i love you judy merril media release

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Please add to your listings House Of James in association with The Toronto Fringe Festival proudly presents
I Love You Judy Merril
A Play On Memory
Atomic war. Mutation. Alien love. Telepathic bugs. And that was way before they met.
The last thing Jim Smith remembers was taking a lovely hot shower in the upstairs bathroom of his home in the East end of Toronto. Now
he is onboard what he assumes is a flying saucer, standing on stage in a space suit in front of an audience full of a variety of alien beings.
This is the best day of Jim’s life! But what the hell do these aliens want him to say? Scanning his brain they discover what they are looking
for: They want to know about Judy Merril. Jim has to reach back and decipher a complicated relationship with a woman he describes as “the
father he wished he had”.
Judy wrote science fiction from the 1950s until she fled the U.S. for Toronto in 1968. She died in 1997 and is fading away. Jim won't let that
happen, even if it takes a crappy old intelligent space suit, a box of Judy's stuff, and this abduction by an alien Tom Waits.
The House Of James brings their debut production, I Love You Judy Merril, to the Toronto Fringe Festival. Writer and performer Jim Smith
weaves a story of memory, hero worship, the wretchedness of Kingston, Ontario, and the ultimate question: Is it ever too late to say I love
you? Jim Smith is a Toronto poet and lawyer known for his books Back Off, Assasin: New And Selected Poems (Mansfield Press, 2009),
and Happy Birthday, Nicanor Parra (Mansfield Press, 2012). Directed by Jim Annan, is a multiple Canadian Comedy Award Winner for his
work with The Second City Theatre in Toronto, his comedy troupe FALCON POWDER, and his performance in the feature film Unlucky
(Breakthrough Entertainment).
I Love You Judy Merril A Play On Memory
Written and Performed by
Jim Smith
Directed by
Jim Annan
PERFORMANCES:
Friday July 3, 8:15pm
Saturday July 4, 8:30pm
Monday July 6, 7:30pm
Tuesday July 7, 3:15pm
Wednesday July 8, 6:30pm
Friday July 10, 1:45pm
Saturday July 11, 9:45pm
Sunday July 12, 12:30pm
Opens Friday July 3rd and runs to Sunday July 12th
Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace, 16 Ryerson Ave.
Tickets: $10
Please note there will be no latecomer seating
ADVANCE TICKETS GO ON SALE JUNE 11th
Purchase Online: fringetoronto.com
By Phone: 416-966-1062
In Person: During The Festival Box Office in the parking lot behind Honest Ed’s (581 Bloor St. W)
Please send media publicity inquiries to:
Toronto Fringe Communications Manger: Ali Molloy, [email protected]
House Of James media contact: Jim Smith
Phone: 416-605-3658
Email: [email protected]