Last Man Club - ePublication
THE STORY: The Dust Bowl: 1930–1939. With no one else around for a hundred miles, Major’s busted family lives in a one room dugout as Major tries to reconcile himself to the fact that his own kin has taken the money and run. Out of an enormous storm—200 miles wide, 15,000 feet high—come two desperate men promising a way out. Their visit is a welcome break in the grinding routine of storm and quiet that Wishful Hi, Saromybride and Uncle Pogord have endured under Major’s iron, heartbroken hand. But did his brother really get out and away? Who are these people? Where’d that money come from? Will the machine work? Are there lights in the sky?
“…an atmospheric, expertly structured one-act drama…the Dust Bowl illusion is masterly…a story of deception, despair and some surprising aspects of persistent hope.” —The New York Times.
“…a deeply unsettling sensory overload in [this] dark and disturbing play about die-hard survivors in the Dust Bowl…a 20th century Mother Courage and Her Children.” —TheaterMania.
“Sharp’s unpredictable dialogue and subtle plot shifts bring a compelling elegance to the proceedings while also making the play relevant to such twenty-first-century concerns as poverty, unemployment, climate change, the housing crisis, war, and a lack of faith in government…LAST MAN CLUB might be set in the past and hint at the future, but it is, sadly, also firmly rooted in the here and now.” —TWI-NY.com.
