back to a time when I felt a lot of hope and possibility in the future because it didn ’ t feel like there was a lot of hope or good feelings about the future in late 2001 ,” explained Urban . “ And so the summer before Clinton got elected - my year before going to college — was when things seemed kind of exciting and full of possibilities . So , that ’ s what got me started writing the play .” In 2003 , Nibbler was performed as a one-act play in Los Angeles . People told Urban that he should expand it into a full-length . He took the advice and eventually finished the fulllength version in 2008 . But by then , it didn ’ t seem as timely and was put on the backburner . Urban revived the work last year as a visiting playwright at a university in North Carolina . Working with students near the age of his characters , he noticed the play was evolving nicely . “ Suddenly the play felt eerily prescient in a way I could not have predicted ,” he recalled .
The cast of Nibbler . L-R Franco , Kautz , Monahan Milford , Lail , and Lawler . Photo by Russ Rowland .