[The assignment was to write a sketch in a specific location, specifically -- in this instance -- the theater where the sketch group is meeting. I went back and forth between a zombie apocalypse and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. Thunderdome won out (as it should), but I still tossed in a hipster apocalypse angle. It's South Austin -- like I had a choice? Here it is, the second draft of The Institution Sketch now called Beyond The Clusterfunk.]

[Inside reference: The Clusterfunk is a free show on Thursdays (I think) that's a mix of all kinds of craziness. And it made a really good Thunderdome stand-in. The named individuals are all real but the situation is TOTALLY FICTIONAL. IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN HERE.]

INT. THEATER – TIME INDETERMINATE

CHRISTINE GIORDANO (V.O.)
(With Australian accent)
This ain’t one body’s story. It’s the story of us all. We got it mouth to mouth, so you gotta listen it and ‘member. I’m lookin’ back behind us now… to a time after the hot pocket but before the hot pocket pocket for your hot pocket. We start at the start with the Hipster ‘POCALYPSE. Continue reading →