WHITE MUSCLE DADDY by Raf Antonio
A film-theatre hybrid
Produced by Pencil Kit Productions
and Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
March 20-31, 2024
Soon after Jeremy Río clocks in for his first graveyard shift at an exclusive LA gym, he meets Eugene, a fitness influencer who seems to have the life of Jeremy’s dreams—one that’s double stuffed with money, muscles, and parties galore. What begins as an envious crush quickly morphs into an insatiable hunger that threatens to tear Jeremy’s life apart.
A cinematic theatre piece, WHITE MUSCLE DADDY uses projection art, prerecorded film and live camera feed to spin a chilling yarn about the politics of queer desire.
“plenty of flash and sizzle in its erotic, technical and stylistic flourishes […] arresting imagery and bursting with innovative collaboration” - Istvan Dugalin
“Stylistically and thematically ambitious” - MyGayToronto
Photos by Jeremy Mimnagh
The Artists
Tricia Hagoriles - Director
Raf Antonio - Writer, Director,
Associate Producer
Khanh Tudo - Director of Photography
Hayden Salter - Camera TD
Kat Zoumboulakis - Camera Operator
Carine Zahner - First Assistant Camera, Camera Operator
Nicole Eun-Ju Bell - Projection Designer
Connie Oreamuno - Projection Design Assistant/Editor
Alia Stephen - Lighting Designer
Stella Conway - Composer/Sound Designer
Echo Zhou 周芷會 - Set Designer
Sabrina Mei Ling Pye - Associate Set Designer
Cat Calica - Costume Designer
Jaime Lujan - Performer (Jeremy)
Ray Jacildo - Performer (Eugene)
Frankie Bayley - Performer (Gustavo)
Chel Carmichael - Performer (Lucy)
Shaquille Pottinger - Performer (Thomas)
Augusto Bitter - Performer (Stuart)
Yousuf Liepert - Understudy (Swing)
Burcu Emeç - Intimacy Director
Louisa Zhu - Fight Director
Keshia Palm - Dramaturge
Claren Grosz - Producer
Taylor Young - Stage Manager
Patrick Lynn - Assistant Stage Manager
Rebecca Vandevelde - Production Manager
Conrad McLaren - Technical Director
“As soon as we introduced cameras into the process, not only would our actors have to adjust their performances, but the entire team had to change how they were used to working. […] we had to break and create our own processes.”
- Director Tricia Hagoriles for Front Mezz Junkies
Additional Team:
Luna Dubois - Makeup Artist
Casey Hudecki - Associate Intimacy Director
Kiana Tagabing - Understudy Camera Operator, Gaffer
Scott Hitchon - Sound Editor
Matt Becket - Sound Recordist
Maria Bui - Production Assistant
Photo by Jeremy Mimnagh
We have immense gratitude for Grande Camera for supporting the project with camera equipment, and Charles Street Video for additional camera equipment and projectors.
WHITE MUSCLE DADDY is produced with the support of the Canada Council for the arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council with funding from the City of Toronto. It was developed in residence at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. It was written with support from Factory Theatre, WhyNot Theatre, Canadian Stage, Studio Feather, and the Ontario Arts Council.
Brandon Pereira and Chel Carmichael. Photo by Tiana Smith.
A giant thank you to the artists who joined us for our August 2021 residency at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre:
Jay Northcott - Director
Roxanne Luchak - Projection Artist
Lucia Linares - Assistant Projection Artist
Rohan Dhupar - Assistant Director
Chel Carmichael - Performer
Brandon Pereira - Performer
Taylor Young - Stage Manager