2014 Edinburgh Fringe

Wretch Like Me (or How I was Saved from Being Saved)

Wretch Like Me (or How I was Saved from Being Saved)
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53: theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall

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In this outrageous, award-winning solo show, **** (Marin Independent), NEA-honoured journalist David Templeton describes his years as a teenage fundamentalist puppeteer in the 1970s. Praised for its humour, vivid impersonations, and Templeton's ability to sing Amazing Grace backwards, Wretch is a fiercely funny coming-of-age story with a hell of a twist. Openly autobiographical (with graphic descriptions of radical evangelical puppeteering and stuff about biblical masturbation), Wretch is packed with colourful characters, including the tripped-out minister Rev. Dude, and Cindy, an intense girl who once wet her pants for Jesus.

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In David Templeton's award-winning one-man-show (Best Original Show - Stage One Theater Arts Awards, 2010), he recounts the painfully hilarious true story of his life as a teenage, born-again, fundamentalist puppeteer. Set amongst the 1970's beach communities of Southern California, the show has been critically praised for its vivid impersonations of Templeton's colorful band of blissed-out believers, its affectionately scathing descriptions of SoCal Bible-speak ("Faith is giving your whole sandwich to God!"), glimpses into the mysterious latenight "afterglows" of a tiny church called Happy Chapel ("Check it out, people! Tonight . . . were all going to speak in tongues!!")-and for Templeton's uncanny ability to sing Amazing Grace backwards. 'Wretch' is a fiercely funny coming-of-age story with a hell of a twist. Openly autobiographical (with frank references to radical evangelical puppet shows, along with some pretty funny stuff about masturbation in Biblical times), 'Wretch' is packed with colorful characters, from the trippy, logic-deficient minister named Rev. Dude (a former acid-dropping surfer guy who found Jesus in a tent in Hawaii while tripping on magic mushrooms), to The Jesus Lady (a well-meaning Sunday School teacher who promises a tiny bit more than Jesus can deliver) to Cindy, a beautiful, super-intense believer so committed she once wet her pants for Jesus.

Performances

Date Time Venue
1st Aug 2014 11:40 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall
2nd Aug 2014 11:40 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall
4th Aug 2014 11:40 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall
5th Aug 2014 11:40 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall
6th Aug 2014 11:40 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall
7th Aug 2014 11:40 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall
8th Aug 2014 11:40 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall
9th Aug 2014 11:40 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall
11th Aug 2014 11:40 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall
12th Aug 2014 11:40 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall
13th Aug 2014 11:40 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall
14th Aug 2014 11:40 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall
15th Aug 2014 11:40 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall
16th Aug 2014 11:40 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall

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