(We also have 7,001 and 7,002.)
While in a general sense, this 7,000th play is accredited to all the Neo-Futurists who have passed through the Neo-Futurarium, who have made this feat possible; in a more specific sense the 7,000th Too Much Light play was written by Caitlin Stainken, and is titled Subtexting. This was determined by noting at which point in the selection process the play was chosen. It is not, of course, an indication of it being the 7,000th play performed...we never bothered to come up with a system of how to keep track of that, and it would surely be an impossible task to figure out which one was which without the ability to bend time and space.
This number also does not include however many plays our comrades in New York City have made for TML over in their neck of the nation. I'm not sure what their exact number is (one of you please comment to let me know). Hitting 7,002 after nearly 21 years comes out to an average of 334 plays a year, and the NY Neos are about to celebrate their 5th Anniversary, so if their average is anything like ours, it would come out to 1,670 plays total. Of course, they also roll the dice to figure out how many plays get changed, so fate could easily make that total significantly higher or lower.
Anyhow...there are seven world premieres this week, including the illustrious 7,000th play, written and performed for you by the cast of Megan, Eliza, Ryan, Mary, Kurt, Caitlin, Tim, and John:
- Manifesto Destiny (Tim Reid)
- Subtexting (Caitlin Stainken)
- JackChiang (Kurt Chiang)
- Box (Mary Fons-Misetic)
- Paranoianaut (John Pierson)
- fellow castmember interviews megan for jobs she's already been interviewed for to make a point about how unnecessarily patronizing job interviews are (Megan Mercier)
- ghost bike (Megan Mercier)








