Legalectric

You didn’t think you were going to get a free ride on the back of democracy forever, did you?

–Welch, in THE GOD OF HELL

From Actors Studio Drama School Theatre at Westbeth

Haynes: Do you know what Plutonium is named after, Frank?. . .Pluto– the God of Hell. . .Do you know how long it remains radioactive and biologically dangerous once it’s released into the atmosphere?. . .Five hundred thousand years.

Frank: That’s a long time.

Haynes: It is. The most carcinogenic substance known to man. It causes mutations in the genes of the reproductive cells. . .Major mutations. A kind of random compulsory genetic engineering that goes on and on and on.

It was a “solar” jaunt, to Frank Theater’s “The God of Hell” at the Loring Playhouse, a bunch of solar energy fans paying homage to Pluto, and it was nothing we didn’t already know but distressing and depressing nonetheless. Thankfully, we had a productive time conspiring afterwards, and maybe a new enterprise is forthcoming… mysterious, of course, it’s all about Pluto, but stay tuned.

The God of Hell has gotten around…
London
Chicago
Off Broadway

Welch: Don’t act so surprised, Emma. What did you expect? You didn’t think you were going to get a free ride on the back of democracy forever, now did you? Did you?! What have you done to deserve such rampant freedom? Such total lack of responsibility? Just lolling about here in the Wisconsin wilderness with your useless lumberjack of a husband, scraping the cream off the countryside. Sooner or later the price has got to be paid, don’t you think? Our day has come.