Chain Reactions

2 Men, 2 Women, 60 Minutes
Drama
Available for production

Three interwoven fugue-like stories are held together by a young physicist who is a mother-to-be. The piece is an experiment with theatrical form and structure, which is influenced by musical composition as well as quantum theory. It combines Einstein, the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and the view through a goldfish bowl in an exploration of the nature of reality, morality and the consequences of our actions. This thought-provoking piece won Best of the San Francisco Fringe Festival in 2000, where it was staged inside the Morrison Planetarium in Golden Gate Park. This production won praise from the San Francisco Chronicle: "The audience is in on something in the making here, as writer-director Trevor Allen concocts a suite of beguiling monologues, quartets and one duet for a company of four absorbing voices." Read more on our press page.

Read some of the script to see how the monologues interconnect into a fugue.

• 1999 (Mistaken Variations excerpt)—
  PlayGround Emerging Playwrights Festival
• 2000 (Chain Reaction excerpt) Dances with Words—
  Rebecca Salzer Dance Company
• 2000 Best of The SF Fringe Festival—
  Black Box Theatre Company
• 2002 The Cutting Ball Theater's
  Risk Is This Festival (staged reading)
• 2003 Last Frontier Theatre Festival (staged reading)
• 2003 Production—C.A.F.E. & Black Box Theatre Company co-production

Postcard design: Andrea Nelson

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