COCKROACH NATION
by Matt Pelfrey
"The plays absurdest premise gives rise to many jarring, provocative moments and often humorously probes issues of race, class, the environment, homelessness, and poverty." -- LA WEEKLY
"The audience came out without saying a word -- because they were too stunned by what they had seen." -- Reviewplays.com
Synopsis: A yuppie ad-exec finds himself lost in a dark alley where he undergoes a transformation to homelessness and insanity. He is in the longest, dirtiest alley in the city where he meets the underbelly of a world that is rocketing towards chaos. There is Boone, a self-styled leader who has adopted guerrilla warfare tactics to survive. His sidekick, Cockroach Boy, is an eerie Kafka-esque man who scampers on all fours, and talks in clicks, hisses, whistles, and grunts. And of course, the Trash King, a mythic being who warns all who will listen that "The wrapper outlasts the burger, the bottle outlasts the coke."
by Matt Pelfrey
"The plays absurdest premise gives rise to many jarring, provocative moments and often humorously probes issues of race, class, the environment, homelessness, and poverty." -- LA WEEKLY
"The audience came out without saying a word -- because they were too stunned by what they had seen." -- Reviewplays.com
Synopsis: A yuppie ad-exec finds himself lost in a dark alley where he undergoes a transformation to homelessness and insanity. He is in the longest, dirtiest alley in the city where he meets the underbelly of a world that is rocketing towards chaos. There is Boone, a self-styled leader who has adopted guerrilla warfare tactics to survive. His sidekick, Cockroach Boy, is an eerie Kafka-esque man who scampers on all fours, and talks in clicks, hisses, whistles, and grunts. And of course, the Trash King, a mythic being who warns all who will listen that "The wrapper outlasts the burger, the bottle outlasts the coke."
