Synopsis
Shipwreck
$14.99 Published by Oberon
5 Male 3 Female
Acclaimed US playwright Anne Washburn seeks to understand people who voted for Trump and give them a voice in this sinister and sensational new play ...
An old farmhouse upstate
Snow is falling
Mountains are falling
Something is breaking apart
You are formally invited to dinner with the 45th President of the United States
Shipwreck is a "nightmarish comedy" about Donald Trump with characters including the President, former FBI director James Comey and George W Bush
Trump, his family, and his immediate inner circle are either on stage or talked about almost incessantly
Alongside them are fictional liberal characters who are "wrestling with what Trump is, both politically and existentially"
Anne Washburn is best known for Mr Burns, a post-apocalyptic epic that revolves around an episode of The Simpsons and for an adaptation of The Twilight Zone