Say Your Prayers, Mug!

Directed by: Todd Michael

Mr. and Mrs. Matinee themselves, Skip Rayburn and Dottie Haines, host the 1950s television show Sunrise Cinema and eagerly present the long-lost thriller, Say Your Prayers, Mug! In between the bubbly hosts’ banter, the 1935 gangster flick comes to life on stage, complete with fist-swingin’ cops and fast-talkin’ mobsters. A parody within a parody, SAY YOUR PRAYERS, MUG! Playfully sends up not one, but two genres of yesteryear.
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Mr. and Mrs. Matinee themselves, Skip Rayburn and Dottie Haines, host the 1950s television show “Sunrise Cinema” and eagerly present the long-lost thriller, “Say Your Prayers, Mug!” In between the bubbly hosts’ banter, the 1935 gangster flick comes to life on stage, complete with fist-swingin’ cops and fast-talkin’ mobsters. A parody within a parody, SAY YOUR PRAYERS, MUG! Playfully sends up not one, but two genres of yesteryear.

Founded in 2001, Grayce Productions exclusively presents parodies and satires of 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s film, theater, and television. Last year’s parody of 1930s film, featured in the 10th Annual New York International Fringe Festival, VICE GIRL CONFIDENTIAL, not only earned the FringeNYC Award for Outstanding Acting Ensemble, but sold-out its run and garnered critical acclaim. NYTheatre.com called the production “smart, laugh-inducing, and perfect,” while Talkin’ Broadway dubbed playwright Michael’s “crackling way with words… a true pleasure.”.

Other past productions include Psycho Sorority Girl (Red Room, 2002), The Poverty Row Double Horror Show (Red Room, 2003), Bad Dames Go To Hell! (Red Room, 2004), Damaged Dames (Under St. Marks, 2005), The Greatest B-Movie Ever Told (Fringe Festival, 2005), and The Adventures of Jock Jupiter (Red Room, 2006).