36 MONOLOGUES ABOUT URBAN PLANNING (to be performed in a cul-de-sac)

by Annie Grey Smith

36 largely apocalyptic monologues are performed in a semi-random order, each attempting to interface with a world that exists across so many levels of abstraction. The monologues reflect the contradictions of living in the United States and the world and the internet and this street, here. We plan, and yet- etc. etc.

36 largely apocalyptic monologues are performed in a semi-random order, each attempting to interface with a world that exists across so many levels of abstraction. The monologues reflect the contradictions of living in the United States and the world and the internet and this street, here. We plan, and yet- etc. etc.

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36 MONOLOGUES ABOUT URBAN PLANNING (to be performed in a cul-de-sac)

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  • Aly Dig: 36 MONOLOGUES ABOUT URBAN PLANNING (to be performed in a cul-de-sac) by Annie Grey Smith
    “

    This was utterly brilliant. The writing? Brilliant. The arrangement? Brilliant. Genuinely every moment of reading this had me hooked, and I hope to see it performed live one day. This work is really special, abstract and intense and wildly entertaining. This is one of those pieces you read and it sticks with you for a long, long time. Awesome work.

    This was utterly brilliant. The writing? Brilliant. The arrangement? Brilliant. Genuinely every moment of reading this had me hooked, and I hope to see it performed live one day. This work is really special, abstract and intense and wildly entertaining. This is one of those pieces you read and it sticks with you for a long, long time. Awesome work.

    ”
  • Suzan Averitt: 36 MONOLOGUES ABOUT URBAN PLANNING (to be performed in a cul-de-sac) by Annie Grey Smith
    “

    I love this piece. Pieces. I don't pretend to understand it but I can feel it and sense the textures. And it should be performed, in a cul-de-sac. I don't think it can be taken in without performance, but I hope you put it up, or someone does, in a festival where audience members want to think about what they are seeing long after it is over. Beautiful and upsetting.

    I love this piece. Pieces. I don't pretend to understand it but I can feel it and sense the textures. And it should be performed, in a cul-de-sac. I don't think it can be taken in without performance, but I hope you put it up, or someone does, in a festival where audience members want to think about what they are seeing long after it is over. Beautiful and upsetting.

    ”
In the original workshop, there were four performers, but there are no specific casting requirements for this play.

Development History

  • Workshop, Loyola University Chicago, 2022

Production History

  • Professional, Municipal Hole Company, 2023