"Engaging comedy that's sure to make you laugh."
Anna Mantzaris - SFGate.com May 2002

COCKROACH INFESTATION
© 2002 by Steven A. Lyons
980 Middlefield Road • Berkeley • CA • 94708 • 510-704-8855
salyons@playcafe.org

Cast:
Two women and three men, 20s to 30s.

Synopsis:
A comedy about sex, insects and funerals.

Set during the heady days of the .com explosion, this madcap comedy follows the schemes and love life of a group of crazy young urbanites. When Simone brings home a new boyfriend she found at a poetry festival, and her roommate Jenny has her fiancee move in while his home is fumigated, the stage is set for fun, farce and a mad plan to market performance art funerals. Morris, the flaming mortician's beautician, arrives to lend his considerable skills to this wild idea to make big money.

Contains adult humor, but no bad words or nudity.

Set and Prop Requirements:
Minimal single set of living room and dining room.

Running Time:
90 minutes. Three scenes. One intermission.

Full script is 84 pages. Click here to read the first ten pages of the script in Adobe Acrobat pdf format.

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Previous Productions:
Premiered May - June 2002 in San Francisco. Photos from world premier performance here.

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