''Current Nobody'' is a full-length play by

Melissa James Gibson Melissa James Gibson is a Canadian-born playwright based in New York. Life The child of former BC Liberal MLA Gordon Gibson and journalist Valerie Gibson, Melissa James Gibson grew up in North Vancouver. She graduated from Columbia University a ...

that premiered at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, DC, on October 29, 2007. The work offers a play on gender roles against the backdrop of the

Trojan War In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans (Greeks) after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta. The war is one of the most important events in Greek mythology and ...

, as stay-at-home father Od struggles to raise his children while his wife Pen covers the military conflict as a journalist. ''

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'' described the play as "wise" and "heartsome."Marks, Peter. 'Current Nobody': Modern Take on An Epic Absence. ''The Washington Post'', Nov, 6, 2007

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