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![]() A hoot to read, ZAP is a dream to perform as high schools in California, New York, and Florida have already discovered. ![]() As characters from one play end up on the set of another, their befuddlement, exasperation, and brave attempts at improvisation are truly priceless. Combining spot-on parodies of Anton Chekhov, Agatha Christie, Tennessee Williams, Samuel Beckett, Neil Simon and performance art and throwing in scenes from RICHARD III for good measure, ZAP flicks rapidly back and forth from play to play, with hilarious results. The idea is so immediate and arresting that readers may wonder why it's never been. ![]() But what play could possibly suit the point-and-click attention spans of kids born with remote controls in their cribs? Cue the lights for ZAP, a nonstop farce that juxtaposes seven different plays performed simultaneously with a comic genius reminiscent of masters from Monty Python to the Marx Brothers. Perhaps the ultimate model for making history relevant: Fleischman (A Fate Totally Worse Than Death, 1995, etc.) retells the major events of the Trojan War, while the accompanying collages show photos and newspaper articles and headlines from this century that in some way are similar to those ancient events. When they're not dusting off the old classics over and over high-school drama departments are constantly in search of new material. ![]() Aimed at a generation of short attention spans and a taste for razor-sharp comedy, the rapid-fire ZAP is a smart, farcical new play for high-school students that's ready to bring the house down. ![]()
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