The Breakups, Part 2: Matrimonial Fetish by Adam Lehrer
'The Breakups' is a three-sequence stage play by Adam Lehrer, this is the second part of the sequence. Please contact if you have a space to stage this play
“Part 2: Matrimonial Fetish”
The Characters
Slater Jessup, Jr: An aspiring filmmaker with a semi-popular online presence across all the major platforms. He makes films specifically in the genre of splatter or even snuff, always with his victims portrayed by Polynesian actresses, one of whom he recently married, Leilani Malia-Jessup. HHis father, Slater Jessup, Sr., is a major Hollywood producer, who specifically worked in bringing Chicago blues musicians to TV Shows and films. Though a relic of the industry, he’s left his son a trust fund worth upwards of $30 million. Slater, Jr. has never held a real job, and has a long history of mental illness, several run-ins with the law, and one long-term institutionalization. Neighbors describe him as “a bit off.”
Leilani Malia-Jessup: An aspiring actress and model who moved from a small town in Maui to Los Angeles six years prior. Had been working as a model while waitressing for four years before she met her husband, Slater. Slater casted her in her first ever part, as the victim in a 12-minute gore sequence in which her character was impaled by a train spike through her ass hole. In reality, she never felt much love for Slater, but his money and ambitions became a source of comfort and self-gratification. She’s grown increasingly worried and depressed after learning that she was pregnant just eight weeks ago.
Slater Jessup, Sr.: A Hollywood mogul known for his work behind the scenes of several TV music specials before investing in several reality TV networks. Smug, arrogant, unsatisfied with his career, and hateful of his spoiled son from his first of four marriages, Slater, Jr.
Scene 1 The Phone Call
Leilani is at the kitchen table of her and her husband’s three-bedroom home in Silver Lake. She is looking out at the pool in the backyard, bored at how beautiful and serene it all is. She can’t stop thinking how disappointing everything turned out to be. Her expression suggests that she knows she sacrificed her dignity for what often feels like less than nothing.
Leilani’s cell phone rings, her mother’s picture appears on the phone.
Leilani: “Hi mom”
*muffled words from the phone
Leilani: “Oh yes, everything is good, mom, yeah Slater is doing great….
*muffled words on phone
Leilani: No, no mom I’m not pregnant yet, I told you I’d tell you if I was, we ARE trying…
*muffled words on the phone
Leilani: I miss you too, mom. I promise we will visit soon, hope….
The sounds of violent rape fetish pornography emanate as an ambient soundtrack, the sounds of a man groaning are coming out of a bathroom just outside the kitchen,
The bathroom door swings open wildly, and Slater, Jr. emerges from it with his pants still down and his penis erect…
Slater, Jr.: “Who the fuck are you talking to, I’m trying to fucking cum in here!”