Caitlin Cook brings her off-Broadway bathroom graffiti show to New Orleans May 1

In her massive photographic collection of bathroom graffiti, Caitlin Cook has all sorts of gems, from the philosophical to the crass. In her bathroom graffiti songs and on her Instagram page, she shares memorable ones. “Bisexual women should be called more-or-less-bians” “The Earth without art is just ‘eh.’” “God is love. But Satan does that thing you like with his tongue.” “Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers!” Which prompted the graffitied response, “Fuck off. People should bring you flowers.” “If you call someone a $2 whore it’s meaner than before because of inflation.” She found one piece particularly inspiring. “I saw this piece of graffiti that said, ‘Since writing on toilet walls is done neither for critical acclaim nor financial reward, it is the purest form of art. Discuss,’” Cook says. That became the first song in her one-woman show, “The Writing on the Stall.” After two sold-out runs off-Broadway in New York, she’s starting a tour in New Orleans. It runs one-night only Wednesday, May 1, at AllWays Lounge & Cabaret. [embedded content] When Cook got serious about graffiti, she spent a lot of time scouring the...