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In Margaret Atwood Minute was written by award-winning playwright Anne Valentino.
The play In a Margaret Atwood Minute, which begins this weekend at San Antonio’s Extra time Theater, depicts a not-too-distant future when the nation is beneath siege.
Sure issues have ceased to be — liberal arts research, homosexual marriage and freedom of expression included. Even literarians are beneath assault on this ode to Margaret Atwood, the Canadian creator greatest identified for the dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Story.
Penned by award-winning playwright Anne Valentino, In a Margaret Atwood Minute brings forth unlikely protagonists — together with former gender research professors-turned-revolutionaries and the enraged ghost of Frida Kahlo — to assist battle the abominable Chancellor of Books.
Whereas witty, surreal and outrageous, the play additionally weaves a barely acquainted dystopian saga. Beneficial for these 18 and up because of language, suggestive imagery and frank discussions of sexuality and homosexuality. $12 students-$18 common admission, 8 p.m.-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 14 and 15 and Friday and Saturday, June 21 and 22, The Extra time Theater, 5409 Bandera Street, #205, (210) 557-7562, theovertimetheater.org.
