About Dog's Misery Swamp
Veteran solo writer/performer David Jacobson returns to Edmonton Fringe with a deranged dark comic epic about love, war, bad breath, Helen Keller, fecal transplants, cryptic creatures, and the myriad bacteria that sustain life on Earth.
Dog's Misery Swamp was once the heart of a booming New England town. Now it's so tainted by bizarre industrial waste (including a super-slippery substance devised for Operation Banana Peel) that come daybreak the government plans to seal up the whole place in concrete.
Jacobson weaves a complex plot as he inhabits seven characters whose obsessions collide in the swamp on its final night. They include an inspired con man, a birdwatcher gone rogue, a billionaire with a foul fetish, and two guys in one pair of pants.
Theatre in London.ca called Dog's Misery Swamp, "an extraordinary display of intelligence and entertainment."
David's previous show, Theme Park, was lauded by the Edmonton Journal as "a heck of a ride.... this black comedy's entire 11-person cast is portrayed with gusto by Jacobson," while the San Francisco Bay Guardian called it "hilariously funny... creatively disturbed."
Dog's Misery Swamp was directed by and developed with San Francisco's top solo specialists, Mark Kenward (performed four-star 2015 Edmonton hit, Nantucket; director of multiple Best of Fringe shows) and Charlie Varon (Outstanding Direction of a Play, 2016, Theater Bay Area).
Dog's Misery Swamp was once the heart of a booming New England town. Now it's so tainted by bizarre industrial waste (including a super-slippery substance devised for Operation Banana Peel) that come daybreak the government plans to seal up the whole place in concrete.
Jacobson weaves a complex plot as he inhabits seven characters whose obsessions collide in the swamp on its final night. They include an inspired con man, a birdwatcher gone rogue, a billionaire with a foul fetish, and two guys in one pair of pants.
Theatre in London.ca called Dog's Misery Swamp, "an extraordinary display of intelligence and entertainment."
David's previous show, Theme Park, was lauded by the Edmonton Journal as "a heck of a ride.... this black comedy's entire 11-person cast is portrayed with gusto by Jacobson," while the San Francisco Bay Guardian called it "hilariously funny... creatively disturbed."
Dog's Misery Swamp was directed by and developed with San Francisco's top solo specialists, Mark Kenward (performed four-star 2015 Edmonton hit, Nantucket; director of multiple Best of Fringe shows) and Charlie Varon (Outstanding Direction of a Play, 2016, Theater Bay Area).
Go Deeper Into the Swamp...
Bioremediation (using bacteria to clean up pollution)
How Microbes Clean Up Our Environmental Messes - Popular Mechanics
A New Way to Clean the Environment - Public Radio International
Using Microbes to Clean Up Oil Spills - MIT News
Bird Calls and Mnemonics
Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
Stanford University - South Bay Birders Unlimited Mnemonic Bird Songs
Fernbank University List of Bird Call Mnemonics
Drug Resistant Bacteria
Canada Public Health Agency Information on Drug Resistant Bacteria
US CDC Information on Drug Resistant Bacteria
Dung Beetles
10 Fascinating Facts about Dung Beetles
Fecal Transplants
John Hopkins University Gastroenterology and Hepatology
The Power of Poop - Is Fecal Transplant for You?
Helen Keller as Political Activist
The Politics of Helen Keller - International Socialist Review
Human Microbiome
The Human Microbiome - University of Utah Genetic Science Learning Center
Quicksand
How to Get Out of Quicksand
How Microbes Clean Up Our Environmental Messes - Popular Mechanics
A New Way to Clean the Environment - Public Radio International
Using Microbes to Clean Up Oil Spills - MIT News
Bird Calls and Mnemonics
Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
Stanford University - South Bay Birders Unlimited Mnemonic Bird Songs
Fernbank University List of Bird Call Mnemonics
Drug Resistant Bacteria
Canada Public Health Agency Information on Drug Resistant Bacteria
US CDC Information on Drug Resistant Bacteria
Dung Beetles
10 Fascinating Facts about Dung Beetles
Fecal Transplants
John Hopkins University Gastroenterology and Hepatology
The Power of Poop - Is Fecal Transplant for You?
Helen Keller as Political Activist
The Politics of Helen Keller - International Socialist Review
Human Microbiome
The Human Microbiome - University of Utah Genetic Science Learning Center
Quicksand
How to Get Out of Quicksand