Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind is an attempt to perform 30 plays in 60 minutes.  30 plays, ranging from happy to sad to slightly odd and confusing to a beautiful work of performance art, that The New York Neo-Futurists have written themselves.  Titles include: “a play for Tina Howe,” “apple and anger,” “inquisition,” “mad libs booty am free style for you,” and… 26 more.  The Neo’s are energetic acting group and from the very beginning, they set out to make you a part of their excitement.

The audience was fully interactive throughout the show, being able to choose the order of the plays by shouting a out a number from 1 to 30 from the list of plays, or menu, that they gave us (every play has a number).  Audience members were pulled up on stage to dance with the cast, to fill in blanks to a song, or a cast member would go have a short conversation with a member of the audience.  (Don’t be shy when you go!)

“Success in Under Two Minutes” is about a minute or so of actress Chisa Hutchinson stating all of her failures which ultimately reveals her regret of being a subconsciously selfish, malfunctioning human being; but being satisfied, in the end, that she was successful at stating all of her failures.  Failure breeds success!

In “Tiny Time for Massive Idea: I carved out this play for you Mark Suppes won’t you please please come” actress Jill Beckman talks about a man named Mark Suppes who she is inspired by and how much she wanted him to come and see the play.  She plans for him to come and sit at a table drinking a cup of water and tell us about his experiment but he never comes.  They turn out the lights and she looks for him with a flashlight through the audience, when it turns out he was not there she calls him a “f#cker” and says he’s probably too busy.

The New York Neo-Futurists are a very enjoyable bunch and they’re a privilege to watch.  Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind is a life changing experience and you shouldn’t miss your chance to go see it!