Perfect on Paper premiered at the Toronto Fringe Festival in 2001, the first year that 90-minute plays were accepted. It was then commissioned as a radio drama by CBC Radio for the now defunct Sunday Showcase. This version at Talk is Free is a hybrid of the stage and radio versions.

Olivia is an independent Black woman. She proudly identifies as a feminist. Her deep dark secret is that she writes bodice-ripping romance novels under a pseudonym. When her life is saved by a handsome young white man who dotes on her, he seems too good to be true. Is he just perfect on paper?

Playwright – Marcia Johnson
Director – Vanessa Sears
Sound Designer – Maddie Bautista
Cast – Helen Belay, Sydney Cochrane, Arlene Duncan, Griffin Hewitt, Savion Roach