Audience Raves/Media

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"I've seen (and done) a lot of "indie theater" and know that most of it can be boring, pretentious and a platform for some self absorbed ass hat to unload on an unsuspecting audience things that would be better left in a therapist's office. Instead what I saw was a sweet, insightful and very honest performance about a topic that even I, the experienced sexual outlaw, still have a slight pause talking about in public. Best of all, it was funny, like bust a gut, laugh out loud funny. The moments of raw, genuine honesty about a very taboo and sometimes confusing sexual desire really work, offset that with silly humor and it is a winning combination." -"An Apology, of sorts" Monk, of TwistedMonk.com, one of our Seattle post-show discussion guests, reflects on the experience in this blog post. February 15, 2010.

"John and Sophie are the cutest, sweetest, most winsome pair of sexual outlaws in the world, you just want to pet them and cuddle them and take them home and... do evil things to them." -"Art Imitates Life" Mistress Matisse's blog entry on visiting Peg-ass-us. February 16th, 2010.

PAPERMAG: Stage Notes by Tim Murrin interviews Sophie & John, October 7th, 2009.

San Francisco Fringe - Winner "Best Comedy" 2008 San Francisco Fringe Festival!

"Ace in the Hole: Dan Savage inspires Strap-Ons On Stage," Voice Choice, The Village Voice, February 6, 2009

"Confessions Of A Fringe Addict Part Deux," by Ty C Stover. Indy.com (Indianapolis Star), 10/27.

This is Sex Theater, by Jolie Prom, Debaucheri Sex Review Issue #2 March '09.
(http://dbcmag.presspublisher.us/issues/Issue_02)
"Leo’s character is a jittery sort of spasmodic persona, who’s uncomfortable stage stutters creates wanton insecurity with revealing his pegging fetish, yet lets the audience know that it is just dying to come out. His partner, Nimmannit, is the fiery, lively yin to his yang. She bursts all over the stage with vulgar sexual inquiries and spits out cute and delightful songs about “ass fucking” and mythical creatures.

• Peg-Ass-Us Reviews, Audience Reviews from the 2008 San Francisco Fringe Festival website.
• Best of Fringe, List of Winners
• "Bend Over Onstage, Boyfriend" Violet Blue's Column Open Source Sex, SF Gate (9/4). "Is this onstage strap-on funhouse ride going to stop before someone loses an eye?"
• "Gays on the Fringe," Bay Area Reporter (8/28).
• CKUT Queer Corps: Montreal Queer Radio show featuring Fringe Artists! We had a really great time visiting this radio show. We do some song, then have a wee interview, starting just after the halfway-point! And Erika talked about FLUID coming to Montreal in the fall!!! (Language Warning: They told us there were no words we couldn't say on the radio.)
  CKUT Queer Corps MP3

• Midnight Poutine: "Fringe Festival Part 4: Peg-Ass-Us" by Sarah Brideau. "Since I saw the girl walking around with a strap-on around her head at the Fringe Festival opening event, my curiosity was piqued and I had to see what this was all about [...] I learned a lot about the prostate and laughed a lot in the process."
• Nightlife Montreal: Peg-Ass-Us by Sonia Tr´empanier. "Pour ma part, j’en conclus que le chemin vers le pegging est assurément pavé de bonnes intentions."
• Claire On The Move: "Thank you, Dan Savage!" "I thought how awesome it was to have a show on a major stage (at the Just For Laughs cabaret) that celebrated alternative sexual practices, explained them technically and humorously..."
• Montreal Fringe NetBuzz: Fringe audience members rate our show and leave their comments. Some of our favorites are below!

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