You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World!

by Keiko Green

*Script has been taken down for publishing.
M has always had a complicated relationship with their parents. But when Greg gets a terminal diagnosis, their small family feels the pressure of time running out. Greg wants to expand his world, as he commits the rest of his life to fighting climate change, while his wife Viv wants nothing more than to keep Greg confined to their home. In this theatrical spectacle, M...

*Script has been taken down for publishing.
M has always had a complicated relationship with their parents. But when Greg gets a terminal diagnosis, their small family feels the pressure of time running out. Greg wants to expand his world, as he commits the rest of his life to fighting climate change, while his wife Viv wants nothing more than to keep Greg confined to their home. In this theatrical spectacle, M uses metatheatricality and the joy of dance and theatre to explore themes of grief, dying, and our connection to the Earth.

"You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World!" will be having its world premiere production at South Coast Repertory Theatre April-May 2025.

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You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World!

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  • Dave Osmundsen: You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World! by Keiko Green
    “

    A play that begins in intimacy that gradually expands beyond the stage, beyond the audience, and beyond the planet we’re reading (or seeing) this play on. Keiko Green manages to strike an impossibly sharp and self-aware comic tone early in the play, then breaks your heart over and over again throughout. What buoys the near-farcical dramaturgy is the empathy the characters command—these are messy humans in a messy world. Just like the rest of us. Wonderful work!

    A play that begins in intimacy that gradually expands beyond the stage, beyond the audience, and beyond the planet we’re reading (or seeing) this play on. Keiko Green manages to strike an impossibly sharp and self-aware comic tone early in the play, then breaks your heart over and over again throughout. What buoys the near-farcical dramaturgy is the empathy the characters command—these are messy humans in a messy world. Just like the rest of us. Wonderful work!

    ”
  • Claire Waldrop: You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World! by Keiko Green
    “

    This play is a gut-punch, a warm hug, a wake-up call, and a real good time. Green's stunning style and magical theatricality weave together the slow death of a person with the slow death of our planet in a way that made me cry as much as it made me laugh. With a strong ensemble and three nuanced central characters, this play culminates in a dance celebration that made me smile from ear to ear. This play just possesses this hope that is equal parts poignant and important. A must read.

    This play is a gut-punch, a warm hug, a wake-up call, and a real good time. Green's stunning style and magical theatricality weave together the slow death of a person with the slow death of our planet in a way that made me cry as much as it made me laugh. With a strong ensemble and three nuanced central characters, this play culminates in a dance celebration that made me smile from ear to ear. This play just possesses this hope that is equal parts poignant and important. A must read.

    ”
  • Emma Gibson: You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World! by Keiko Green
    “

    I loved this beautiful, expansive, furious, gorgeous, deeply sad play so much. There are echoes of 'You got older' and yet it is utterly original with an engine fueled with so much imagination and grief that it makes us laugh, cry, and try to save the world. Highly recommend.

    I loved this beautiful, expansive, furious, gorgeous, deeply sad play so much. There are echoes of 'You got older' and yet it is utterly original with an engine fueled with so much imagination and grief that it makes us laugh, cry, and try to save the world. Highly recommend.

    ”
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SIX ACTORS. *Possible to separate roles out to allow for a bigger cast.
1 non-binary, 3W, 2M.

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