New Plays Festival: Scrubland - Arts Initiative at Columbia University

About the Festival

Columbia University School of the Arts presents an expanded festival of new plays written by Columbia MFA Playwriting Students. The esteemed faculty who have nurtured these students, including Tony, Pulitzer, and Obie Award winners such as James Ijames, Rebecca Taichman, Sarah DeLappe, Steve Martin, Will Eno, Karey Kirkpatrick and David Henry Hwang invite you to experience these innovative new playwrights.

Event Details

Follow several generations living, working, and dying in Shadeburne, Nevada. Just outside the glamour and fantasy of Las Vegas, Shadeburne is home to a Department of Energy site that goes from testing nuclear weapons to languishing as a tourist trap museum. Scrubland considers what it means to construct national history at the cost of personal history.

Location

Lenfest Center for the Arts
615 W 129th St
New York, NY

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About The Performance

Scrubland follows several generations living, working, and dying in Shadeburne, Nevada. Just outside the glamour and fantasy of Las Vegas, Shadeburne is home to a Department of Energy site that goes from testing nuclear weapons to languishing as a tourist trap museum. Scrubland considers what it means to construct national history at the cost of personal history.

About the Playwright

Stephen Bush writes about smart people doing stupid things. His plays explore historicity, faith, and Americana. Reared near the rolling oil fields of Bakersfield, CA, Stephen is a graduate of Bakersfield College and the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television.

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