Eleven Weeks of Nuclear Summer

by Sophie McIntosh

When an unfortunately-timed nuclear apocalypse strands the staff of Camp Aster's in the Maine wilderness, the team of young women must fight for survival while navigating shifting leadership hierarchies and disaster after endless disaster.

When an unfortunately-timed nuclear apocalypse strands the staff of Camp Aster's in the Maine wilderness, the team of young women must fight for survival while navigating shifting leadership hierarchies and disaster after endless disaster.

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Eleven Weeks of Nuclear Summer

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  • Alexandra Rogers: Eleven Weeks of Nuclear Summer by Sophie McIntosh
    “

    Horrifying, heartfelt, and deeply intimate. This play is a great study of what happens when you can't do anything but hunker down and endure, and of what happens when the unimaginable becomes mundanity.

    Horrifying, heartfelt, and deeply intimate. This play is a great study of what happens when you can't do anything but hunker down and endure, and of what happens when the unimaginable becomes mundanity.

    ”
  • Jan Rosenberg: Eleven Weeks of Nuclear Summer by Sophie McIntosh
    “

    Yellowjackets if it actually made sense and instead of a plane crash it's a nuclear event. Sophie's writing is always SO DARK and equally SO goddamn funny. I especially loved the desperation for normalcy as the world falls apart around these women. Female friendship, betrayal, rivalry, and apocalyptic horror! R.I.P Buttercup.

    Yellowjackets if it actually made sense and instead of a plane crash it's a nuclear event. Sophie's writing is always SO DARK and equally SO goddamn funny. I especially loved the desperation for normalcy as the world falls apart around these women. Female friendship, betrayal, rivalry, and apocalyptic horror! R.I.P Buttercup.

    ”
  • Perse Grammer: Eleven Weeks of Nuclear Summer by Sophie McIntosh
    “

    Absolutely captivated by this play! Hilarious, heart-wrenching, and horrifying.

    Absolutely captivated by this play! Hilarious, heart-wrenching, and horrifying.

    ”
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DAWN — mid-forties. founder of Camp Aster. a consummate survivor. major PTSD masked by a can-do attitude.

LEIGH — mid-twenties. organized. outgoing. opportunistic.

ROZ — mid-twenties. butch. badass. brutal.

VIOLA — mid-twenties. very good at triaging. not very good with people. or feelings.

SIMONE — mid-twenties. generally useless, but great vibes.

KRISTEN — mid-twenties. wannabe horse girl.

Development History

  • Reading, Columbia University, 2024
  • Reading, Breaking & Entering Theatre Collective, 2022

Production History

  • University, University of Michigan - RC Players, 2024
  • University, University of Notre Dame, 2022