Past Productions
THE FLESH MARKET
BoyGirlBoyGirl find themselves waking up in a strange hotel room next to a trashy paperback exposé of America's swinging 60's. Susequent pillow talk uncovers stories about mistaken identity, insatiable appetites, Playboy cartoons, bad porn video dialogue, and scrapbooking.

"[Insert Joke Here]" by Rachel Claff
"Grub" by David Kodeski
"If You're Feeling Blue, Paint Yourself A Different Color!" by Stephanie Shaw
"Confidence Game" by Diana Slickman
"Some Penis" by Edward Thomas-Herrera

NUTS AND CHEWS
A sinfully sweet sampler of stories new and old. No theme this time. Just a lot of wince-worthy conversations, embarrassing arguments, avian encounters, Dutch bicycles, and driving lessons.

“He Pulled the String” by David Kodeski
“Flatlander”
by Diana Slickman
“Marriage and Goat Keeping” by Susan McLaughlin Karp
“Slaves of Foster Avenue Beach” by Edward Thomas-Herrera
“Cast” by Rachel Claff

A DREADFUL DAY
A 19th-century children's book tells the tale of two preternaturally well-spoken orphans who perform random acts of kindness without proper adult supervision. BoyGirlBoyGirl expounds on the subjects of feline euthanasia, female genitalia, good deeds gone wrong, and all things full of dread.

“Orphan” by Diana Slickman
“The Incorrect Tattoo” by David Kodeski
“10" x 22"” by Stephanie Shaw
“Last Days of Beast” by Edward Thomas-Herrera
“See You in Hell, Yoga Pants” by Susan McLaughlin Karp

XV-XVI CENTURY NORTHERN DRAWINGS
FROM THE ROBERT LEHMAN COLLECTION 1978

Biblical heroines and anthropomorphic pillows populate an exhibition catalogue of Renaissance drawings from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. BoyGirlBoyGirl paints four highly individual portraits of the visual world around us.

“Dog. Chair. Spike.” by Diana Slickman
“How to Draw a Boulder” by David Kodeski
“Six Pillows” by Rachel Claff
“Return of the Black Rose” by Edward Thomas-Herrera

THE DISTANCE OF THE MOON
The first story of Italo Calvino's "Cosmicomics" tells the poignant story of a man in love with a woman in love with another man in love with the moon. BoyGirlBoyGirl tells six stories about star-crossed loves and their relation to the cosmos.

“Constellations” by Edward Thomas-Herrera
“Gravity”
by Stephanie Shaw
“Footprints in the Sand” by Susan McLaughlin Karp
“How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World” by Rachel Claff
“Flatlander” by Diana Slickman
“Earth Day” by David Kodeski

CHESTNUTS ROASTING ON A CHESTNUT ROASTER
The holidays in all their gory glory provide the starting point for these stories about Christmases remembered, revered, relished, and dreaded.

“Remembrance of Things Dipped” by Edward Thomas-Herrera
“The Stalker” by Susan McLaughlin Karp
“We Spoke of the Millennium Briefly Over Lunch” by Rachel Claff
Here Come the Holidays by Diana Slickman Read it online!
“Xmas in December” by David Kodeski
“The Christmas Cephalopod” by Stephanie Shaw

ZEST FOR GLOOM
The life and work of craggy Irish playwright Samuel Beckett served as the jumping off point for five reflections on unrequited love, theater, death, and waiting, waiting, waiting…

“Chicago Impromptu” by Edward Thomas-Herrera
“The Fall” by Diana Slickman
“The Words that Remain” by Susan McLaughlin Karp
“Freeze Effect” by Rachel Claff
“An Occasion of Wordshed, or Kodeski Krapp’s at Last” by David Kodeski

BRITNEY'S MAN DANCES FOR HIS SUPPER
Fleeting fame, sudden notoriety, and a large number of expletives run rampant through Kevin Federline's March 2005 interview for Details magazine. BoyGirlBoyGirl mined their own misspent youths for four narratives about those allegedly formative years.

“Guts and Goo” by Stephanie Shaw
“Procrustean Prom” by Edward Thomas-Herrera
“The Man in the Moon is a Lady” by Susan McLaughlin Karp
“Lorraine's Hit the Bottle Again” by David Kodeski

THE FINE ART OF ITALIAN COOKING
Giuliano Bugialli's 1990 cookbook was a loving and poetic tribute to one of the world's great national cuisines. BoyGirlBoyGirl served up four lip-smacking stories about food, glorious food.

“Transparent Seaweed” by Edward Thomas-Herrera.
“Stuffed Shells”
by Susan McLaughlin Karp
Our Final Night by David Kodeski Read it online!
Octopus by Stephanie Shaw Read it online!

THE NEW, MORE THRILLING SECRETS
The battered copy of a now-defunct true romance magazine sported cover stories with titles like "WE USED TO THRILL EACH OTHER: NOW MY HUSBAND DIDN'T DARE COME NEAR ME" and "WHEN MY HUSBAND'S MIND SNAPPED: MORE THAN A NORMAL WIFE COULD BEAR". BoyGirlBoyGirl's inaugural effort responded with four tales about the hidden and/or suppressed corners of their lives.

“This Moment of Twilight” by David Kodeski
“A Comforting Detail” by Stephanie Shaw
My Season in Hell by Edward Thomas-Herrera Read it online!
“My New, More Thrilling Secret” by Susan McLaughlin Karp