Truth emerging from her well, with the paper ripped across her bust, revealing white coveralls, a pink tshirt, and tatood arms. Text from a script is blurry in the background.

Pity+Fear (a travesty)

May 2022 @ Buntport Theater

What does it mean to be a person – to have a body, and live in it – to make choices, and change over time – to tell the truth?

Pity+Fear is an intimate and darkly-comic one-woman tragedy, featuring two women and a guitar. Join Miriam & Josie as they grapple with queer identity, platonic realism, an audience, a chair, a mop bucket, the conflicting myths of Agraulos, and what to order for dinner.

Written by Miriam Suzanne (see our source material if you’re interested), with original music & lyrics by Josselyn Cool (Better Selfs, Teacup Gorilla, Jane/Eyre). Directed by Julie Rada, in collaboration with Kenny Storms, Ben Raginmar, and Erin Rollman.

Thanks to Buntport Theater for generously providing the venue.

Press

Pity+Fear (a travesty) was, beginning to end, incisive, insightful, sensitive and at keen times humorous without trivializing anyone’s struggles and challenges.

—Queen City Sounds & Art [review]

Performance Venue & Dates

Buntport Theater

717 Lipan Street Denver, CO 80204
  • » opening night!

Press Photos

Miriam on top of a ladder, holding letters, and speaking into a mic Miriam in yellow, lit from below, brushing dew from her leg Miriam in yellow coveralls, arms stretched, lit from below Josie playing a song Mia in yellow coveralls and a headlamp, surrounded by paper, writing and looking into the distance Mia in yellow coveralls on a ladder, wearing a headlamp, looking down at Josie in a black dress, holding the ladder Josie with a gruitar and Mia from behind, with a ladder and a light in the background Grapefruit Lab Presents: Pity+Fear (a travesty), May 13-28 @ Buntport Theater Miriam in coveralls, arms stretched across her body, with a ladder behind Josie playing a song Josie sitting with her guitar, looking at the camera