She's a private dick who's seen it all.
He's a blonde bombshell waiting to explode.
In this filthy, lonely city, some secrets just can't stay hidden.

Rip Me Open follows two wise-cracking, desperate souls as they investigate a strange sexual act in a case of threatened violence and psychosexual intrigue. Drawing on influences from Dennis Cooper to Haruki Murakami to Double Indemnity, Rip Me Open combines pulse-pounding mystery with crackling comedic dialogue and several original songs.

Comedian/performers Desiree Burch and Michael Cyril Creighton star in this darkly funny world premiere play, created and developed with director Brian Mullin and OBIE Award-winning playwright Kyle Jarrow.

>> Gothamist writes, "From start to finish, [it] zigzags from moments of hilarity to moments of deep sobriety... the thrill in watching it is observing the actors negotiate such tricky emotional terrain and often literary script while at the same time putting on an entertaining show, and seeing them succeed." Click here to see the full review.

>> The Village Voice writes "[It has] a buildup worthy of a panic attack and a payoff to die for!"

>> The NY Blade calls it "quietly intriguing, entertaining, and definitely recommended!"

At the Dixon Place
Hot Festival
Saturdays July 15 & 22
at 8pm
258 Bowery, 2nd Floor

Tickets $15
$12 student/senior
Available here

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Photographs
by
Romain
Fruge

(the show previously
played at
Galapagos Art Space
in April 2006, as part
of the Evolve theater
series.)

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