Live Theater is the Last Best Hope to Save Humanity | Michael Presley Bobbitt | TEDxGainesville

Bobbitt gives an impassioned case for the grit behind live theater, and addresses the parallels to our everyday lives. Michael Pressley Bobbitt is most known for his off-Broadway plays Sunset Village and Florida Man, and regional plays Trailer Park Elegy and Cedar Key. His work is often described as dramedy, incorporating outlandish comedy as a way of tackling heavy human issues in a way that rejects instructive moralizing. His plays are deeply rooted in places, the settings often functioning as de facto characters in the story. A commercial real estate appraiser by trade, Bobbitt believes in live theater as the last best defense against the technological degradation of human culture. He can be found more often than not tending a clam lease on his bird dog boat, the Judy Elaine, or chasing trout and redfish around the Wacassassa Bay with his son Liam. Bobbitt is most known for his off-Broadway plays Sunset Village and Florida Man, and regional plays Trailer Park Elegy and Cedar Key. His work is often described as dramedy, incorporating outlandish comedy as a way of tackling heavy human issues in a way that rejects instructive moralizing. His plays are deeply rooted in places, the settings often functioning as de facto characters in the story. A commercial real estate appraiser by trade, Bobbitt believes in live theater as the last best defense against the technological degradation of human culture. He can be found more often than not tending a clam lease on his bird dog boat, the Judy Elaine, or chasing trout and redfish around the Wacassassa Bay with his son Liam. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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