In Donald Barthelme Humors You, the Genius contemplates his genius, a schoolteacher reflects on his class pets’ untimely demise, and Balloon Man schemes on making a balloon so strong that Pin Lady will never be able to pop it, even if she hugs him for a hundred years. Welcome to the world of Donald Barthelme’s subversive, hilarious, and absurdist short stories, which we’ve adapted for the stage and which we will perform for you—before your eyes! Allow us to show you impossible circus acts, children with the wisdom of adults, adults with the petulance of children, and even a little tulip craze! Humor us for just an hour, and let us humor you.