Mike Daisey

MONOPOLY!

Tesla, Edison, Microsoft, Wal-Mart and the War for Tomorrow. Directed by Jean-Michele Gregory.

Mike Daisey explores the warped genius of inventor Nikola Tesla and his war with Thomas Edison over electricity, the secret history of the board game Monopoly, electrocuted elephants, Microsoft’s antitrust lawsuit, and the story of Daisey’s hometown and its one remaining retailer: Wal-Mart. As subversive as it is hilarious, MONOPOLY! weaves a breathtaking number of threads into one illuminating monologue that explores the choices and struggles individuals face when living in a system that recognizes only profit and loss.

Called “the master storyteller” and “one of the finest solo performers of his generation” by The New York Times, Mike Daisey has performed his extemporaneous monologues at The Public Theater, American Repertory Theatre, Spoleto Festival, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Yale Repertory Theater, Portland Center Stage, PS 122, and many more. He’s been a guest on the Late Show with David Letterman, and his work has been heard on the BBC, NPR and the National Lampoon Radio Hour. He’s currently a commentator for PRI’s Studio 360 and NPR’s Day To Day, a contributor to WIRED, Slate and Salon, and a Web contributor to Vanity Fair and Radar Magazine.

www.mikedaisey.com

Relentlessly interesting...a brilliantly spun narrative. His show is ultimately about the messy and often unjust process of making official history. He fights back the best way he knows how—by telling even better stories. The New York Times