Script Tease: After the Blast

SCRIPT TEASE: Staged Readings and Play Development Series

After the Blast by Zoe Kazan

Directed by Andy Head

October 26, 2025, 7:30pm

Sklarsky Glass Box Theater, SHED

Rochester Institute of Technology

After the Blast is a dystopian story about isolation, resilience, artificial intelligence, and hope. The world as we know it has ended and the survivors now live in cities deep underground, awaiting a return to the surface. As humanity struggles to endure, Anna and her partner Oliver hope to have a baby, and enlist the assistance of Arthur, a home-helper robot, to aid them in passing society’s strict fertility regulations.

Content Disclosure: This show contains mentions of depression, trauma, grief, and existential anxiety.