I heard there was a perfect crime
Where fortune, plans and guts aligned
And the daring duo under covers
Whispered just before the end
“Look at us – we got away with it”

Recognized internationally for work that is incisive, heartwrenching and darkly funny, Calgarians David Rhymer and Joseph Demanuele Safi have spun a true story into a brand-new musical that will plant gorgeous songs and explosive ideas in your head.

Bob arrives in the big city in the late 1940s with a sketchbook full of comics about how the little guy always gets pushed into the dirt by corporations and politicians…  but publishers say there’s no money in bleeding hearts. Then Bob falls for Violet, a lounge singer with an abusive ex-husband, and inspiration strikes. He gets his big break after sexing up his stories with ‘babes and blood’ — dark depictions of true crimes where the criminals are the heroes, in a hot new title called "Crime Does Not Pay".

The comics become an overnight sensation but also inspire a backlash from children’s advocate Eleanor Flood, who claims their racy content is spurring horrible copycat crimes. Turns out that the trappings of success, the threat of censorship and Bob’s possessive love of Violet make for one dangerous cocktail…

Five years in the making, Crime Does Not Pay is one racket you’ll want to get in on.

Joseph Demanuele 

Joe Demanuele

Joseph Demanuele Safi

How to pray the Rosary.

1. Make the Sign of the Cross and say the "Apostles' Creed."
2. Say the "Our Father."
3. Say three "Hail Marys."
4. Say the "Glory be to the Father."
5. Announce the First Mystery; then say the "Our Father."
6. Say ten "Hail Marys," while meditating on the Mystery.
7. Say the "Glory be to the Father."
8. Announce the Second Mystery; then say the "Our Father." Repeat 6 and 7 and continue with Third, Fourth and Fifth Mysteries in the same manner.

After the Rosary:

HAIL, HOLY QUEEN, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!

V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.

R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray. O GOD, whose only begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life, grant, we beseech Thee, that meditating upon these mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise, through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen.

After each decade say the following prayer requested by the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima: "O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls to Heaven, especially those who have most need of your mercy."

By Joe / Joseph Demanuele, Safi