MycoRant

Considering that  Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis, creators of “Yeast Nation”, previously produced “Urinetown” on Broadway, this new effort doesn’t seem like much of a surprise. “Urinetown” was about an unpleasant future-place where people had to pay to go to the bathroom (sounds kinda’ like a town in Mexico I visited once).

An exceprt from ‘Urinetown’ creators ready to debut ‘Yeast Nation’: Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann think they have the answer with a show that has its first major production this fall at Chicago’s American Theater Company: “Yeast Nation.” “I really can’t justify or defend it,” Kotis says over coffee. “But ‘yeast’ is such an interesting word. It’s an outcast word. It’s not sexy. It’s not vulgar. There is such richness in that.” There is? And if you thought the title was strange, consider the premise. “Yeast Nation” is set 4 billion years ago. All of the characters are single-cell organisms—or, if you prefer, yeasts. They all live at the bottom of the sea. They all eat only salt. And they are all named Jan.

Oookay. I’d go see it!

Yeast Nation will be playing at the American Theater Company in Chicago.

More on Yeast Nation:

“Yeast Nation” set

Chicago’s American Theater Co. to Stage Yeast Nation Musical, by Writers of Urinetown

“Yeast Nation” (this one is fun)

Possibly a “Yeast Nation” audition

Tags: theater, Yeast Nation