Written and performed by Anais West & Sara Vickruck

Directed by Julie McIsaac
A frank theatre company, Queer Arts Festival and Zee Zee Theatre co-production
March 5 – 10 2019 at the SUM Gallery

“The complicated intimacy between old-fashioned romantic Gaby …and polyamorous Nina… is beautifully mapped in Vickruck’s songs and West’s passionate poems”

—The Georgia Straight

Winner of the PTC Fringe New Play Prize, Pick of the Fringe & the Georgia Straight Critics’ Choice Award

Nominated for two Jessie Richardson Awards

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Poly Queer Love Ballad is a bold, intimate musical, merging slam poetry with catchy pop-folk tunes. Nina, a polyamorous bisexual poet, meets Gabbie, a monogamous lesbian songwriter, at a Cafe Deux Soleils. With two microphones, a loop pedal, and array of instruments, they struggle to reconcile their fierce mutual attraction with their opposing perspectives on love. The show explores polyamory and queerness, while aiming to create a new representation of intimacy that isn’t confined by genre, medium or societal obligations.

Artistic Team
Creation and Performance — Anais West & Sara Vickruck
Direction — Julie McIsaac
Dramaturgy — Joanna Garfinkel
Original Production Design — Jessica Han
Costume and Set Design — Alaia Hamer
Lighting Design — Harika Xu
Stage Management — Sammie Hatch
Co-Producers — Anais West & Sara Vickruck