“The world where this takes place is scary, but people find comfort in what is supposed to be mindless entertainment.” “There’s this sense that stories matter and cultural touchstones like ‘The Simpsons’ bind people together,” Reams said. Reams said the details of the story aren’t as important as the big picture. Burns becomes the villain of the piece where it was Sideshow Bob in the original episode.” “The first act takes place within months of the apocalypse, so people remember the parts to the plot well, but we see how the details change over the years. This is not just a re-enactment of “Cape Feare,” a classic “Simpsons” episode from 1993, as much as a literal depiction of that old children’s game telephone. “The first two acts feel small so that works with the smaller space, but in the third act, the big theater represents a theater built just for the purpose of re-enacting ‘The Simpsons,’” explained drama teacher Paul Reams, who is directing the production. It’s an ambitious play, one that requires the school’s two theaters: The smaller black box theater for the intimate parts of the show and the big theater for a third act for a retelling of the episode as a huge pageant complete with musical numbers and a Greek chorus featuring performers in masks depicting various “Simpsons” characters. The play first concerns a group of people in the future who, in the absence of television or streaming video, keep “The Simpsons” alive by acting out the “Cape Fear” episode for their fellow humans. Burns: A Post-Electric Play.” (Photo by Alex Owens) Highland actors in masks for the upcoming production of “Mr. 16–17 that examines how people might keep modern culture alive after an apocalypse.
Burns: A Post-Electric Play,” an experimental work running Nov.
The Highland Players’ latest production is “Mr. Don’t have a cow, but the Helix drama department is telling the story of “The Simpsons” - sort of.