Frigid Festival Previews

The Dysfunctional Guide to Home, Perfection, Marital Bliss

Produced by Dysfunctional Theatre Company

Author: Jennifer Gill, Rachel Grundy, Amy Overman, Amy Beth Sherman, Theresa Unfried

The Dysfunctional Guide to Home Perfection, Marital Bliss & Passionate Hot Romance is the single greatest book on marriage ever written.  It covers over 500 years of recorded history (and some unrecorded history, too).   Our show is about this book.  You can expect to see five women drinking a lot of wine and playing a lot of different, random characters through time.  We wear little black dresses, drink heavily, talk about men and ponder why the hell we're married and why the hell we bother.  It's a bit like Sex & the City, but with one more woman and a much smaller wardrobe budget.

Since 50% of marriages end in divorce, I think trying to figure out why the other half don't is pretty topical.  Plus we're really, really funny.  And smart.  This is a crazy, funny, romantic comedy.  Women will relate to it; men will gain valuable insight into the female psyche.  Plus, what other show features a 15th century English prophet/crazy woman?  No other show I'd bet you.

We love FRIGID and we're proud to have been a part of every FRIGID festival.  We've wanted to do this piece for a long time and FRIGID's open, experimental atmosphere is the perfect place to premier a new work, especially one as surreal as this show.

Amy Overman, writer/actor