Our First Fringe Review! Thank you BeyondJames.com 

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The Gritty City Team

co-Founder Melissa Murray Mutch

Melissa Murray Mutch is a professional actress, playwright and recent transplant from the New York Metro area.  She made her theatrical debut in Hamilton with the Canadian premiere of David Auburn's play "Lost Lake" for the Hamilton Fringe Festival. She recently performed in the Ryga Festival production of "Night Desk" directed by Heather Davies and the "Vagina Monologues" at the Staircase Theatre. In NY and New Jersey she performed with Hudson Theatreworks, The American Slavery Project, The Fire This Time Festival as well as the New Perspectives Theater. Off-Broadway: "Death of the Liberal Class" ( The New Ohio Theater), "Playboy of the West Indies", and "Babes in Boyland"(Lincoln Center Theater)an in the regional theater production of  “This” by Melissa James Gibson at the Shaker Bridge Theater in New Hampshire. She has also written solo shows including "Obnoxious" and "Meanie" at La Mama, ETC.  Film and T.V. credits include the short film                                                 "Hungry", "The Umbrella Academy"Law and Order: SVU", "Titans" and "The                                                     Christmas Stray" coming this holiday 2021. 

co-Founder Jason Thompson

Jason Thompson made his Hamilton theatre debut in “Lost Lake” by David Auburn at the 2019 Hamilton Fringe Festival.He has also performed in experimental and fringe theatre here and abroad.  Most recently Jason appeared in The Man In The Vault by Ron Weihs and The Decision by David Dawson.  His television and film credits include The Wilkinsons for Country Music Television, and a Bollywood film in which he essayed the role ‘Westerner in garish shirt’.  In 1996, Jason won the inaugural Cream Of Comedy (Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Award) for comic excellence.

Director John-Riley O'Handley

John-Riley O’Handley is a "new-ish" Hamiltonian who loves the city and the artist he’s met here. He is a graduate of the Actors Studio MFA program at Pace University NYC and is always looking for fun projects to explore. Recent directorial work includes LOST LAKE at the Cotton Factory as part of the Hamilton Fringe and the short film “A Tour & A Drink”. Other work includes acting in productions of WIDE AWAKE HEARTS, FUNNY HOUSE OF A NEGRO, NECTAR, and PAINS OF YOUTH. Film, television, and media projects include “The Sanctuary”(Feature film), “Taken Home”(Short Film), “Witches Of Salem”(mini-series), “Cleared for Chaos”(TV movie), and “The Phenomenon”(Audio Series). John-Riley is also dedicated to developing new works and has originated several roles including Henrik in ADIOS FJORD, and Kevin in BONE CAGE. As an educator he has taught in and around NYC and Hamilton including, Hamilton Conservatory For The Arts, NYU, CUNY, Columbia, Rockefeller University, The American Museum Of Natural History, and others.
For more information please visit www.JohnRiley.OHandley.com

 

The Poster!!! 

Designed by artist Kevin Mutch 

Something for the Gritty City Kiddies! Back by Popular Demand Magical Storytelling with Mermaid Melissa and Jellyfish Jason!

 

Help Mermaid Melissa and Jellyfish Jason solve the Mystery of the Missing Mystery!!!

Jellyfish arrives to the Mermaid Melissa's underground lair with a mystery only to find out he's lot the mystery. Oh no!! How mysterious!!! Gritty City Kiddies can tune in to Magical Storytelling with Mermaid Melissa and Jellyfish Jason Story hour for  help!!! https://boxoffice.hamiltonfringe.ca

Our Story!!!

JJ: Hey, You wanna go see Hamilton?

MM: Do I wanna go see Hamilton? Of course? Who doesn’t want to see Hamilton? But I can’t afford to go see Hamilton!

JJ:I can get us in there for free!

MM: Really?

JJ: Yeah!

MM: How do we get in?

JJ: All we have to do is tell Wally the Whale a bad joke. He loves bad jokes. The worse the joke the more he laughs and flaps his tails  making big waves. If we’re right next to him he’ll flap his tail really hard. The splash will create a wave so big it will take us anywhere we want.

 MM: Cool. And so Jellyfish Jason  told the worst joke and Wally laughed and sent us flying!! All over Canada. Anyway, we saw a light in the distance. The stage lights of Hamilton! But instead it was the flames from a factory.  What the Fringe? This  wasn’t the Hamilton I was thinking about.

Free!!!

Starting July 16th!!
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We respectfully acknowledge that we are located on the territories of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Mississaugas.  This land is covered by the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement between the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabek, and the Between the Lakes Purchase, between the Crown and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.

Gritty City Theatre returns to the 2021 Hamilton Fringe Festival with a Digital Exclusive July 14-25th. See the show virtually from wherever you are!

The Gritty City Theatre Company returns to the 2021 Hamilton Fringe Festival!

 

Tickets on sale now! https://boxoffice.hamiltonfringe.ca/   

"Hammered" is a Digital Exclusive! 

See this show virtually from wherever your are

Synopsis

A Hamilton couple is under lockdown as the outside world falls to pieces: civil unrest, nuclear meltdowns and, god forbid- a pandemic! Making the best of things seems possible when there's plenty of liquor and food on hand but as things start to run out so does this couple's patience to deal with each other. "Hammered" takes its cue from recent events offering up a "what if the bad guys won?" scenario in Hamilton's Northend. Gritty City Theatre Company co-Founders, Jason Hugh Thompson, Melissa Murray-Mutch and John-Riley O'Handley team up to star in "Hammered"  written by Melissa Murray-Mutch and Directed by John O'Handley.