Ultimate Things at Boston Playwrights' Theatre

Atheism and the End of the World smash into each other at Boston Playwrights' Theatre and the fallout is Ultimate Things, an evening of two darkly funny one-act plays that take a hard look at religious dogma. First up, Jesusness faces the apocalypse as a teacher at a small Christian school struggles to sort truths from falsehoods as pundits and politicians weigh in on humanity's impending doom. Secondly, Hellancholy follows an atheist TV producer who can't write a new episode without being tormented by visions grounded in the religious fears of her childhood. Each written by up-and-comer Carl Danielson, Ultimate Things will have you laughing and thinking in equal doses.