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“Matt Pelfrey’s play throbs with dark urgency and wit, a fever dream of
political/economic/sexual paranoia. The creative density of Pelfrey’s
vision is impressive, positing an alternative America where mutant
babies swim in corporate zoos. The heartland is literally a Marlboro
Country populated by cancerous, hacking Marlboro Men, where a vicious
Uncle Sam runs the show as a sort of malignant Elvis.”
--L.A. WEEKLY
(PICK OF THE WEEK)
“The
appeal of Pelfrey’s piece is his clever, comic explosion of the media
portrayal of violence into an absurd, yet somehow truthful, vision. His
point is not so much that America is besotted with violence, but that
American media is besotted with violence. Needless to say, shows that
feature people being mauled by animals, and the Fox network in
particular, take it on the chin.”
--BACK STAGE WEST (CRITIC’S
PICK)
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Terminus Americana by
Matt Pelfrey
5
Males, 3 Females with double casting
Synopsis:
After barely surviving an
office rampage, Mac Winchell is thrust into a nightmare landscape
populated by lost Marlboro Men, psychotic vagabonds, sinister corporate
thugs and a strange cult known as a “The Church of Christ, Office
Shooter”. Mac attempts to escape this twisted reality by undertaking a
quest that ultimately leads him into the darkest corners of the American
Dream. Terminus Americana is a surreal, visceral and challenging
examination of our violence-saturated culture.
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“Matt Pelfrey’s “Terminus Americana” emerges as one of those rare works
that actually gains clarity in light of recent catastrophes...indeed,
with its emphasis on insane conspiracy theories and the American
apocalypse, Pelfrey’s darkly comic play seems eerily prescient.”
--LOS
ANGELES TIMES
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