In prison, they are interviewed by right wing-journalist Cecilia Wainscott, who quickly discovers that Ichabod is a complex character—both a theoretical mathematician and an exuberantly dark misanthrope. In the end, Cecilia learns a little bit about herself, gay men, theoretical mathematics, and the nature of the universe. Are Dylan and Ichabod evil cold-blooded killers, turned on by a perverse cocktail of death and orgasms, or are they simply misunderstood by a homophobic culture? It's all very scary and funny—but only you, the reader, can decide…

Sky Gilbert is a writer, director, and drag queen extraordinaire. He was co-founder and artistic director of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre (North Americaâ??s largest gay and lesbian theatre) for 18 years. His hit plays include The Dressing Gown, Drag Queens on Trial, Play Murder, The Emotionalists, and the Dora Mavor Moore Award-winning The Whoreâ??s Revenge. His first three novels: Guilty (1998), St. Stephenâ??s, (1999) and I Am Kasper Klotz (2001) were critically acclaimed. ECW Press published Skyâ??s first collection of poetry, Digressions of a Naked Party Girl, in 1998, and his theatre memoir, Ejaculations from the Charm Factory, in 2000. His second book of collected poems, Temptations for a Juvenile Delinquent, was published by ECW in 2003. He was recently the recipient of the Margo Bindhardt Award (from the Toronto Arts Foundation), the Silver Ticket Award (from the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts), and the ReLit Award (for his fourth novel, An English Gentleman), and also recently received a PhD from the University of Toronto. By day, Sky holds a University Research Chair in Drama and Creative Writing at the University of Guelph.

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"The boys and girls at the Buddies box office have their work cut out for them in Sky Gilbert's Rope Enough. There will be bums in seats for Gilbert's latest, a fully realized and compelling departure from his other work." —Kate Pedersen, NOW Magazine

"The dialogue is sharp and often witty… all these narrative statements finally come together to make some provocative statements about the nature of identity—gay or otherwise—in today's society." —Richard Ouzounian, Toronto Star

"An equally swank duo, disciples of Derrida, murder or claim to have murdered for a kaleidoscope of reasons. Maybe they want to subvert conventional ideas about gays; maybe they want to confirm them; maybe they want to have fun. The author-director, as capricious as they are, plays with all the possibilities, to surprisingly provocative effect." —Robert Cushman, National Post