The LAST QUIZ NIGHT on EARTH a Trivia Game within a Play that's Not Trivial

Left Edge Theater's production "The Last Quiz Night on Earth" is an interactive, apocalyptic, comedic drama which packs staying power. Unfortunately, an asteroid shower is going to rain down within a few hours. So, why not pop into your local pub where everyone knows your name and play in the regular trivia game night?  That's the beguiling premise that catches the audience, milled around the bar where the transactions of drinks and food is a flush business. The South Side Chicago bar is being manned by a bodacious broad who comes around the bar after manning the bar and welcomes the crowd of regulars and newcomers who've chosen to enjoy their last few hours before impending doom in a semblance of normalcy and camaraderie rather than utter gloom.  By the time the pretext of an actual annihilation of our planet sinks in to be taken seriously, the theatrics and trivia contest have unearthed such good will and intrigue to entice you to stick around (even if you would've chosen to spend your last hours...how? The absurdity of this catastrophic conundrum is not lost in this dystopian drama that treads lightly over predominantly droll regrets. The emotional impact strikes between Kathy, the bar's owner (Serena Flores) and her long estranged brother Bobby (Mike Schaeffer) and Rav (Phi Tran) Kathy's co-worker and Fran (Nora Summers) who reintroduces herself to Rav as his high school sweetheart and the love of her life. The insular world of a bar is arguably the place where everyone goes to celebrate, commiserate and connect with others. The real world is kept at bay inside the bar.  Barring any unforeseen catastrophe, time spent playing trivia, watching the pandemonium play out and perhaps imbibing, a good time is guaranteed by this engaging, clever and entertaining cocktail of genres guaranteed to provide a winning time while it lasts.