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“It was a breakout hit of the 2014 New York International Fringe Festival.” tically pointless.

“Oh man, it was too easy — or perhaps too challenging. You had to be crazier than him to get a laugh,” Carl says.

“Trump Lear” is set in the near future. Carl plays Carl Davis, a solo artist who receives critical acclaim for playing Donald Trump performing King Lear. Trump jails the fictional thespian and forces him to perform this paradoxical play, which “Davis” does, as the president’s reaction determines his prisoner’s punishment.

The show is a mix of comedy and theater, Carl says. It is about free speech at its heart. And it’s hilarious, darkly. “Count on a upsettingly uncanny performance,” writes Time Out New York magazine. The New York Times calls it, “Quite damning.”

Are similarities between Donald Trump and Shakespeare’s mad King Lear that obvious? Actually, they are not as comparable as one might imagine.

“Lear has this vulnerability,” Carl says. “He comprehends and asks for help when he makes a mistake. I like the idea of seeing a vulnerability in Trump.”

Carl brought “Trump Lear” to the Kitchen Dog Theater last year. It is still running in New York City at the PIT and touring American cities. Visit trumplear.com for tour dates and more information.