Society

Written by Skylar Fox & Simon Henriques
Directed by Skylar Fox

Friday, January 27 at 7:30pm
Saturday, January 28 at 2pm and 7:30pm
Alchemical Studios (50 W 17th St., 12th Floor)

A bomb goes off every day in the subway system in the very big city you live in. No one knows what line it’ll be, or when. It’s dangerous, but the subway is still the easiest way to get around town, so…most people do it anyway. People stopped caring after a month or two. Just another inconvenience that might make you late to work. Or class. Or a date. Or that focus group you’ve been doing to make some extra cash.

You can’t believe they still ask you back in for more sessions—it feels like you’ve been going there forever. But the money’s decent, and there are snacks. It’s usually a different group in there every time, but a couple people are starting to look familiar. Maybe you’re just imagining things. But they’re staring at you, too, right?

Society is part play, part participatory focus group, part collective fever dream, presented around a giant conference table. Have some mixed nuts. Circle a number from one to five. This is just the beginning.

HOW TO SEE IT

All tickets are pay-what-you-want. We want everyone who wants to be part of developing our work to be able to.

We’ll send our mailing list a link to reserve seats on Tuesday, January 17. (You can join our mailing list here.) Availability is very limited.

If you have any questions about the content or subject matter of the play, please feel free to email nightdriveplays@gmail.com, and we’ll get in touch.

WHY WE’RE DOING THIS

We are trying some things with this play that we’ve never done before, and so we want you to part of it while we’re still in process. We want to learn from you. We want to make this play with you. Hopefully we’ll all have fun and take some leaps together.

Society was developed with Pipeline Theatre’s PlayLab, and was a semifinalist for the American Playwriting Foundation’s Relentless Award.