Oliver: Jamil Long

Carrie & Mija: Chloe Richter

Sam Hakitano & Patrick: John Lopacki

Arthur & Lowes: Scott Karlin

Margarita: Rosie Karlin

Tickets: $25 each, available at www.LanghornePlayers.org

(Discounted student admission and group rates are available.)Special Events: Join us for a gala celebration opening night! – Talk-Back Session (Audience Q&A with the cast immediately following the performance, Sunday 5/4)

For any questions or further information, please contact president@langhorneplayers.org

Newtown, PA: Langhorne Players proudly presents its upcoming show. The title of the play is, After the Blast, written by Zoe Kazan. It will be held at The Spring Garden Mill Theater in Tyler State Park, located on Route 332, 1440 Newtown-Richboro Rd., Newtown, PA, 18940. Opening on Friday, April 25th, with eleven performances (ending on Sunday, May 11th). Some weekday performances are available (See website for details). Special talk-back night on Sunday, 5/4.

Authors

• Zoe Kazan