Planet B

40 million years in the future, post-humans reenact a myth shrouded in legend: how their ancestors, homo sapiens, became extinct on Earth and made it to Planet B. Their story begins on Planet Earth in the 21st century, where climate change has continued unimpeded, and many species are already extinct. Then, all of a sudden, aliens show up and inform humanity that »Project Earth«, in its current form, unfortunately cannot be renewed for another season. On the one hand, the show’s main character, the Earth, is close to burnout because of the sapiens. On the other, their ratings are simply not high enough anymore. So the aliens have decided to recast life on the planet and, as their method, take up the premature mass extinction begun by humans and continue it systematically – and now it is humanity’s turn to go extinct. 
 
The »Representative for Humanity« randomly selected by the aliens to discuss the terms of extinction manages to finally convince them to give his species one last chance. He’s allowed to participate in a race of species in the alien reality show »Top 5%«, competing against chickens, pandas, ants and more for the privilege of repopulating the earth. Who has taken the most convincing evolutionary steps? Who has the greatest potential to entertain?

Having most recently collaborated on the 2022 Theatertreffen show SLIPPERY SLOPE: ALMOST A MUSICAL, Yael Ronen and Itai Reicher now form an author duo and devote themselves to the current sixth mass extinction with a wicked science fiction comedy.
 

World Premiere 8/June 2023

Photo: Esra Rotthoff