Dustin Loomis as Sam and Stephanie Burden as Louisa in DC Dollies and the Rocket Bitch Revue's production of MAY 39th at the Capital Fringe Festival, Washington DC, July 2006.
MAY 39th
A voyeuristic peek at dating 1,000 years from now. Louisa's your average, brainy, slightly mousy single gal in the city. Sure, she's got twelve clones and a decent job at the Center for Proteonomics, but she's also got a genetic trait of not feeling pain that makes her, well...different. Louisa's predictable world is turned upside down when she meets romantic renegade Sam online at the Ninja Diner. Sam offers Louisa everything she wants, and a few things she hadn't bargained for.
45 minutes.
“This is science fiction done right – using the genre to explore ourselves and the world around us. What obstacles do we put in our own way? What are put in our way by society? This story explores that in a very thoughtful way.”
“[Kimball] combines futuristic fantasy with a plus ça change philosophy, her play adding up to a hopeful vision tinged with dark humor. ”
Setting
May 39, 3006. A bedroom.
Characters
- Louisa, female.
- Sam, male or female.
Production & Development History
- Production, Bard College at Simon's Rock, 2016
- Production, Hollywood Fringe Festival (Absolute Theatre), 2015
- Production, Drama League Directorfest, 2014
- Production, Alcyone Festival (Halcyon Theatre), 2013
- Production, Capital Fringe Festival (11:11 Productions), 2009
- Production, Capital Fringe Festival (DC Dollies & The Rocket Bitch Revue), 2006
Additional readings and workshops at Lark Play Development Center, The Wild Project (Electric Pear Productions), The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Doorway Arts Ensemble, The Dramatists' Guild.