HEAP

Do you believe in curses? On a quiet street, a foul smell fills the air. Animals start dropping dead. A child is hurt. Maybe its just an off day. Or maybe the world is ending. HEAP is a kaleidoscopic imagining of the book of Job seen through the eyes of his nameless wife and the denizens of their present-day, suburban cul-de-sac.

Do you believe in curses? On a quiet street, a foul smell fills the air. Animals start dropping dead. A child is hurt. Maybe its just an off day. Or maybe the world is ending. HEAP is a kaleidoscopic imagining of the book of Job seen through the eyes of his nameless wife and the denizens of their present-day, suburban cul-de-sac.

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  • Francisco Mendoza: HEAP

    You'd think a play based on the Book of Job would be quite bleak - and while, yes, there is an undercurrent of sadness and hopelessness to HEAP, the play had me laughing out loud in almost every scene. Vivan engages the subject of endurance with clear eyes but a light hand, creating charming (and very funny) characters out of stock figures that populate the play's suburban community, marrying the sassiness (and cruelty) of "Desperate Housewives" with the absurdism of modern works like Noah Diaz's "You Will Get Sick" or Sarah Einspanier's "Lunch Bunch."

    You'd think a play based on the Book of Job would be quite bleak - and while, yes, there is an undercurrent of sadness and hopelessness to HEAP, the play had me laughing out loud in almost every scene. Vivan engages the subject of endurance with clear eyes but a light hand, creating charming (and very funny) characters out of stock figures that populate the play's suburban community, marrying the sassiness (and cruelty) of "Desperate Housewives" with the absurdism of modern works like Noah Diaz's "You Will Get Sick" or Sarah Einspanier's "Lunch Bunch."

Development History

  • Type Workshop, Organization UC San Diego, Year 2021
  • Type Workshop, Organization Clubbed Thumb, Year 2019
  • Type Commission, Organization Clubbed Thumb, Year 2018

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