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02237aam a2200313 i 4500 001 B0A39F3CCF3111EB9A1890BA3BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210617010040 008 190819s2019 nyua 000 d eng d 010 $a 2019948455 020 $a 0997866438 020 $a 9780997866438 035 $a (OCoLC)994038686 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d CIA $d NMW $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat 050 00 $a PS3611.O7492 $b P46 2019 082 04 $a 812/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Kosmas, Kristen, $e author. 245 14 $a The people's republic of Valerie / $c a play by Kristen Kosmas ; with cartography by Leon Finley ; & an introduction by Daniel Alexander Jones. 250 $a Living room edition. 264 1 $a Brooklyn, NY : $b 53rd State Press, $c 2019. 300 $a 85 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 18 cm 520 $a "In the Bright Future, the environmental rampage will have ended, amnesty will be given to all those who return to their senses, and it will be said, {u2018}We are not free yet, but we are on our way!{u2019}? On an asterism situated between two constellations in a universe not far from this one, a motley assortment of well-meaning but ineffectual people{u2014}who have been psychically kidnapped{u2014}train and prepare for the Bright Future, an almost-utopia they will eventually be deployed to enact back on planet Earth. Part boot-camp space-travel memoir, part how-to manual for the construction of a paradise, The People{u2019}s Republic of Valerie, Living Room Edition is an attempt to transform feelings of despair, grief, and rage into something of value, into positive action, into something of beauty that might uplift and create space and occasion for imagination and community. The project began in March of 2018 as a performance duet given for free or by donation in living rooms across the country to raise money for Path With Art in Seattle {u2014} or other organizations that provide direct aid to unhoused residents in cities beyond Seattle. 650 0 $a Monodramas. 650 7 $a Monodramas. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01025573 655 7 $a Drama. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317015558.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B0A39F3CCF3111EB9A1890BA3BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search