Metroactive » The End of the World https://activate.metroactive.com Thu, 10 Mar 2022 18:08:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 ‘The End of the World’ at the Pear Theatre https://activate.metroactive.com/2019/01/the-end-of-the-world-at-the-pear-theatre/ https://activate.metroactive.com/2019/01/the-end-of-the-world-at-the-pear-theatre/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2019 01:21:31 +0000 http://wp.blvdscms.com/activate-metroactive-com/?p=123170
The premise is simple enough. With 12 hours left to live, how would you choose to spend your time? With friends? With family? How about swiping through potential matches on your handset? In outline, Spending the End of the World on OK Cupid, sounds similar to Tom Perrotta’s The Leftovers—albeit with a…]]>

The premise is simple enough. With 12 hours left to live, how would you choose to spend your time? With friends? With family? How about swiping through potential matches on your handset? In outline, Spending the End of the World on OK Cupid, sounds similar to Tom Perrotta’s The Leftovers—albeit with a decidedly absurdist twist. With the entire population of Earth is about to disappear, playwright Jeffrey Lo muses that a dating website will get a great deal of play during humanity’s final hours.

Spending the End of the World on OK Cupid
Sat, 8pm, $28+
The Pear Theatre, Mountain View

 

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