Press Release!

Let Love Blind You At This Summer’s Fringe

Jim loves Betty! Betty loves Jim! The Smith household should be perfect except… why does God keep calling with talk about Hell? And why is there a pool of blood forming under Jim’s body? Whoops! Looks like Betty might have to go shopping again!

Premiering at the Toronto Fringe this summer, Pug In A Tux Productions presents Domestic – a new dark comedy that evokes the spirit of the 1950s to attack the cultural obsessions of today. Written by Joel Babcock, an MFA student in the prestigious UBC Creative Writing program, this blissfully surreal play holds nothing sacred as it takes on targets such as religion, consumerism, “hip” left-wing revolutionaries, and the hope for a better tomorrow. Combining the talents of director Michael Murphy with a group of skilled emerging actors from George Brown Theatre School, Domestic promises to be as entertaining as it is thought-provoking.

Come watch and laugh as the life of a relentlessly optimistic woman falls to tattered pieces. In just under 60 minutes, Domestic explores what happens when the painful longing for personal happiness grows to monstrous proportions.

VENUE
Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace
16 Ryerson Ave.
Toronto, ON
M5T 2P3

DATES AND TIMES
Fri. July 4, 10:00 PM Sun. July 6, 4:30 PM
Mon. July 7, 9:15 PM Tues. July 8, 3:15 PM
Wed. July 9, 1:15 PM Thu. July 10, 8:00 PM
Fri. July 11, 3:30 PM Sat. July 12, 2:45 PM

COST: $10

PRAISE FOR THE PLAYWRIGHT
“The third piece on my list of favourites is Joel Babcock’s Flawless (Not a Drop of Blood Anywhere), which is kind of like Waiting for Godot as imagined by Monty Python’s Flying Circus.”
-Colin Thomas, Georgia Straight

PRAISE FOR THE SHOW
“Surreal and hilarious, Joel Babcock’s Domestic is a cogent, utterly unique piece of dark comedy.”
-Brandon Thao, Queen’s Journal

WINNER: J.C.W. Saxton Prize in Playwriting

MEDIA CONTACT
Jessica Weaver, (647) 232-5696, puginatux@hotmail.com

Download the press release here.