This new drama explores nuclear conflict and its aftermath through a series of short pieces that mix tragic, comedic, and documentary styles. Part of the 2018 Planet Connections Festivity.
A nuclear device explodes at Madison Square Park. Six college students, rehearsing at The Clemente Center, must grapple with the terror of what for them is an unknown horror. 'The Nuclear Plays' imagines the sobering consequences of nuclear war and its aftermath for a world that has largely forgotten the dangers of the ultimate conflict. A project commissioned by the Reinventing Civil Defense Project to educate the public about nuclear risk.
