New Play Brunch – IF THE WORLD CAME TO AN END

Join us for brunch, bottomless mimosas and a brand new play reading! The event will run from 11AM-1PM.
IF THE WORLD CAME TO AN END is a one-man comedy-horror musical written and performed by Hunter Hoffman, created in collaboration with M. Graham Smith. The show follows Darren, a down-on-his-luck musician who arrives to play a gig in a coffee shop basement, only to discover he may be playing through the apocalypse. When his on-again/off-again, conspiracy-theorist girlfriend doesn’t show up, a phone call reveals her reason. The world is, in fact, coming to an end. As Darren performs and interacts with the audience, her “theories” begin unfolding in real time. Alarms blare. Power surges. Escape becomes impossible. The basement transforms into a bunker, trapping Darren and the audience together as the end approaches.

Blurring the line between performer and spectator, the show changes every night as Darren turns to the audience for guidance. Questions on love, regret, and the lives we imagine living but never quite do. Shaped by the people in the room and the choices they make, If the World Came to an End invites audiences to laugh through the terror while confronting what they themselves might confess, choose, or change if the end were truly here, with their guide being a jilted singer-songwriter with a guitar, a microphone, and a lot of emotional baggage.

HUNTER HOFFMAN is ecstatic to be the newest addition to the incredibly talented Core Company of B Street Theatre. Other B Street credits include THE WHITE CHIP, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, INSERTION, JUMP, WIPEOUT, THE LAST MATCH, ON AN OPEN FIRE, THE LAST WIDE OPEN. Hunter also was a fight choreographer for the B Street productions of THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, MS. HOLMES & MS. WATSON, and CHARADE. Broadway: SWEAT. National Tour: OKLAHOMA! (Broadway National Tour), SWEAT (Public Theater Mobile Unit National). Off-Broadway: TROILUS & CRESSIDA (NYSF). Regional Theatre: LOVE, LOVE, LOVE(Studio Theatre - DC), NOW CIRCA THEN (Capital Stage), CLARKSTON (Boise Contemporary Theatre), SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (New Stage Theater), THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (Gallery Players), ROMEO & JULIET, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (South Brooklyn Shakespeare). Hunter is also a singer/songwriter who performs and records under the alias, The Lost Wayne. His latest EP “Tangerine” is out now wherever you listen to music. Thank you, as always, to Mom, Dad, Paige, and my forever Squeak. IG: @thelostwayne

THIS SHOW IS ELIGIBLE FOR YOUR B-FLEX MEMBERSHIP!

If you are a member of the Norris New Play Fund, you might be eligible for complimentary tickets to this new play reading. Please reach out to the Box Office via phone at 916.443.5300 or email (tickets@bstreettheatre.org) to book your tickets. Availability is limited, so act fast!