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Like the classics of dystopian literature - think Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, and more recently, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, The Birthday Present 2050 is a dystopian play that takes a dark look at a disturbing contemporary trend and magnifies it under future totalitarian conditions. The Birthday Present 2050 takes place in a society in which only people and things considered productive are assured existence

A Birthday is a Freedom to breathe after the mother’s womb, as some people in the world don't get to celebrate their birthday. According to Ipsos Reid, they said that "Nine in Ten (89%) Americans say it’s Important to Celebrate Birthdays, Feel Special when Others Put Lots of Energy into Celebrating their Birthday (85%) Six in Ten (62%) Americans Make a Wish when they Blow Out their Birthday Candles. This compares to fewer (21%). Americans who believe that celebrating birthdays is ‘less important' than it used to be. Among those who say it’s more important to them, two in three (65%) ...

These wacky, but true, stories from growing up are about trying to figure out how the adult world works, and about having fun no matter how old you are. In this collection, Bill Harley, one of the most prolific and celebrated storytellers of our time, performs "Grownups Are Strange" (and, yes, kids are too!).