HOUR OF LEAD: AN ECO-TERROR RIFF ON GLOBAL WARMING
“Don’t mind dinner—he’s just defrosting.”
Full-Length Post-Apocalyptic Drama, no Intermission
2M, 1W
It's the dawn of a new ice age as Brady and Zeremiah struggle to stay alive one more day in hopes that the earth will finally melt.
It's one-hundred below. Inside a remote truck stop, the walls are blood-splattered and a man with his throat slit is frozen to a chair. Brady and Zeremiah are struggling to eke out another day of life as they discover an attractive teenage intruder named Ash who may be the answer to their prayers. But, as the ice sheets beneath them start to thaw, so do their alliances.
This play examines the age-old conflict of man versus nature and how against the most extreme odds, when battling Mother Nature, the unflappable desire to stay resilient remains.
OF NOTE
Was previously developed under the title Tar's Children
Winner of the McKnight Fellowship in Playwriting at the Playwrights' Center in 2012
Finalist for the SoHo Rep Writer/Director Lab in 2011
Finalist for the Jerome Fellowship at the Playwrights' Center in 2011
WORKSHOP
October 2010
PlayLabs, Minneapolis MN
directed by Marion McClinton
September 2010
Penumbra Theatre, St. Paul MN
directed by Marion McClinton