Mr. Universe and other plays
By: by Jim Grimsley.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill; Algonquin Books
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
Other titles: Mr. Universe & other plays; Mr. Universe
Description: Here is award-winning drama that peers into the nature of human conflict with wit, risk, and a sense of adventure. From the gritty streets of New Orleans, where a muscle man is rescued by two drag queens, to a prison cell, where Jesus is interrogated by his ambitious disciple, Grimsley's plays ask what happens when divergent worlds cross. What happens, for instance, when a yuppie couple and their poor rural neighbors are unexpectedly forced to address their differences - and their similarities?

What happens when members of a film crew shooting an adult movie on the beach of Bikini Atoll, in the Marshall Islands, confront their own fears on the eve of the first hydrogen bomb explosion?