A Puppety Sketch Show Exploring Tradwives, Girlbosses, and the Existential Abyss
Through grotesque fantasy, irreverent satire, and adaptations of classical texts, Bitch Eat Dog offers a frenetic and pungent interrogation of the gendered ethics of pursuit.
A queen eats a baby, a tradwife breastfeeds the audience, and a gyno shoves a rat down a cervix. All while the flailing male host angers obtuse oysters, resurrects a racist suffragette, and castrates himself in a misguided attempt to demonstrate his allyship. Brought to life through puppetry by Seattlite, Mel Carter, this visceral comedy will leave you asking - what was in those eggs?
Content Warning:
Violence, Sexual Assault, Puppet Nudity
PERFORMANCES
Storrs, CT
Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry
April 3, 4, 10, & 11
CREDITS
Written by Mel Carter
Music by Camille Charlier
Performed by Mel Carter, Gail Bennett, & Camille Charlier
Stage Managed by Davis Keaney, Joei D'aloia
Set Design by Mel Carter & John Parmelee
Lighting Design by Mel Carter
Sound Design by Camille Charlier
Costume Design by Mia Carini
Puppet Design by
Mel Carter, Ali Etesamifar, Maddie Shubeck, Max Kountz, Gail Bennett
Fabrication Assistance by
Jerry Harney, Jack Collins, Tom Tuke, Aslan Hoffman, Isi Jabornik, Amy Carter, Kaz Strong, Dean Hernandez, Oliver Fisher, Joei D’aloia, Maddie Szymaszek, Aina Ysabel Ramolete, Tessa Beck Fey, Allison Carter, Lorelie Tindall, Nix Burns, Rosie Grunzke​
Script Edits by
Mack Brown, Katie Ciszek, Natsu Onoda Power, Tyler Bunch, Liz Hara, Chris Sanderson, Jerry Harney, Tom Tuke, Lana Tleimat, Sadie Aiken, Lindsay Cummings, Megan Rivas, Rebecca Whitney Klein, Crystal Rae Wiley, Dylan Arredondo
Outside Eyes
John Bell, Megan Rivas, Lindsay Cummings, Lillian Ransijn, Ulysses Jones, Matt Sorensen, Anatar Marmol-Gagne, Sadie Aiken, Max Kountz, Abigail Baird, Jerry Harney, Tom Tuke, Rosie Grunzke, Susan Tolis
BITCH EAT DOG
