Deadline 2037

by Margaret O'Donnell

Full-Length (2020). In 2037 in America, poverty has been nearly eliminated, carbon emissions are reduced by 80% over 2018 levels, all are covered by comprehensive health insurance, and every high school graduate is eligible for free tuition at the nation’s colleges and universities. All due, the government trumpets, to the federal funds freed up for social investment by the Quality of Life Act, which mandates...

Full-Length (2020). In 2037 in America, poverty has been nearly eliminated, carbon emissions are reduced by 80% over 2018 levels, all are covered by comprehensive health insurance, and every high school graduate is eligible for free tuition at the nation’s colleges and universities. All due, the government trumpets, to the federal funds freed up for social investment by the Quality of Life Act, which mandates death at age 75. When a tiny group of elderly fighters in small town Illinois take on the law, the government reacts with fury. Who prevails may depend on the tactics each are willing to use. Do the ends justify the means?

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Deadline 2037

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  • Richie Cannaday: Deadline 2037 by Margaret O'Donnell
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    Deadline 2037 was my first experience with a Margaret O'Donnell play, most of which tend to center around a high-concept idea viewed through the experiences of regular folks. This play is no exception. And the closer we get to the year 2037, the more prescient it becomes.

    Deadline 2037 was my first experience with a Margaret O'Donnell play, most of which tend to center around a high-concept idea viewed through the experiences of regular folks. This play is no exception. And the closer we get to the year 2037, the more prescient it becomes.

    ”
  • Anne G. Morgan: Deadline 2037 by Margaret O'Donnell
    “

    I am delighted to recommend this play after having had the pleasure of attending a zoom reading of this play when it was part of Hollins Playwright’s Lab 2020 Playwrights Festival. Deadline 2037 is an engaging play with a scarily realistic premise. The play has great parts for older actors, and, throughout the play, the ground keeps shifting for both the characters and the audience in really satisfying ways.

    I am delighted to recommend this play after having had the pleasure of attending a zoom reading of this play when it was part of Hollins Playwright’s Lab 2020 Playwrights Festival. Deadline 2037 is an engaging play with a scarily realistic premise. The play has great parts for older actors, and, throughout the play, the ground keeps shifting for both the characters and the audience in really satisfying ways.

    ”

Development History

  • Workshop, Hollins University Playwrights Lab, 2020
  • Reading, Seattle Playwrights Salon, 2018
  • Reading, Seattle Playwrights Studio, 2017

Production History

  • University, Hollins University Playwrights Lab-Mill Mountain Theatre, 2020