EXTREMITIES, by William Mastrosimone

September 16 - 25, 2016
DRAMA - PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER  (Rated R for Violence & Sexual Content)

Marjorie (Madison Gomez, in her Surfside debut) manages to subdue and tie up an intruder, Raul (Matthew Hall), who entered her home and threatened her with rape... but his attack had little physical evidence and was not witnessed by her roommates Terry (Sarah Roberts) and Patricia (Becky Behl-Hill). Would a jury see Marjorie as the aggressor? Should they call the police at all... or take matters into their own hands?

The Perfect victim...Or so he thought!

Playwright William Mastrosimone speaks to his motivation for writing Extremities following a personal conversation with a fifty five year old woman who had recently been raped.  In her words:  "There was a moment during the rape when the animal stopped and reached for one of my cigarettes on the night table ... He couldn't reach it ... He put one foot on the floor . . . At that moment I knew I could kick him and hurt him ...I did nothing ... He lit a cigarette, raped me again and then beat me with a lamp . . . I will think about that moment for the rest of my life...Not to act is to have to live with a coward for the rest of your life . . . If I had five minutes in a locked room with him now . . ."

(Mastrosimone) She... "did not finish her sentence.  Extremities was written to fill in the blank she left."

What happens when a victim becomes judge and jury?

Brutal!.........Electrifying! 

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