OkStupid is back and we're bigger than ever! We're coming together for two nights of awful conversations, laughs, solidarity and catharsis, turning a series of collective unfortunate events into a positive experience!

Night 1: February 13, The Garrison, 1197 Dundas W, doors at 7.

Night 2: February 15, Glad Day Bookshop, 499 Church St, doors at 7:30.

OkStupid is an open-mic event that celebrates the most frustrating/funniest aspect of finding love online: the terrible, gut wrenching, cringe worthy conversations. We invite YOU to join our actor companions on stage to perform the best of your worst conversations as though they were actual conversations happening in real life (or to send us your conversations if you're feeling shy/can't be there).

Most people who have ventured to the internet to find love have experienced the absurdity that can be online dating. The anonymity of the internet gives some suitors the confidence to be inappropriate in ways that only the most socially inept would attempt in person, and the resulting conversations are so appalling they're hilarious. On February 13th and 15th you are invited to The Garrison/Glad Day Bookshop to perform your best worst conversations. If we're going to be subjected to the worst of humanity we may as well have some fun with it!

We'll have a couple of actors on hand to step in and play the parts of the antagonists (for lack of a better word) with you. Have your hilariously awful conversations ready to read on your phones, print them out, or PM them to Stephanie Avery so she can print them out for you. If you have terrible conversations but are uncomfortable coming on stage/are unable to make it to OkStupid, that's okay! We're happy to perform them for you!

OkStupid is for folk of all genders and orientations. This event is not limited to OkCupid. We welcome terrible conversations from Plenty of Fish, Grindr, Tinder, Scruff, Christian Mingle, JDate, Bumble, Carrot Dating, and any other technology-based love-finding platform.

We're having a suggested cover of $5 with event proceeds going toward Planned Parenthood Toronto.

Both the Garrison and Glad Day Bookshop are accessible spaces. The Garrison's stage is not accessible but we can totally work around that!