About the Play:

The Zero Sum Mind is a one-act comedy by Stephen Gregg. In a post-apocalyptic world our minds have only have a finite amount of space. Every time we learn one thing, we forget something else. People try desperately to NOT learn things! How it came to be like that is the key to the story.

The Zero Sum Mind is about a group of people dealing with the implications of the revelation that every time they learn something, they forget something else. A man is speaking to no one in particular. Another man is chasing his enemy with a copy of "Alice in Wonderland". A woman is washing her son with a brush and polishing wax. What's going on here? Finding out what's happening is the point of this 10-minute play about a world like ours, but with one very important difference.

Cast: 7 female or male (flexible casting)

The Zero Sum Mind has been performed in high school and college theatre productions.

About the Playwright:

Stephen Gregg grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico and graduated from Stanford University. He is the recipient of a Jerome Fellowship from the Playwright's Center of Minneapolis; Actors Theatre of Louisville's Heideman Award for best 10-minute play; the International Thespian Society's Founders' Award for service to youth and theatre; and a residency from the William Inge Center for the Arts.