Apocalypse whenever

A graduate student goes into hiding to protect himself from Doomsday in MSU’s comedy ’Boom’

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Grab your Tang and canned goods, hunker down in your fallout shelter and get ready to be blown away by the scientific comedy “Boom.” 

This production is the second installment in the 51st season of the Michigan State University Summer Circle Theatre, which puts on free outdoor plays Wednesdays through Saturdays during the summer.

“Boom” tells the story of a marine biology graduate student named Jules (Tyler VanCamp) whose research on Beaugregory Damselfish has convinced him that the end is near; he has gone into hiding in a bunker in order to protect himself from the impending apocalypse. He then seeks out a woman (Andrea Miller) on Craigslist to help him re-populate the Earth.

“As it progresses, it gets more complex, and what you think you know gets subverted,” explained Rob Roznowski, head of acting in the MSU theater department. He selected “Boom” to be part of the summer lineup because it “has painted such an intelligent mix of science and comedy, which is a pretty rare combination.”

Director Brandon Piper also emphasizes the unique qualities that the unlikely mix of genres seen in “Boom” offer to audiences.

It “successfully melds science, sex and controversial themes that both provoke thought and entertain,” Piper said.

“There are very few plays that I have seen or worked on that have such depth while being both hysterically funny and touching."

"Boom" contains adult situations, and is not recommended for children.

“This is a show about relationships and connection, and in a way, I think that’s what Summer Circle Theatre is about,” Piper said.

“Summer Circle is a great way for Michigan State’s theater department to reach out and share free theater with the greater East Lansing and Lansing community, and that isn’t an opportunity that we experience very often.”

The Summer Circle Theatre series concludes next week with a production of the Harvey Schmidt/Tom Jones musical "The Fantasticks," in which love blooms between Matt and Luisa, the children of two fathers embroiled in a supposed family feud.


’Boom’
Michigan State University Summer Circle Theatre
8 p.m. Wednesday, June 15, Thursday, June 16, Friday, June 10, and Saturday, June 17
Outdoor theater behind the MSU Auditorium, along the Red Cedar River
This show is recommended for adults.
Free


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