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Black Box Theatre (BBT) will stream “Mr. Rogers: American Terminator,” by playwright William Missouri Downs, Friday, March 12-Sunday, March 28.
There is no charge to watch.
“The play is a riot,” said BBT’s Brad Martinez. It revolves around Martha and George Drake, a multitasking, high-functioning, hard-drinking couple who have just returned from a play by a neurotic playwright who is afraid of reality.
“They hated it,” Martinez said. “All the actors did was talk. There was even a part where one actor talked for a full three uninterrupted minutes.
The couple posts a viral YouTube video defaming the play.
“Meanwhile, playwright Brooklyn Gray is on a date with Jojo Porchnik,” Martinez continued. “If you can call going home to a musical theatre major’s barren apartment to drink generic wine and miscommunicate a date. Jojo finds the Drakes’ ‘review’ of Brooklyn’s play on the internet, much to his dismay. From there, all their worlds collide and things get messy.”
BBT co-owner and artistic director Ceil Herman directed “Mr. Rogers: American Terminator.” The cast includes Debbie-Jo Felix, Autumn Gieb, Ed Montes, Nancy Clein Tafoya, Genno Tafoya, Rachel Thomas-Chappell and Monte H. Wright.
“Mr. Rogers: American Terminator” is the seventh of Downs’ plays to be produced by BBT. It streamed “Karl the Magnificent” in January and has also presented live versions of “Cockeyed,” “Mad Gravity,” “Seagulls in a Cherry Tree,” “Headsets” and “How to Survive Your Family at Christmas,” along with “Asking Strangers about the Meaning of Life: A Zoom Play."
Email nstcbbt@zianet.com to receive the link to the show.
BBT’s virtual exhibit for “Connections” continues in thetheatregallery. Participating artists are Diana Ayers, Margaret Bernstein, Thalia Cisneros, Rebecca Courtney, June Decker, Penny Duncklee, Angelina Gaff, Kris Karpaul, Beth LeBlanc, Jan Minow, Marjorie Moeser, Brenda Nuvue, SABA, Bekah Taulbee and Joshua Taulbee.
