Shipwreck: A History Play About 2017

Early on in the pandemic, I revisited Ann Washburn’s all-too-appropriate MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY for comfort in what felt like apocalyptic times. You can imagine my excitement when I learned that her latest play, SHIPWRECK (which was destined for the Public Theater’s 2020-2021 season) has been turned into an audio play that is now available for streaming! The piece’s full name, SHIPWRECK: A HISTORY PLAY ABOUT 2017 should give you a hint of what is to come: seven liberals, gathered in an upstate New York farmhouse, bemoaning the state of our nation...if only they knew! I haven’t had the chance to listen yet myself, but with a cast that includes Richard Topol and Raul Esparza, you can bet it’s next up in my queue. 

—Julia Hammer, Creative Exec