Anna Waldman-Brown

Anna Waldman-Brown

Plays

  • Planned Symbiosis by Anna Waldman-Brown
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: octopus, climate change + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, political, satire, science fiction
    Keyword: octopus, climate change, United Nations, linguistics, Mind Parasites
    The Octopus Collective sends an ultimatum to the United Nations: if humans can’t stop global warming, the octopuses will declare war. Luckily, cephalopods have developed a neuroparasite to help humans coordinate– but can an octopus diplomat and their grad student translator convince the Secretary-General?
  • Minutes to Midnight by Anna Waldman-Brown
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: nuclear attack, Cold War + 1 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: nuclear attack, Cold War, Nuclear apocalypse
    The colonel on duty at a missile detection facility receives an incoming missile warning, and calls his mom for advice.
  • Deaths of Despair by Anna Waldman-Brown
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: suicide, Depression + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, experimental, science fiction
    Keyword: suicide, Depression, artificial intelligence, virtual play, teen suicide, trees, aliens, alienation, transphobia, coronavirus
    An online focus group on suicide in America becomes increasingly uninformative.
  • Bankasaga: an Economic Tragicomedy by Anna Waldman-Brown
    Cast: 
    6–8
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, fable/folktale, fantasy, political, romantic comedy
    Reykjavík, October 2008: Lehman Brothers just collapsed, Iceland is on the verge of bankruptcy, and an American mathematician is starting her very first job — in investment banking. Set in a pub full of Norse gods and influenced by the Icelandic sagas, this is a tale of romance, revolution, and the Great Recession.