As inexhaustibly original as the animated series that inspired it, the kookily brilliant "Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play" is the sort of once-in-a-blue-moon show that stays stuck in your brain long after it has chilled you to the bone.

- The Washington Post

Downright brilliant... passionately sincere... so smart it makes your head spin...

- THE NEW YORK TIMES

Simultaneously cheeky, touching, and sad.

- The Stranger

MR. BURNS: A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY

Written By: Anne Washburn

Music By: Michael Friedman

Directed By: Steve Cosson

What will endure when the cataclysm arrives when the grid fails, society crumbles, and we’re faced with the task of rebuilding? Anne Washburn‘s imaginative dark comedy propels us forward nearly a century, following a new civilization stumbling into its future. A paean to live theater, and to the resilience of Bart Simpson through the ages, Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play is an animated exploration of how the pop culture of one era might evolve into the mythology of another.

Mr. Burns was originally commissioned by the Civilians.

CREATIVE TEAM

Written by:
Anne Washburn

Directed by:
Steve Cosson

Music by:
Michael Friedman

Playwrights Horizon’s New York Premiere production, August 23 – October 6, 2013:

FEATURING
Quincy Tyler Bernstine
Susannah Flood
Gibson Frazier
Matthew Maher
Nedra McClyde
Jennifer R. Morris
Colleen Werthmann
Sam Breslin Wright

Director: Steve Cosson
Scenic Design: Neil Patel
Costume Design: Emily Rebholz
Lighting Design: Justin Townsend
Sound Design: Ken Travis
Music Director: Mike Brun
Production Stage Manager: Kyle Gates

PRODUCTIONS

Mr. Burns, following a workshop at Seattle Repertory Theatre in July, 2011, received its world premiere production at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington D.C. May 28-July 12, 2012.

The New York Premiere of Mr. Burns was produced by Playwrights Horizons, August 23 – October 6, 2013 416 West 42nd Street.