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The World is Ending and Maybe That’s Kinda Hot
Type of Show
Full-length Play
Performance Type
Live
Digital
Genre
Comedy
Acts
1 act
Duration
90 - 120 mins
Performing Groups
Professional Theatre
Community Theatre
College/University
Movement Requirements
Minimal
Tech Requirements
Minimal- except possible wild high tech ending that’s open to the director/designer’s interpretation
Cast Summary
4-5f, 3m
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Overview
The World is Ending and Maybe That’s Kinda Hot: an aggressively modern, glitter and lollypops adaptation of Boccaccio's The Decameron.  Insufferable/irresistible 20-something young nobles escaping the Black Death in the Italian countryside tell each other stories to help forget about the Death Everywhere bit. Weingarten's satirical, R-rated ensemble comedy comedy asks, "Can it be kinda hot as the world ends?" while also reflecting on the true power of storytelling in times of turmoil.

“This play captures the chaos of being young and sexy and flawless and gross and understands that all those things added together equal armagaddon. More classical adaptations like this, that tear the original apart and have sex with the pieces.” --playwright Matt Minnicino

(Release your grip on your pearls--you can thank Boccaccio for the salacious bits. The Vatican already put it on their Index of Banned Books in 1559.)

**looking for a shorter, high-school-friendly version? Here you go.
Plot
In this kinda adaptation of “The Decameron” by Boccaccio, 7 hot young people gather in a generic meadow in Italy to hang and tell stories and hit on each other. Each young person tells one story and as the stories are told, secrets and truths about who they are and who they really love come to light. They are like all kinda freaked/not in the bestt space though cause they just escaped the Black Plague, like no big deal cause they’re safe now…or are they??
Casting
4-5f, 3m
FILOMENA
Headstrong, dating Panfilo, you wanna be her.
EMILIA
Super sexy, really spacey, is so intriguing you can’t stop thinkin about it.
LAURETTA
Really bad at writing songs, kinda a mopey chick, obsessed with Filostrato.
PAMPINEA
Super wide-eyed, little bit dumb, really into Dioneo which means she has bad taste in men.
PANFILO
Super sweet, can be a doormat, is too nice to be on Tinder.
FILOSTRATO
Kinda an intense dude, perpetually bitter about his exes, has separation anxiety from his dog.
DIONEO
Supa lusty, likes bird watching, doesn’t give an F.
CLARITA
(very small role/could be doublecast) Patron saint who kinda sucks at it.
Materials
These materials are available for an additional fee:
  • 60-Minute Talkback with the Creator - $300
    A 60-minute Zoom/Google Meet with one or more of the show's creator(s). Licensees and guests can ask questions, share experiences, and hear about the artistic journey of the show and creative team. This can be scheduled before or after the performances. If we are unable to make scheduling work, the cost will be refunded.
  • Video Recording License - $200
    License to create an archival recording of the show that may be distributed to the cast and crew. This does not allow publicly posting the performance.
* These prices are for informational purposes only and are non-binding until your contract is signed.
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