ISBN #1-933159-81-2

Cast Requirements:

Synopsis
We are gathered together to celebrate the 18th birthday of Billy Brumfayleur. We are pulled into the underbelly of the American dream. Hugh and Madge drink, molest, torture, degrade, sing, abuse their heroin addicted daughter, torture the man who lives in the closet, and all the while try to figure out if the birthday boy is really their son. Their off spring, the fruit of their loins, and his one large testicle. From this point on the play becomes a little raw.

The Setting
The suggestion of a living room. Lamps, two matching chairs that roll. Hugh and Madge seldom leave these chairs. The stage is littered with tissues, over-flowing ashtrays, candy wrappers, vodka bottles, used syringes, Pop tart wrappers and walnut shells. Five televisions are on stage and should be used as end tables, foot stools, etc. Stage Right is Wade's closet. It is suggested by a stationary door frame. Wade is seen by audience. In the closet is an overflowing bucket. The door has a series of locks, latches and chains running down one side. Stage Left is Sally's area. She uses one of the TVs’ as a table. On it is a heroin set up and a pair of pink pompoms. The décor should be a gross blend of tacky 1950s’ and modern kitsch.

Time: Now.
Place: The suggestion of a living room, with the suggestion of a family.

Online purchases are for single script purchases only and include $3 S&H.  For more than one script or a script package, please call us at (781) 272-2066

Of Bramm, says Martin Denton of nytheatre.com...“complicated, fascinating work.”

$30/package +
$35/performance royalty

Author Biography
Leslie Bramm’s plays have been produced all over the U.S. and in New York City at The Kraine, Currican, Theatre Off Park, Todo Con Nada, The Theotorium, The Lucille Lortel, The Beckett  and CBGBS 313.

He is a recipient of a Stanley Drama Award (Oswald’s Backyard), a Tennessee Williams Award (Big Ball) and The Paul. T. Nolan Award (Islands of Repair)  Islands of Repair was also read as a radio play on NPR-WJFF. Big Ball was a finalist in the Edward Albee Last Frontier Playwriting Competition, while A.B.C. (or the man in the red suit) was shot as an indie film by Pick UP Sticks Productions. It was also banned from performance by an upstate SUNY.  Bramm’s 9/11 duo Lovers Leapt and The Uncaring Dog are part of an Oxford doctoral dissertation.

Bramm is a five time Fringenyc vet and wrote 23 gripe columns for Insight for Playwrights. He co-authored the screen play This is Not Here (about John Lennon) with Kevin Corrigan. He was the lead singer and played guitar for Diz Dam. Bramm is a member of the Dramatist Guild and the Present Company’s “Pool”.