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Mr. Burns: A Post Electric Play (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Fall 2016)
By: Anne Washburn
Director: Lisa Gaye Dixon
Scenic Designer: Jaclyn Zimmerman
Prop Master: Lindsey Sample
Setting: Near Future, Post-apocalyptic
Subject Matter: The Simpsons, Electricity, Fear, Apocalypse, Entertainment
Mr. Burns is a difficult show to fill such a large space. The show is intended to be a store-front minimalist production. However, we fully produced the show. This presented a few major things to overcome. The show has three very distinct acts (realistic forested first act, a warehouse/theatre space with cobbled together theatrical elements for act two, and the final act was a mostly polished full theatrical act). This meant everything had to roll or move quickly (including a 15’ Christmas tree), cobbled together “lighting fixtures, a gun shoot out, a “car” decorated with red food boxes, and even the final number including sparklers timed to go out at the end of a song.
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