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Full-Length Play, Satire/Political Satire / 3 any gender (adult)
Nikhil Vyas
One morning in 1950, the residents of idyllic Mosinee, Wisconsin, wake up to find themselves in a nightmare. Plunging into the dawn of the Cold War and back again, The Mosinee Project follows the true story of a fake invasion.
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Mosinee, Wisconsin, 1950. An idyllic Midwestern town wakes up to find themselves in a nightmare. Armed Communist forces have taken over; imprisoning townspeople, cutting off communication, marching through the streets with nobody to oppose them. Prices are changed, barbed wire fences erected, and the Mayor is held at gunpoint. Or so it appears. This is just how it begins. Plunging into the dawn of the Cold War and back again, The Mosinee Project follows the true story of a fake invasion. A fevered, darkly funny retelling, interrogating why we fear, control and tell tales about the future.
Primarily:JOSEPH ZACK KORNFEDERBENJAMIN GITLOWJOHN DECKERFRANCIS SCHWEINLERMAYOR RALPH E KRONENWETTER
More variously:The TOWNSPEOPLE of Mosinee, WisconsinThe PRESS of the United States of AmericaUS, here and now
Mosinee, Wisconsin. 1950.
“Imaginative and thoughtful.” — The Stage
“It’s a show full of dark humour and scarcely believable insights, and it captures shifting ideas of truth and deception with a sly wink of the eye, teetering beautifully between arch comedy and authentic horror.” — The Arts Desk
“A gripping tale of weaponised political fear and espionage.” — Entertainment Now
“A chilling and inventive play set in during the Cold War.” — Fest Magazine
“Entertaining” — The Guardian
“The Mosinee Project is an extremely well-written piece about a fascinating real-life story that has been brought to life in real style.” — LondonTheatre1
“An inventive, often exhilarating piece.” — The Reviews Hub
“A brilliant, multi-layered, and intrinsically meta-theatrical project that invites the audience to revisit history and question the very nature of performance.” — Theatre Weekly
Nikhil Vyas is a theatre director & maker, born in Mumbai and raised in Croydon, whose practice includes dramaturgy, education & participatory work. He trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and the Young Vic Directors Program. His credits as director or lead artist inc ...