With RENEWABLES it's astonishing how much Christine Foster accomplishes in just 10 pages, how easily (it seems) she pulls off this eerie and complex dystopian future where the mental energies of its population are harvested for utilities. Sure the work of Philip K Dick comes to mind, but our entry into this alt-world seems less bumpy. And there's tea. Most brilliant is the idea that ghosts of loved ones are Mutual Manifest Memories. I love the reverse plot-move that the daughter Sybil longs for, rather than fears, a ghostly relative, a taboo act that brings on the unnerving climax. Tremendous!

Deliciously dark and dangerous, especially in these times where dis- and mis-information reign and terrorize. This play is chilling and powerful. Brava!

Just when you think you've seen all the dystopias there are too see... BOOM!

Foster creates a world where even sitting back, relaxing, and letting your thoughts go can be a source of great power or destruction. A society stripped of old beliefs, it's become almost too pragmatic. People still have wants and ambitions, but the cost of carelessness is terrifyingly high.

Foster creates an unsettling atmosphere, its sense of dread compounded by the normality of her characters and how normalIZED they've become to circumstances we would consider extreme.

RENEWABLES will stay with you for a long time.