R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE is based on the life, work and writings of the famous 20th C. renaissance man who, among many accomplishments, invented the geodesic dome during his time at Black Mountain College. Marshall McLuhan called him the Leonardo da Vinci of the 20th Centruy. Others called him the PR Man to the Universe.  The play depicts Buckminster Fuller, lovingly called Bucky by friends and family, as the genius he was, whose life exemplified American ingenuity. This lively, funny and deeply moving solo performance tracks Bucky’s trial and error journeys of invention and reinvention, from his energetic Boston boyhood in the late 19th C., to a roller coaster ride of discoveries, trials, tribulations, victories, defeats and celebrations of the 20th C., while stopping frequently to point us powerfully into the 21st C., and beyond. He called on us to retrieve our own individual truths, integrities and creative initiatives, in ways that would best serve the common good of all humanity. As an engineer and poet, he strove to untie the knots of our hopes, fears and conflicts, to clarify the beauty of the world and Universe, and to face up to the historic choice we now face. Will it be Utopia or Oblivion? The tools are at hand to make or break our future.

CONTACT:

D. W. Jacobs – Playwright / Director / Actor

broadporch@gmail.com

https://broadporch.blogspot.com/

This play is currently available for booking, with David Novak in the role of R. Buckminster Fuller.

For more: David Novak - A Telling Experience

R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE was developed and received its world premiere production at San Diego Repertory Theatre - March 31, 2000.

Use of the name, likeness, and words of R. Buckminster Fuller is by arrangement with the Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller.

Graphic design by Amy Inouye for the 2015 production of the play in Highland Park, Los Angeles, CA.Producers: Arroyo Arts Collective, TEATRO ARROYO // Theater Stream, Kinship Yoga, Ralph Waxman, Margaret Arnold, Raul Sabino Cardona, Benjamin Mudd, Ryan Paravecchio and D. W. Jacobs.