The Bellefontaine Bridegroom is an absurdist tragicomedy based on the myth of Pygmalion and Galatea.
Piggy and Tiggy are everything one might expect of a married couple in 1965 (devoted, bickering, long-suffering) save one peculiar detail: Tiggy just happens to be a statue of living marble, stuck inside a large glass shadowbox in the living room! Things take a sudden and murderous turn when the mysterious Jacqueline Bellefontaine arrives unexpectedly on their doorstep. She is followed quickly by another strange visitor, the bumbling Detective Inspector Jacques Belloc. But are any of these strange beings real? Or are they figments of Piggy's deranged, crumbling mind?
The play is written for four actors in two acts.
Keywords: Absurdist, Surreal, Myth, Tragicomedy, Adaptation
Produced by Looking Glass Theatre, Steinbach MB, February 2026
Genre: Tragicomedy, Dark Comedy, Absurdist/Farce
Acts: 2
Run time: 90 minutes
Content notes: Contains occasional strong language, sexual innuendo, dead body on stage
Cast size: 4 actors
Male roles: 2
Female roles: 2
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