El0n Mu$k! Let Grime$ Go!
by Brittyn Dion Bonham
Lighthouse Ladies: A Night of Unstageable Works at Theaterlab
May 2025






CAST: Brittyn Dion Bonham, HJ Farr, Aaliyah Raghnal, Alison Hagen
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Director, Projections, & Sound Design: Em Hausmann
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Produced by Lighthouse Ladies (Cindy Xu, Melina Rabin, and Sònia Victoria "Vikki" Werner)
El0n Mu$k! Let Grime$ Go! is inspired by a May 2020 Reddit post and a tweet. The Reddit post—made by a new mother—details the mental decline of her baby’s father. She describes him becoming sensationalized by men’s rights’ sites and lashing out against her “feminist garbage” when she vocalizes a need for his help with their newborn. This post was ~allegedly~ made by Claire Boucher, more commonly known as the famed musician and poverty pretender: Grimes. Really, this post could be about A N Y O N E—and most likely IS NOT about the father of Claire’s 3 children: Senior Advisor to POTUS, El0n Mu$k. The tweet made by Grimes in response to her then boyfriend: Elon Mu$k showcases her attempt to explain away his blatant transphobia. It speaks for itself through her iconic typo of the wrong “call” as “dall."