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Fertile Funnymen!
COVER STORY: “Pregnantville” comedy show promises irreverent laughs that would make your most ardent Pro-Lifer blush with glee, opens Nov. 20 at TES!

Above, from left: Brandon Nebitt, Matt Kieley, Mike Bedard, Nick Ono, Andrew Price, and John Spitzer (laying)

By Andrew Price, Bakotopia.com contributor
Photos by Marissa Espericueta

What do the Mafia, cannibalism, ritual sacrifice, vigilantes, spelling bees, gangster rap, transvestites, and divine intervention have in common?

Besides the fact that Morgan Freeman has probably starred in more than one movie about each one, they are all subjects touched upon during the Pregnantville Sketch Comedy Troupe’s premiere comedy show —the approximately 3,475,907th greatest show in the universe.

What is “Pregnantville”?

Is it some sort of place where they send all the unwed teenage mothers to live? Could it be a theme restaurant where you strap on a false stomach at the door, and they only serve strange foods like filet mignon with whipped cream and sprinkles on top? Maybe it’s an underground syndicate of female commandos with buns in their respective ovens, slowly gathering munitions and intelligence in preparation for some sort of mass, baby-killing holocaust?



If you’ve guessed any of these, you are clearly not listening, and might we add that you are being incredibly silly. “Pregnantville” is a sketch comedy troupe putting on their first ever, live stage show this month, featuring local writer/performers Andrew Price (moi), John Spitzer, Matt Kieley, Mike Bedard, Brandon Nebitt and Nick Ono. 

But what makes this sketch show any different than every other sketch show you’ve ever seen your entire, humdrum, microscopic, insignificant life?



Well, we can’t guarantee that it WILL be any different than any of t hose other shows, but what we can tell you is that when we were writing the show, we consistently giggled like little school girls all hopped up on nitrous oxide the entire time. Consider that to be the official ‘Pregnantville Seal of Approval,’ and a twinkly-eyed promise that the events perpetrated before your eyes on those nights will completely change your life and reshape your entire outlook on the world around you. We are also obligated to inform you that the Pregnantville estate has a more-than-competent legal team, and cannot be held liable for any minds that are blown during — or as a result of — our show. 



Impending litigation aside, Pregnantville is coming whether you like it or not. There will be thrills, chills, fear, excitement, outlandishly eccentric performances, grandiose musical numbers, flagrant mistreatment of the English language and enough over-the-top, unnecessarily ridiculous dialogue to make Ed Wood blush.

It’s all happening Nov. 20, 21, 27 and 28, 11 p.m., at The Empty Space Theatre, 706 Oak St., right after their production of Christopher Durang’s “Beyond Therapy” (going on at 8 p.m., check it out too!)

Admission is $5, plus an open mind. Oh, and about that whole humdrum, meaningless existence thing. We’ve been going through some things lately, and the stress level has been kind of high. That wasn’t appropriate. We apologize.

Online: www.myspace.com/pregnantville



Also printed in Bakotopia magazine, issue 67, 11-12-09