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New Plays Festival: Scrubland


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by Stephen Bush

Showtimes
Saturday, May 11 @ 8 pm
Sunday, May 12 @ 3:30 pm
Sunday, May 12 @ 8 pm

Scrubland follows several generations living, working, and dying in Shadeburne, Nevada. Just outside the glamour and fantasy of Las Vegas, Shadeburne is home to a Department of Energy site that goes from testing nuclear weapons to languishing as a tourist trap museum. Scrubland considers what it means to construct national history at the cost of personal history.


About the Playwright

Stephen Bush writes about smart people doing stupid things. His plays explore historicity, faith, and Americana. Reared near the rolling oil fields of Bakersfield, CA, Stephen is a graduate of Bakersfield College and the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television.

About the New Plays Festival
Columbia University School of the Arts presented an expanded festival of new plays written by Columbia MFA Playwriting Students. The esteemed faculty who nurtured these students, including Tony©, Pulitzer, and Obie Award winners such as James Ijames, Rebecca Taichman, Sarah DeLappe, Steve Martin, Will Eno, Karey Kirkpatrick and David Henry Hwang invited everyone to experience these innovative new playwrights.

Organized by Leslie Ayvazian, Theatre. 

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