"The MYSTYX witch stole...
my soul
and planted it in an enchanted
glass bowl.
I am the root to this bowl
though I neither pickle
nor congeal.
My blood itches and my
insides marinate in purple vinegar."

Tinker Toy, Pinker Boy is an interactive spoken word song-cycle that flirts with the notion of self-mythology and often teeters on a tightrope toward surrealism.

"The MYSTYX witch launched
and assault on the rippling
water, disturbing the course of the
bobbing turtles and gulls.
She descended to blend with
water, with me.
Our beings began to merge."

Tinker Toy, Pinker Boy charms the human psyche into examining the boundless capacity of the soul, celebrating the tapestry of lives it covets in its endless odyssey of cyclical resurrection.

"The MYSTYX witch I need
no thought.
She needs no voice from me.
She is me me is she is she me is me she is…she is she

Tinker toy, pinker boy.
Bate me, bathe me, batch me, please."

Tinker Toy, Pinker Boy tests the boundaries between performance and humanity and how one may slide between them.

Written and Performed by G.J. Dowding

Sound Design by Nathan Leigh

Lighting Design by Christina Tang

Projection Design by Scott Reis

Illustration by Sam Schanwald

Thursday, April 13 8pm | Doors at 7:30pm
Friday, April 14 7pm | Doors at 6:30pm
*Drag Race will be screened immediately following Friday's performance so stick around for that!
Saturday, April 15 8pm | Doors at 7:30pm

$10-$15 sliding scale
RSVP to info@vitaljoint.xyz
No BYOB