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How to Survive an Apocalypse

  • Jordan Hall
  • Full Length Play, Romantic Comedy, Dramatic Comedy, New Millennium/21st Century
  • 2M, 2F
  • ISBN: 9780573706905

"The wisecracks and one-liners come fast and furious [...] a fitfully entertaining, romantic comedy decked out in camouflage."

Vancouver Sun

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Romantic Comedy, Dramatic Comedy
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: New Millennium/21st Century
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Cautions: Alcohol, Mild Adult Themes, Strong Language

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
A young and successful urban couple becomes convinced that their lifestyle is coming to an end. They become "preppers," hoarding supplies and learning to hunt. But their obsession takes it toll, and they are both forced to imagine the apocalypse without the love of their life. A romantic comedy about the end of days.
REVIEWS:

"The wisecracks and one-liners come fast and furious [...] a fitfully entertaining, romantic comedy decked out in camouflage."

 Vancouver Sun

"The play is filled with nods to our distraction-prone, screen-addled culture [...] Hall has tapped into a powerful modern undercurrent with Apocalypse."

 Daily Hive

Premiere Production: How to Survive and Apocalypse was premiered at The Firehall Arts Centre on June 2nd, 2016 in Vancouver, British Columbia. It was premiered by Touchstone Theatre in association with the Playwrights Theatre Centre and the Firehall Arts Centre. The director was Katrina Dunn.

Characters

  • Casting: 2M, 2F

  • JEN - late-twenties/early thirties-ish, a little bit hip, successful enough
    TIM - the same, maybe not quite as hip
    ABBY - almost thirty, hoping for enlightenment
    BRUCE - early thirties, slick as hell

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    A young and successful urban couple becomes convinced that their lifestyle is coming to an end. They become "preppers," hoarding supplies and learning to hunt. But their obsession takes it toll, and they are both forced to imagine the apocalypse without the love of their life. A romantic comedy about the end of days.

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