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"Gripping" 

"Captures the crippling anxiety

of uncertain times."

-- Los Angeles Times

"Powerful" 

"Pelfrey's thought-provoking work is mesmeric from the first moment to the last."  -- Back Stage West

"Pelfrey has a gift for oddball concepts and sardonic dialogue." -- Variety

"GO!" -- LA Weekly

"A brilliant little bulletin from the paranoia frontier!" -- LA City Beat

"The sort of thoughtful-yet-visceral play that grabs you for its 90-minute running time and doesn't let go until long after you've left the theatre." -- Talkin' Broadway

An Impending Rupture

of the Belly

by Matt Pelfrey

4 Males, 1 Female

Synopsis:  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.

2008 Garland Award for Excellence in Playwriting