The Wheel

By Nick Stanton

Directed by Jace Nichols

The year is 40,000 B.C. Binning's Inclined Planes is a mom-n-pop design firm that is struggling to keep afloat in the business arena. Fire has just been discovered and the novelty of the inclined plane has worn off. Inclined Planes Incorporated, led by evil mastermind, Robert J. Rudnick,
will stop at nothing to monopolize the inclined plane industry. Everyone at Binning's fears they will lose their jobs. It's going to take a miracle of pre-historic proportions to save the company. By a stroke of dumb luck, Binning's chief engineer, Steve Barrows stumbles upon an invention that will
shape the world as we know it and revoluntionize the simple machine biz. He calls it the Worker's Helper for Engaging Easy Locomotion, a/k/a the W.H.E.E.L. When the evil Rudnick hears of this brand new invention, he devises a plot to steal the wheel and sink Binning's for good.

Produced by Mercury Players Theatre at Bartell Theatre, Drury Stage, 113 E. Mifflin Street

Performances: Cancelled

Thursdays at 7:30, Fridays at 8:00, Saturdays at 4:00 and 8:00

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