Spankin' Yanks' 2006 Premieres
MICKEY MOUSE IS DEAD by Justin Sherin 
Directed by Gordon Carver
“We live in a country where the Rosenbergs are getting the electric chair mostly because it makes good television.”
A searing look into friendship, national identity and the politics of paranoia, the Happiest Place on Earth will never be the same.
Hollywood, 1952. Are the Communists coming? Senator McCarthy hunts Reds, the Rosenbergs are doomed to die, and Walt Disney spies for the FBI. Harris and Finch, scriptwriters at the Disney Studio, are plotting to unionize. Walt's just been called to name names. How much does he know about them? Can Grace, Finch's trust-fund girlfriend, penetrate Walt's private playground? How far will Walt go to save Mickey Mouse from becoming a Commie Yid?
Mickey Mouse is Dead was first produced at the Yale School of Drama in March 2005, directed by Jessi D. Hill. It was subsequently produced at the Hangar Theatre in June 2005, directed by Hilary Adams.
“How can you do the right thing when the truth keeps changing?” – Finch
Spankin' Yanks produced the New York premiere of Mickey Mouse is Dead at 59E59 Theaters during July 2006, and then the European premiere in August at The Pleasance Theatre at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2006. To see the reviews for both these productions please click on the Press tab.