Rhino Festival: “And Then It Burst”

9 Nov 2009 by Susan Myburgh, Comments Off

We're stoked to announce that Tympanic Theatre has been selected to particapate in the 2010 Rhinoceros Festival.  Below is some more information and an excerpt from one of our scripts.

  The Tympanic Theatre Company proudly presents…

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AND THEN IT BURST: an evening of short works by George McConnell
 
A boy is seduced by a girl while digging a hole.  
 
Two businessmen discuss the weather and grisly suicide with equal nonchalance.  
 
A mother and daughter argue over tea while hiding from the sharks outside their door.
 
A man drifts through life with his heart beating in his hand.  
 
These are the alienated characters of And Then It Burst, a collection of short plays that examine the breakdown of communication in the most extraordinary of circumstances, a violent, hysterical, and heartbreaking look at how isolation follows us into the strangest of worlds. 
 
January 28th, February 4th, and February 11th
7:00pm at
The Prop Theatre
3502 N. Elston
 
An excerpt from MEAT, one of the scripts of the evening…
 
GREG: What are you doing here?
 
SARA: I was looking for food. 

GREG: I’m not food.

SARA: No, you’re treasure.  Would you like to eat this leaf?  It tastes like candy.

GREG: I can’t stop digging.

SARA: Why?

GREG: I have to dig the entire day, otherwise there’s no meat.  That was what was written on the map.

SARA: You don’t get any breaks?

GREG: No.  No resting.  It makes me strong this way.

SARA: I won’t tell.

GREG: You might not have to.  You might be the person who put the map under my door.

SARA: I’m not the boss of you.

GREG: You said you’re good at finding food.

 

Thanks for reading,

Susan

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