Written and Performed by Reilly O'Shaughnessy
Directed by Juliet Kapanjie
Ellie wants to swim in college. Katie wants a healthy baby. Susan wants her husband to be alive.
Belly is a solo show about appetite, grief, and control told across three generations of women, one performer, and a bowl of cereal.
Intimate, nonlinear, and a little bit funny, Belly lives at the intersection of embodiment, personal history, and the stories women carry in their bodies. It asks audiences to sit inside questions many of us have been taught to avoid.
“I wrote Belly because I wanted to tell the truth about what it means to grow up in a body under surveillance. I wanted to create a piece that feels both exquisitely personal and painfully communal”
Directed by Juliet Kapanjie. Produced by Charlie Rubinovitz.
About the Show
Belly is on its way to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with two preview productions along the way!
🌴 Los Angeles PreviewJune 27, 2026 | The Elysian Theater, Los Angeles Part of the Edinburgh Percolator 2026 program Get Tickets →
🗽 New York City PreviewJuly 22–25, 2026 | 59E59 Theaters, New York Part of the East to Edinburgh 2026 program Get Tickets →
🏴 Edinburgh Fringe FestivalAugust 2026 | Edinburgh, Scotland See the Edinburgh Listing →
See It Live!
Taking Belly to Edinburgh is a scrappy, expensive, and genuinely wild endeavor.
We're raising $20,000 on Seed & Spark to cover travel, marketing, PR, and fair pay for our six-person team — and we need at least 80% to keep any of the funds raised by June 20th!
Thank you for your support!
"This play is for anyone who has ever felt at war with their body, or has watched someone they love struggle inside of theirs."
Support the Show
Belly was born from the belief that conversations about body autonomy, medical bias, and wellness culture are everywhere — and the lived experience of disordered eating, grief, and survival is still being flattened, stigmatized, or ignored.
This show refuses that flattening.
About the Work
Reilly O'Shaughnessy — Playwright & Performer
Juliet Kapanjie — Director
Charlie Rubinovitz — Producer
Bethany McHugh — Resident UK Director
Sarah McShane — Marketing + Dramaturgy
Hadley Phares — Marketing
Lily Marriott — PR
Katie Rosin — PR
Claire Chrzan — Lighting Design
Eric Backus — Sound Design
Jules Talbot — Graphic Design
