Lunch Bunch by Adrian Einspanier

Dragon Fruit! Black Beluga Lentils! Perfectly Soft-Boiled Eggs! Amidst the distinct fear/feeling that: the world is, always has been, always will be (???) going to shit! Seven public defenders seek meaning, belonging, some semblance of order VIA their lunches.

Postponed / Upcoming: PlayCo and Clubbed Thumb directed by Tara Ahmadinejad (Originally Scheduled March & April 2020)
Recent:...
Dragon Fruit! Black Beluga Lentils! Perfectly Soft-Boiled Eggs! Amidst the distinct fear/feeling that: the world is, always has been, always will be (???) going to shit! Seven public defenders seek meaning, belonging, some semblance of order VIA their lunches.

Postponed / Upcoming: PlayCo and Clubbed Thumb directed by Tara Ahmadinejad (Originally Scheduled March & April 2020)
Recent: Clubbed Thumb's Winterworks and Summerworks directed by Tara Ahmadinejad (2019)

New York Times Critic's Pick: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/theater/lunch-bunch-review.html
Time Out Critic's Pick: https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/lunch-bunch
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Lunch Bunch

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  • Alissa Klusky:
    17 May. 2024
    “ I desperately would love to see this play again; it has stayed with me since I saw it in 2019 and I continue to come back to it when I want to be reminded about how powerful comedy can be in revealing deep and resonant truths. I've never laughed and cried simultaneously in the theater like at this play. I adore it and I'll never look at my lunches (or being a public defender) the same way. ”
  • Emma Goldman-Sherman:
    12 Apr. 2023
    “ Hilarious play about a group of public defenders who are desperately fighting impossible battles against a cruel system while obsessing about lunch in the most wonderful ways! I highly recommend this for the theatrical use of language, brilliantly created characters and very distinct rhythms and scene dynamics that make this such a joyful show. ”
  • Daniel Krane:
    21 May. 2020
    “ One of the funniest plays I've ever seen. Delightfully specific language, a wonderfully kooky workplace environment, coupled with a sly jab at the messed up legal system we have by way of the world's most intense lunch group. Talk about a group of people eating their feelings. ”
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Development History

  • Commission
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    Clubbed Thumb
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    2018

Production History

  • Workshop
    ,
    Clubbed Thumb
    ,
    2019
  • Professional
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    Clubbed Thumb
    ,
    2019