Mel Carter's Bitch Eat Dog

Friday, June 12 at 7:00 PM (doors 6:30 PM), 90-minutes with intermission

Tickets are available for $20 in advance, $25 at the door, and $30 for preferred seating (pay-what-you-can available)

Recommended for ages 18+ 

TW: Violence, Sexual Assault, Puppet Nudity

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A Puppety Sketch Show Exploring Tradwives, Girlbosses, and the Existential Abyss

B*TCH EAT DOG is a puppet-filled sketch show that marries classical texts, feminist theory, and singing willys. Punch and Judy puppets perform a gender swapped adaptation of Moby Dick that explores the fallacies of girlboss feminism. A tradwife named Felicity Groundwater hawks her questionable raw milk wares and ultimately breastfeeds a member of the audience with one of her nine pendulous burlap boobs. A new kind of IUD insertion escalates until rats are being shoved down a woman's cervix. The evening is hosted by a hapless, well-intentioned white man who flails wildly as his misguided attempts at allyship lead to a painful realization.

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Mel Carter began her professional career in DC where she was a resident artist with the 4615 Theatre Company. While there, she performed with Imagination Stage, Spooky Action Theatre, and Pointless Theatre Co, among others. She was simultaneously creating visual art and has had her work featured in the Washington Post and published in Cuntry Living. Mel has been awarded the Arts and Humanities Fellowship and the Color the Curb grant by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Since discovering puppetry, she has built and/or performed puppets with the Pilobolus Dance Theater, Bread and Puppet Theater, Mosaic Theatre, Paloma Puppet Theatre, and the OddFellows Playhouse, among others. Mel is currently a graduate student at the University of Connecticut where she is on track to receive her MFA in Puppet Arts.

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Written by Mel Carter

Music by Camille Charlier

Performed by Mel Carter, Gail Bennett, & Anthony Sellitto-Budney

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, Jack Collins, & Anthony Sellitto-Budney

Costume Design by Mia Carini

Puppet Design by Mel Carter, Ali Etesamifar, Maddie Shubeck, Gail Bennett

Fabrication Assistance by Jerry Harney, Jack Collins, Tom Tuke, Max Kountz, Isi Jabornik, Amy Carter, Kaz Strong, Dean Hernandez, Oliver Fisher, Joei D’aloia, Maddie Szymaszek, Aina Ysabel Ramolete, Tessa Beck Fey, Allison Carter, Aslan Hoffman, 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

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PAY WHAT YOU CAN

No one will be turned away from MSA events for lack of funds. Please use this online form or contact MSA at 207-879-4629 or info@mayostreetarts.org to learn more and reserve tickets. Our box office staff are also happy to help at the door, pending availability!

EVENT PARKING

Free on-street parking is available in Mayo Street Arts’ neighborhood.

There is one paid parking lot conveniently located a six-minute walk from the venue: Top of the Old Port Parking (119 Pearl St, Portland ME 04101)

Mayo Street Arts is accessible by Greater Portland Metro bus routes with nearby transfer points 7, 9A & 9B. Click here to learn more.

ACCESSIBILITY

All performances and most other events held at Mayo Street Arts are wheelchair accessible. There are two accessible spots directly in front of our building, however there is not yet a curb cut out at that location.

If you would benefit from additional information or accommodations, we invite you to contact us at info@mayostreetarts.org or 207-879-4629.

COMMUNITY HEALTH

Audience members — in addition to artists, staff & volunteers — who feel sick or exhibit symptoms of illness should stay home out of respect for others.

SEATING POLICY

We will save your reserved seat until showtime, at which point any unclaimed seats may be offered to other people. Please call our box office at 207-879-4629 if you are running late.

CANCELATION POLICY

MSA has a no refund policy for all reservations. In the event that MSA is forced to cancel an event due to weather, illness, etc., refunds will be offered via the Ticket Tailor platform.