In Anon, the Sheeple Are Awake (and Have Lost Their Minds)

In Anon, the Sheeple Are Awake (and Have Lost Their Minds)

In Anne Washburn’s play ‘Anon,’ now at MCC Theater, a suburban Texas housewife has fallen deep into the twisted heart of QAnon conspiracist thinking.

“Anon” Sends a QAnon Mom Raging into the Storm, Like King Lear But With More Hate

By Stuart Miller … Jeanie is sitting at her kitchen table in a San Antonio suburb, working feverishly on her laptop when her teenage daughter, Delia, storms in and through. After a door slams, Jeanie realizes why her daughter is angry and texts a hasty apology for forgetting to pick her up from school. “Work […]

ANON: When the Conspiracy Theorist Lives Next Door

**** / ***** (four out of five stars) Set a couple of months before the 2024 election, ANON is not a subtle, sensitive exploration of these, our troubled times. Playwright Anne Washburn and director Anne Kauffman have concocted a ferocious modern tragedy, in which social media serves as an audience for every would-be influencer’s sweaty […]