Dressed as People – A Triptych of Uncanny Abduction
by Kelly Robson, Amal El-Mohtar, A.M. Dellamonica & Margo MacDonald		Parry Riposte Productions - Toronto / Ottawa, ON
 http://parryriposte.ca		V.6 - Tom Hendry Warehouse 
A school haunted by troubled children, a mysterious disappearance in a forest, an encounter with the unknown on open waters. Three characters, three time periods, three tales of abduction and the intrusion of the uncanny into the lives of those who are taken, those who do the taking, and those who are left behind.
Multi-award-winning theatre creators and queer SpecFic writers team up for this chilling new work. From the producers of The Elephant Girls.

5 STARS - Winner 2021 Ottawa Fringe Audience Choice & Solo Performance

Cast:
Margo MacDonald

Director:
Mary Ellis

   		Show Info:
75 minutes
Genre:
Play-Drama

Audience:
Parental Guidance

Mild Language, Violent Content, The first monologue contains content relating to Catholic institutional violence (and death) towards young women and children. A full list of content warnings will be available at the venue.

Thu July 18 9:45 PM
Fri July 19 6:15 PM
Sat July 20 9:45 PM
Sun July 21 4:15 PM
Mon July 22 11:00 AM
Wed July 24 6:00 PM
Fri July 26 11:00 AM

Dressed as People – A Triptych of Uncanny Abduction

Parry Riposte Productions—Tom Hendry Warehouse

As posted, we have three stories. The opening tale is eerily disturbing and stuck to my mind throughout the entire show. In fact, it was so unsettling that it clung with me through the next story and I lost focus often, reminiscing about the horror while the second tale continued. The final story was the lightest of the three, but there is still plenty of heartbreak and misery.

If I was to produce the show, I would swap the order and switch the positions of the first and final stories. This is not a feel-good show, so I’d leave the audience with the most horrific for last.

Ray Yuen

Parry Riposte Productions

Dressed as People – A Triptych of Uncanny Abduction—Tom Hendry Warehouse

A new show from the team that brought you “The Elephant Girls!” (100% Sold Out, Winnipeg Fringe, 2016 & 2018)

Three of Canada’s internationally renowned, queer, female & non-binary, speculative fiction and horror writers (Amal El-Mohtar, “This is How You Lose the Time War”; Kelly Robson, “Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach”; A.M. Dellamonica (as LX Beckett, “Gamechanger”) now team up with multi-award-winning actor, Margo MacDonald, to write for theatre for the very first time!

Three completely different confessions of paranormal encounters, the monologues are creepy, heartfelt, and funny.

“…seamlessly weaves three stories with themes of abduction, loss and queerness into one beautiful, dark play.”

“Captivating and thought-provoking…[performed with an] authenticity that resonates long after the end of the show.”– Apt613