Theatre Workshop of Nantucket’s production of Eureka Day, written by Jonathan Spector, follows the executive committee at a private school as it navigates a mumps outbreak among its students. Tensions rise as they are left debating vaccination policies, and the audience gets a taste of the range of opinions among parents about conspiracy theories, science, and responsibility.
With uncanny foresight, Spector wrote Eureka Day several years before the COVID-19 pandemic made situations like what he’s portrayed commonplace. The play finds humor in the absurdity of human behaviour (at times unhinged), without villainizing any character. This sharp, laugh-out-loud satire is also provocative, turning an all-too-familiar debate into brilliant theatre.
Tickets to TWN’s Eureka Day are available at TheatreNantucket.org.