"The Toxic Donut" was adapted by Bisson as a stage play and produced at West Bank Theatre in New York from 1992 to 1993, along with five other stories from Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories—"Two Guys from the Future," "They're Made out of Meat," "Next," "Are There Any Questions?" and "Partial People." The script for "The Toxic Donut," which can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.terrybisson. com/donutplay.html (last accessed January 2003), features both characters, as the story does. However, in the stage play, Bisson has Kim mouth her words silently, to achieve the same monologue effect as the story.

"The Toxic Donut" was also adapted by Bisson as an online audio drama for the Sci-Fi Channel's Seeing Ear Theatre. The play was directed by Brian Smith and features Peter Coyote as Ron and Rebecca Nice as a character named Bound...