Susinn McFarlen, Photo: David Cooper
Sexy Laundry
by Michele Riml
A touching comedy about a middle-aged couple trying to reignite their sex life after 25 years of marriage. Alice has had it with her husband, Henry. She’s no longer willing to put up with a stale sexless marriage, so she hatches a plan to rev their romance. She convinces Henry to go with her to a swanky hotel to try and bring back some heat into their relationship. Armed with a copy of “Sex for Dummies,” Alice employs some intimacy exercises, including sharing fantasies to try and re-connect with her husband. But Henry is happy to keep things the way they are, and he isn’t ready to hear about Alice’s deepest desires.
Cast & Creative
Susinn McFarlen
Alice
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Susinn is an award winning actress and writer who makes her home in Vancouver. No stranger to the work of Michelle Riml, she has performed (so far) in 4 of her plays: Sexy Laundry, Henry and Alice into the Wild, Under the Influence and On the Edge.
Kevin McNulty
Henry
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Kevin McNulty is excited to get back on stage at the Belfry Theatre in Victoria in February with Kevin Loring's "Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer".
Most recently on stage in ‘The Father’ (The Search Party) where he received a Jessie Award for his performance.
Other recent stage credits include “Bah Humbug” (SFU) “The Humans” (Arts Club)
His recent film credits include “Yellowjackets” and “Schmigadoon” and a cameo in his daughter Lucys’ director/writer debut “Chicken”.
Michele Riml
Playwright
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Michele Riml is a critically acclaimed playwright from Vancouver, BC. Michele’s first play Souvenirs won The BC Young Playwrights Search. Her plays Sexy Laundry and Henry and Alice: Into the Wild are international hits with ongoing productions in Canada, the United States and Europe. Sexy Laundry has been translated into 15 languages. Other plays include Under the Influence, Poster Boys, RAGE (winner 2005 Sydney Risk Award) produced in French, Polish and German, On the Edge, and The Amaryllis. The Cull, co-written with Mike St. John, premiered at The Arts Club Theatre in 2023. Michele’s TYA plays, commissioned by Green Thumb Theatre, have been widely produced and translated. They include The Skinny Lie, The Invisible Girl and Tree Boy, published in 2017 by National Geographic and most recently produced in Athens, Greece. Michele is a graduate from Simon Fraser University. In 2008, she was nominated for the Siminovitch prize.