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Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind (30 plays in 60 minutes)

Collection / Anthology, Dramatic Comedy  /  5w, 5m plus ensemble

Greg Allen

Having opened in 1988 and still playing today as the longest-running show in Chicago history, Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind is an ensemble experiment in presenting “30 Plays in 60 Minutes.”

Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind (30 plays in 60 minutes)

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5w, 5m plus ensemble
  • Duration
    Duration
    60 minutes (1 hour)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Experimental
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult
Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind (30 plays in 60 minutes)

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Summary

Having opened in 1988 and still playing today as the longest-running show in Chicago history, Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind is an ensemble experiment in presenting “30 Plays in 60 Minutes.” Each two-minute play is performed in random order with an interactive audience. An onstage 60-minute timer keeps everyone honest. This collection of 90 comic, tragic, political, personal and abstract plays gives you the chance to program your own evening of 30 Neo-Futurist plays to reflect the lives and experiences of your own ensemble. Go!

History

The Neo-Futurists’ Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind premiered in Chicago, Illinois on December 2, 1988, where it has been running ever since.

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ENSEMBLE

An ensemble cast of however many you would like.

An ensemble cast of however many you would like.

  • Time Period Present Day
  • Setting

    Bare stage/simple set. Now.

  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Additional Features Audience Participation/Interactive, No Intermission
  • Duration 60 minutes (1 hour)

Media

“Still the most clever, most urgent show in town.” – Chicago Stage Review

“Allen's tongue-in-cheek updating of a futurist entertainment... is unashamedly live and democratic theater.” – Chicago Reader

“Pure artistic expression, a sort of mental and emotional purging for the performers that, quite often, resonates in some way with the audience. Whether this resonance is characterized by laughter or a somber silence depends on the scene.” – Chicago Theatre Beat

Videos

  • 20 Years of Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind youtube thumbnail

    20 Years of Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind

  • Neo-Futurists NYC Trailer youtube thumbnail

    Neo-Futurists NYC Trailer

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £30 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

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Authors

Greg Allen

Greg Allen
Greg Allen is the Founding Director of The Neo-Futurists and creator of Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind (30 Plays in 60 Minutes), which has been running 50 weeks a year in Chicago since 1988 and in New York since 2004. He is also author of such plays as The Last Two Mi ...
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