Kubrickian

by Zack Peercy

FULL LENGTH: Trapped in a white space, three men have a limited time to use their vocal cords before they're forcibly removed by their unseen captor. So, why is it that all they talk about is acclaimed film director Stanley Kubrick?

FULL LENGTH: Trapped in a white space, three men have a limited time to use their vocal cords before they're forcibly removed by their unseen captor. So, why is it that all they talk about is acclaimed film director Stanley Kubrick?

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  • Shaun Leisher: Kubrickian

    Loved this play!!!

    Loved this play!!!

  • Skyler Tarnas: Kubrickian

    Truly a triumph, KUBRICKIAN takes the awkwardness of having a movie explained at you and turns it into a madcap brilliant celebration of passion. I've seen this partially performed and fully read at this point, and both times every moment has clicked with a fully-enthralled audience. A weird and wonderful piece.

    Truly a triumph, KUBRICKIAN takes the awkwardness of having a movie explained at you and turns it into a madcap brilliant celebration of passion. I've seen this partially performed and fully read at this point, and both times every moment has clicked with a fully-enthralled audience. A weird and wonderful piece.

  • Ben Kaye: Kubrickian

    More than just a play about a specific film director, KUBRICKIAN examines how men talk to - and with - each other, and how monotonous and lonely of an experience that can often be, distilled into pop culture analysis and droll small talk shorn of any truthful emotional connection. And then, yes, it is also about Stanley Kubrick, and how fractured his legacy and reputation have become, all before building to a final set-piece that genuinely reckons with how expansive and life-affirming his works stand for a specific generation of people. As totemic and baffling as, well, a Kubrick film.

    More than just a play about a specific film director, KUBRICKIAN examines how men talk to - and with - each other, and how monotonous and lonely of an experience that can often be, distilled into pop culture analysis and droll small talk shorn of any truthful emotional connection. And then, yes, it is also about Stanley Kubrick, and how fractured his legacy and reputation have become, all before building to a final set-piece that genuinely reckons with how expansive and life-affirming his works stand for a specific generation of people. As totemic and baffling as, well, a Kubrick film.

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Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Bramble Theatre's Festival of Unfinished Work, Year 2023
  • Type Reading, Organization Intrinsic Theatre Company, Year 2020

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