Mark and Jason were keeping things casual until Jason got pregnant. But however unplanned the pregnancy was, nothing could be less expected than the chain of events it would set in motion. Robert O’Hara’s audacious, hilarious allegory envisions an uncannily familiar future – one long after women have gone extinct from centuries of mistreatment – where man’s capacity to eff everything up soars to new heights.

Robert O’Hara’s Mankind takes place in a future where women have become extinct, it’s the men who are in charge of reproduction and concepts like “feminism” have become sociopolitical fossils. It’s also a world that has become completely pro-life, for men keep hoping one day they will give birth to the woman who will restore the biological order. When Jason (Bobby Moreno) finds out he’s expecting a child from his casual lover Mark (Anson Mount) he decides the best way to deal with this is to get rid of the baby, but little do they know that by trying to cheat the law they’re about the start a revolution. As funny as it’s scary, Mankind, deals with a future that for obvious reasons seems likelier and likelier, given the attack on women’s rights at hands of the current administration. It also gives the ensemble an opportunity to do work unlike anything else seen in NY stages in recent years. Moreno is a revelation, not only bringing his characteristic physicality to the character, but adding a layer of lovable neuroticism that makes him the unlikeliest of heroes. We spoke to the actor about the elements that attracted him to the play, references given to him by O’Hara, and cursing. M …Read more