Infinite Audition by Charlie Petch

Infinite Audition is a work that explores all spoken word poetry can be. The sections range from solo performance, to musical, dance and puppetry collaborations, to monologues and audition pieces for trans and non-binary actors from Petch’s theatrical and operatic works. Each poem is its own little world: sometimes it is the voice of a hotel, a closet, Medusa’s serpent, or surgically removed body parts out for a night on the town. Expect only the unexpected.

Praise for Infinite Audition

“Reading Petch’s poetry is like watching a play that starts as a drama, then transforms itself into a circus, and then a joyful opera. This collection is original, poignant and playful.” — Farzana Doctor

“Charlie Petch writes with feeling at the nexus of knowledge and experience, obliterating false binary. He foresees futures and remakes classics closer to the truth. This book will come and get you when you forget who you were meant to be.” — Donna-Michelle St. Bernard

“‘I used to think moths / were enamoured with light / now I know it traps them.’ In this brutal, beautiful, and boisterous confessional volume, Petch gives us the gift of a thousand ways of seeing queer life glimpsed in all its raucousness, tenderness, sorrows and celebrations. We are very lucky to have it.” — Anthony Olivera