boom
By Peter Sinn Nachtrieb
Directed by Sam Woodhouse
Held over through February 6!
Opening Night: Friday, January 15 at 8pm
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The Story
Marine biologist Jules is dead sure that a comet is due to hit and destroy the planet any minute. Jules has a plan to repopulate the human race: with the help of craigslist he has lured Jo, a mysterious journalism student, to his subterranean research lab for a hookup that promises “sex to change the world.” But Jo has no intention of playing a doomsday dating game. Besides, Jules is gay.
So begins a wacked-out bedroom farce with nothing less than the future of humanity hanging on the outcome.
boom is both intimate love story and epic myth - feeding our fascination about the beginning and the end of life with doses of uproarious comedy. The Washington Post calls boom “a grand, terribly smart, apocalypse fantasy full of a healthy sense of wonder.” Flipping from pants-around-the-ankles comedy to hipster “Twilight Zone” science fiction, this is one end-of-the-world story that will leave you grinning from ear to ear.