crazy Bitch Boss Bitch

making a living & surviving life in a tired, sick, and mad world

Premiering Kingston & Edmonton Fringe, 2024

Written & Performed by Thea Fitz-James

Directed by Kelsey Jacobson

Dramaturged by Mariah (Mo) Horner

The metronome tick-tick-ticks, reminding us that the only thing that's finite is time and there’s time to sleep when you’re dead. We meet Maggie, an ambitious woman in a male-dominated field, whose loquacious lips are only rivaled by her fowl mouth, as she navigates burnout, corporate sexism, and mania. Echoing Thea Fitz-James' previous solo performances (NAKED LADIES; Drunk Girl), Crazy Bitch Boss Bitch explores the contemporary practice of demonizing— or pathologizing—boundary-pushing women as “bitches”. This solo performance explores the intersection of mental health, workaholism, and femininity in an increasingly sick, tired, and mad world, inviting feminist perspectives on making a living—and surviving life— when diminishing capacity meets diminishing returns.