Name: Adaptation
Start: 2026-02-27T20:00:00
Location: University of California, Berkeley

UC Berkeley Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies

Adaptation is a satiric comedy which portrays everyday life with all its anarchic madness, banal familiarity, and utter nonsense. Performatively modeled after the classic board game Parcheesi, the play follows the adventures of a contestant who either advances or is sent back through the seven ages of human development. An ensemble consisting of the Game Master and the other players of the game assist the contestant through their development from “mewling infant” to “second childishness and mere oblivion.” The New York Times observed that May’s play has “sting and flash; marvelous, funny, provocative and, in its way, touching”.