Spring Main Stage
Cast & Crew Families
Photos
No photography or video recording of the performance is permitted. After the final show on Sunday, we will have professional photos from our dress rehearsal available in our SmugMug gallery courtesy of Colburn Captures.
Press
From the Connection newspaper: Saving Humanity via Pop Culture after Apocalypse. Chantilly High presents ‘Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play
Lobby Volunteers
Behind every great performance is a team of dedicated parent volunteers, like you, who play a crucial role in ensuring everything runs smoothly. Your contribution is invaluable, and we thank you in advance for your help! Thank you for your continued support. Volunteers needed starting Friday, 4/25!
https://tinyurl.com/CHS-Burns-SUG
Cast & Crew Shirts
All shirts must be ordered and paid for by 4/25
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Tech Week Meals -- please note that students will NOT be able to leave campus to get food during Tech/Dress rehearsals. By signing up and paying for the meals from Boosters, food will be delivered to the school for you to eat during our breaks. Please note that payment must be received for the meals to be delivered. Please see Mr. Shaw if you have any questions.
Orders and payment due by 4/23
See link in Schoology group, or https://tinyurl.com/CHS-Burns-Meals
About the Show
Anne Washburn’s imaginative dark comedy – a play with music featuring songs by Washburn and Michael Friedman – propels us forward nearly a century, following a new civilization stumbling into its future.
After the collapse of civilization, a group of survivors share a campfire and begin to piece together the plot of The Simpsons episode “Cape Feare” entirely from memory. Seven years later, this and other snippets of pop culture (sitcom plots, commercials, jingles and pop songs) have become the live entertainment of a post-apocalyptic society, sincerely trying to hold onto its past. Seventy-five years later, these are the myths and legends from which new forms of performance are created.
A paean to live theater, and the resilience of Bart Simpson through the ages, Mr. Burns is an animated exploration of how the pop culture of one era might evolve into the mythology of another.
Notes for our audience
- Act 1: ~45 minutes, with a 10 minute intermission
- Act 2: ~45 minutes, with a 10 minute intermission
- Act 3: ~30 minutes
- Total run time ~2.5 hours with two 10-minute intermissions.
Please note: This play uses lookalike prop firearms. All prop firearms used in this production are non-firing replicas. This production uses a theatrical haze effect.
Content Warnings: This production contains mature language and situations and is not recommended for younger audiences. This production contains simulated violence as well as implied violence against young children.