the best of all possible worlds
by Liv Wilson
Play, 3f 1m
There’s a new Creator in town and she’s a woman!? EOS’s job is to maintain the way of the world, but she quickly discovers that Earth is not something she wants to maintain, but rather improve. EOS latches onto the unfairness felt by one young member of society, Lolly, and her unsuccessful orange juice stand. However, EOS soon discovers that Lolly's life contains many more pains than a failed small business. EOS must figure out how to help this young girl from Missouri and answer the enormous question: What does it mean to create a "better" world? This play is a curious vessel for decomposing a lot of the awfully depressing and truly delightful things happening in our orbit.
About the Author
Liv Wilson (they/she) is a playwright, dramaturg and librettist based on the East Coast. Their plays include Find My Friends (LimeFest @ The Tank), the best of all possible worlds (Pipeline New Works Fellowship, The Workshop Theatre), Gender Circus (a new musical in development with Déa Thatcher), and Better Red Than Dead (The Tank, BSU, UTEP). Liv also writes for Cadence's TV series, Bloodlines and was a lead writer for the inaugural Episodic Theatre Project BARDCORE (Under St. Marks Theatre). Their work has also been developed and presented by Rorschach Theatre, Folger Theatre’s Works in Progress, Dramatic Question Theatre, National Theatre Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, and various universities across the country. Liv is the recipient of the Howard Scammon Prize for Drama, the Martin Jurow Theatre Arts Award for artistic excellence, and the Pipeline New Works Fellowship, under the mentorship of David Lindsay-Abaire. They are currently pursuing a Masters in Social Work at Columbia University.