An Impending Rupture of the Belly
Description
How far would YOU go to defend your family? AN IMPENDING RUPTURE OF the BELLY concerns Clay Stilts’ desire to fortify his house in preparation for both a new baby and the apocalypse he’s convinced is just around the corner. Clay worries about so many things, nuclear terrorism, avian bird flu, killer earthquakes, riots, small pox crop dusters flying over Dodger Stadium. His obsessions are sidetracked when a slowly escalating battle with a neighbor who refuses to curb his dog explodes in an impulsive act of violence. In one reckless moment, Clay’s world spins out of control, becoming a microcosm for a global struggle against threats to our security, both real and imagined.
Production Info
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Press Quotes
“Pelfrey is undeniably talented … a gripping, funny play.” —Los Angeles Times
“Matt Pelfrey’s galvanizing black comedy resembles those nightmares that nag at one’s psyche the following day — too off-kilter to accept as reality, yet infused with imagery too haunting to dismiss … Pelfrey’s thought-provoking work is mesmeric from the first moment to the last.” —Backstage
“Pelfrey has a gift for oddball concepts and sardonic dialogue.” —Variety
“A brilliant little bulletin from the paranoia frontier.” —L A City Beat
Author
Matt PelfreyMatt Pelfrey is a theatre, film and television writer. His plays have been produced around the country and overseas and include COCKROACH NATION, TERMINUS AMERICANA, AN IMPENDING RUPTURE OF THE BELLY, PURE SHOCK VALUE, FREAK STORM and recently the stage adaption of IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT. Los Angeles Theatre Works produced an audio version of IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, which aired nationally on National Public Radio. A live version of the LATW production toured the U.S. and played over twenty venues. His plays are available from Broadway Play Publishing, Original Works Publishing, and Samuel French. He is the winner of the Actor's Theater of Louisville’s Heideman Award, a Backstage Garland Award for playwriting, and was nominated for an LA WEEKLY playwriting award and a Los Angeles Ovation award. He worked as a staff writer on the MTV drama SKINS. His screenplay SURVIVALISM was included on the 2011 Blood List. He received his BA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State and his Master in Fine Arts in Playwriting from UCLA. He teaches undergraduate playwriting at UCLA.
Book Information
| Publisher | BPPI |
|---|---|
| Publication Date | 12/10/2008 |
| Pages | 80 |
| ISBN | 9780881453607 |
Special Notes
World premiere by Furious Theater Co at the Pasadena Playhouse
by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing Inc, NYC
www.broadwayplaypublishing.com