Cringeworthy

Greed, sex, and corruption—it's all in a day's work. London, England, 1912—Cringeworthy is a tale of innocent people who are drawn into an unimaginable nightmare. Luigi and Angelina Tarantella, a young couple from Naples, owe to Mr. Cringeworthy an awful lot of money and cannot pay it. By pressing them into service to work off their debt, Cringeworthy reveals the depths of his perversions and the lengths he will go to satisfy them. The Tarantellas fall into a relentless cycle of crime and addiction as the bonds of marriage are replaced by a web of deceit.

Alex Poch–Goldin was born in Montreal and now lives in Toronto as a writer and actor. His play This Hotel was nominated for a Dora Award for Best New Play and was published by Scirocco Drama in 2002. The play was translated into French by Manon St. Jules, produced by Theatre la Catapulte and won the Le Droit–Radio Canada prize for best French language production in Ottawa. Yahrzeit (Scirocco, 2005) won the 2002 Toronto Jewish Playwriting Award, has been translated into German, and will tour Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in 2008. His play Jim and Shorty played at the Factory Theatre in Toronto and was later filmed for Bravo Television. His radio drama, The Death of Simon Pinchuk, was produced by CBC Radio and broadcast nationally. Poch–Goldin has also written libretti for two operas, The Shadow and Lisa, composed by Omar Daniel. He is currently developing Internazionale for Canstage and The Right Road to Pontypool for 4th Line Theatre in Peterborough.