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Mosinee Project, The

  • Nikhil Vyas
  • Full Length Play, Comedy, Satire/Political Satire, 1950s
  • 3M or F
  • ISBN: 9780573000645

One morning in 1950, the residents of idyllic Mosinee, Wisconsin, wake up to find themselves in a nightmare. Plunging into the dawn of the Cold War and back again, The Mosinee Project follows the true story of a fake invasion.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy, Satire/Political Satire
  • 60 minutes

  • Time Period: 1950s
  • Target Audience: Adult

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! Untapped Award (2024)
Mosinee, Wisconsin, 1950. An idyllic Midwestern town wakes up to find themselves in a nightmare. Armed Communist forces have taken over; imprisoning townspeople, cutting off communication, marching through the streets with nobody to oppose them. Prices are changed, barbed wire fences erected, and the Mayor is held at gunpoint. Or so it appears. This is just how it begins.

Plunging into the dawn of the Cold War and back again, The Mosinee Project follows the true story of a fake invasion. A fevered, darkly funny retelling, interrogating why we fear, control and tell tales about the future.
REVIEWS:

"Imaginative and thoughtful."

 The Stage

"It’s a show full of dark humour and scarcely believable insights, and it captures shifting ideas of truth and deception with a sly wink of the eye, teetering beautifully between arch comedy and authentic horror."

 The Arts Desk

"A gripping tale of weaponised political fear and espionage."

 Entertainment Now

"A chilling and inventive play set in during the Cold War."

 Fest Magazine

Premiere Production: The Mosinee Project was first produced by New Diorama Theatre, and premiered at Underbelly at the Edinburgh Fringe on 1 August 2024.

Characters

  • Casting: 3M or F
  • Casting Attributes: Ensemble cast

  • Primarily:
    JOSEPH ZACK KORNFEDER
    BENJAMIN GITLOW
    JOHN DECKER
    FRANCIS SCHWEINLER
    MAYOR RALPH E KRONENWETTER

  • More variously:
    The TOWNSPEOPLE of Mosinee, Wisconsin
    The PRESS of the United States of America
    US, here and now

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    Mosinee, Wisconsin, 1950. An idyllic Midwestern town wakes up to find themselves in a nightmare. Armed Communist forces have taken over; imprisoning townspeople, cutting off communication, marching through the streets with nobody to oppose them. Prices are changed, barbed wire fences erected, and the Mayor is held at gunpoint. Or so it appears. This is just how it begins.

    Plunging into the dawn of the Cold War and back again, The Mosinee Project follows the true story of a fake invasion. A fevered, darkly funny retelling, interrogating why we fear, control and tell tales about the future.

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