After People Like You

FULL-LENGTH. It's 10:49pm and two couples -- Anna and Diego, and Tim and Keri -- are taking the same R train to Forest Hills, Queens. They've all just been to the same wedding, but they haven't spoken in five years -- and as their subway ride progresses, we learn that there's more than that silence fueling the space between them. This R train-ride takes place in the future, in the wake of a...
FULL-LENGTH. It's 10:49pm and two couples -- Anna and Diego, and Tim and Keri -- are taking the same R train to Forest Hills, Queens. They've all just been to the same wedding, but they haven't spoken in five years -- and as their subway ride progresses, we learn that there's more than that silence fueling the space between them. This R train-ride takes place in the future, in the wake of a climate related event called the Surge -- but the characters are still living their lives, dealing with the litany of mundane and monstrous problems that confront ordinary people, apocalypse or not. Through the spiky specificity of its characters and the careful narrative revelations, this play asks: is this a great time to be alive? Is being alive enough?
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After People Like You

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  • Cheryl Bear:
    8 Apr. 2021
    How are we living our lives in the midst of it all? A powerful and moving look at our humanity.

Character Information

  • Tim
    20’s/early 30’s,
    Any
    ,
    Male
  • Keri
    20’s/early 30’s,
    Any
    ,
    Female
  • Diego
    20’s/early 30’s,
    Any
    ,
    Male
  • Anna
    20’s/early 30’s,
    Any
    ,
    Female

Production History

  • Workshop
    ,
    Blue Riders at Classic Stage Company, dir. Anna Brenner
    ,
    2014

Awards

Semi-Finalist
,
Playwrights Conference
,
Seven Devils
,
2020
Finalist
,
Bridge Award
,
Arts in the Armed Forces
,
2019