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Babes With Blades Theatre Company Announces Special Events
By: Kelsey Denette Feb. 22, 2012
Babes With Blades Theatre Company (BWBTC), Chicago's all-female stage combat ensemble, will launch a series of special events and deals to coincide with their spring production of "Trash," starting with "War and Piece," a showing of artwork by Victoria Szilagyi. The exhibit will include Szilagyi's painting "Erinyes," the winner of the 2010 Inspiring Sword & Pen Art Competition.
Inaugurated in 2010, the competition seeks visual art images that can serve as launching points for a writer's imagination. The winning image serves as the basis for the Joining Sword & Pen Playwriting Competition. "Erinyes" was the prompt for the most recent iteration of the contest, which resulted in the script of "Trash." "War and Piece" will show Feb. 29-March 24 at ARC Gallery, 832 W Superior St. #204, Chicago, 60622. Guests are invited to join BWBTC for an opening night reception on March 2 from 6-9 p.m.). Then head across the street for the evening's performance, featuring Alison Dornheggen* and Megan Schemmel. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; tickets are $25 and may be purchased at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/218754 or by calling 773-904-0391. Poitin Stil is located at 1502 W. Jarvis, Chicago, 60626 (773-338-3285). Finally, the company will invite patrons to help support Grace House on May 3-5, collecting donations at all performances. Grace House is a residential program that provides interim housing, emotional and spiritual support, and professional counseling to women who are exiting the Illinois prison system. More information is available at http://slministries.org/gh/.
"Trash," by Arthur M. Jolly, is the winner of the 2011-2012 Joining Sword & Pen Playwriting Competition. Fresh from a funeral, sisters Diane and Becky dig through a landfill – and family grievances – in search of the letter from their dying mother that Becky threw away unopened. The production will feature unarmed and found-object combat by JK Choreography. For the first time in the company's history, BWBTC will present one production with two rotating casts. Elizabeth MacDougald* and Jennifer L. Mickelson* make up one cast, while the other comprises Alison Dornheggen* and Megan Schemmel, who returns for her second BWBTC production after appearing as Benvolio in 2011's "Romeo & Juliet." Production staff includes Leigh Barrett* (Lighting Designer/BWBTC Artistic Director), Libby Beyreis* (Production Manager), Jay Burckhardt (Violence Co-Designer), Jennifer Corcoran (Set Designer), Matthew Cummings (Props Designer), Delia Ford* (Director), Kim Fukawa* (Violence Co-Designer), Sara Robinson (Stage Manager) and Melissa Schlesinger (Sound Designer).
*Denotes BWB Ensemble Member "Trash" will offer two openings, on Sunday, April 1 at 7 p.m. and Monday, April 2 at 8pm, at The Side Project Theatre, 1439 W. Jarvis Ave., Chicago, 60626. Previews are March 25 at 7 p.m. and March 30 at 8 p.m., as well as March 24 and March 31, both at 8 p.m. The show runs Thursday-Sunday, April 5 to May 5, Thurs.-Sat. 8 p.m. and Sun. 7 p.m.
Tickets are $8 for previews, $20 regular performances. Tickets for students and seniors are $12. For tickets call 773-904-0391 or to go https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/218754. A breakdown of each cast's performance schedule is available at that page or at http://babeswithblades.org/?page_id=424. Babes With Blades Theatre Company will kick off its 15th anniversary season in fall of 2012 with "Susan Swayne and the Bewildered Bride" by Reina Hardy, followed by an all-female "Julius Caesar" in spring 2013.
*Denotes BWB Ensemble Member "Trash" will offer two openings, on Sunday, April 1 at 7 p.m. and Monday, April 2 at 8pm, at The Side Project Theatre, 1439 W. Jarvis Ave., Chicago, 60626. Previews are March 25 at 7 p.m. and March 30 at 8 p.m., as well as March 24 and March 31, both at 8 p.m. The show runs Thursday-Sunday, April 5 to May 5, Thurs.-Sat. 8 p.m. and Sun. 7 p.m.
Tickets are $8 for previews, $20 regular performances. Tickets for students and seniors are $12. For tickets call 773-904-0391 or to go https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/218754. A breakdown of each cast's performance schedule is available at that page or at http://babeswithblades.org/?page_id=424. Babes With Blades Theatre Company will kick off its 15th anniversary season in fall of 2012 with "Susan Swayne and the Bewildered Bride" by Reina Hardy, followed by an all-female "Julius Caesar" in spring 2013.
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