Microcosm
Matt Hartley
microcrisis
by Mike Lew
Synopsis
THE STORY: Set fast on the heels of the Great Recession, microcrisis hinges on the Nobel Peace Prize-winning concept of microcredit, the small loans to budding entrepreneurs meant to alleviate third-world poverty.
This uproarious comedy is about what happens when a banker named Bennett exploits microcredit loans, lumps them into complex financial instruments, and crashes the global economy.
Press Reviews
"…the savagery of microcrisis is impressive indeed… [a] pungent, cautionary tale…this chilly comedy is dynamic theater…"
— The New York Times
"Part political satire and part absurdist romp with a dash of vaudeville thrown in, microcrisis takes the measure of the [global] economic fallout by reflecting it in a fun-house mirror…Lew’s writing is fresh and zesty…a chilling picture of the destruction wreaked by greed…"
— Time Out New York
"clever, witty… a sharp tongue[d] satire of the global economic meltdown… microcrisis is as much modern-day history lesson as it is pointed parody about the subprime mortgage lending debacle…"
— Chicago Theater Beat
Publication
microcrisis is a comedy play written by Mike Lew and published by Dramatists Play Service .
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