“When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Mrs. Lovett famously suggested cannibalism to Sweeney Todd as a solution to the problem of how to dispose of a body. But butchers are not born… they are made.
Set before those events, discover what led her to turn his victims into pies. This new play invites you to dig into what made Mrs. Eleanor Lovett: the brutal choices of a life in poverty. The scales of social justice may be tipped against her, but Eleanor has counterweights of her own: creativity, cunning, a can-do spirit – and a dream of joys to come.
When the difference is life or death, morality becomes a moveable feast… and Eleanor is getting hungry.
You would rather not like her. But you will.
Completely captivating from start to finish
Theatre Weekly on BoonDog Theatre’s PISKIE
Bewildering acting talent… Brutally emotional and bitterly cynical
Broadway Baby on BoonDog Theatre’s Showmanship
