Continuity
by Bess Wohl

Name: Continuity
Brand: Bess Wohl
SKU: 9780822241553
Rating: 3.09 (75 reviews)

Continuity Book Cover — Continuity Cover

Highlights

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105 mins Present Day Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy

Synopsis

It’s magic hour in the New Mexico desert as an exhausted film crew races against the setting sun to shoot their blockbuster (but artsy) action movie, which takes place on an arctic (styrofoam) ice floe, and features an ecoterrorist plotting a bombing mission to save all of humankind (supposedly).

As the clock ticks and the desert sun beats down on the not-so-frozen landscape, personalities clash, artistic vision meets Hollywood demands, and the gap between fiction and science grows wider than ever.

A dark but hilarious “play in six takes,” Continuity interrogates the role of storytelling in a world on the brink of actual environmental crisis.

Press Reviews

"Smart, funny, and deeply sad… Wohl’s dialogue is sharp and sprightly, confident and fluid through both the casual banter and the leaps into big emotions and ideas."
— New York Magazine

"At once thought-provoking and hilarious, Continuity is everything a ‘political’ play should be – articulating a point of view with respect for the audience while also challenging the audience, expanding worldviews, and tackling urgent questions about our existence."
— Stage Left

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Dr. Anna Gerber/Lily Dr. Anna Gerber is twenty-two years old and one of the top climatologists in the US. Lily is twenty-two years old, and, as she will quickly tell you, Nigerian-British and just out of RADA.	female	—	Dr. Anna Gerber is twenty-two years old and one of the top climatologists in the US. Lily is twenty-two years old, and, as she will quickly tell you, Nigerian-British and just out of RADA.
George/Jake About thirty, George is a bad boy. Jake wishes he were.	male	—	About thirty, George is a bad boy. Jake wishes he were.
David Caxton Fifty-something, and way too tan and fit to be a writer.	—	—	Fifty-something, and way too tan and fit to be a writer.
Maria Forty-seven years old, a first-time studio film director.	—	—	Forty-seven years old, a first-time studio film director.
Larry The science advisor. Sixties, a climatologist.	—	—	The science advisor. Sixties, a climatologist.
The Pa The nameless, faceless person who is working right now to make your life better and you don’t even know it.	—	—	The nameless, faceless person who is working right now to make your life better and you don’t even know it.
Offstage Voices Walkie voices, Sound Guy, First AD, anyone and everyone.	—	—	Walkie voices, Sound Guy, First AD, anyone and everyone.
Eve/Nicole Eve is an ecologist. Nicole is a thirty-something international movie star.	—	—	Eve is an ecologist. Nicole is a thirty-something international movie star.