HOOTENANNY Set for Women's Voices Theater Festival

Guillotine Theatre and the National Museum of Women in the Arts present Monique LaForce's new play Hootenanny as part of the Women's Voices Theatre Festival.

Hootenanny is set backstage, during a performance of a bluegrass musical version of Macbeth.

Hootenanny will be presented October 2-18 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and at the Crypt in Ivy Hill Cemetery.

"It's a perfect show for Guillotine Theatre, a company devoted to presenting classic plays, and modern plays based on classic literature. It's also a great chance to work with our friends, bluegrass band Dead Men's Hollow," says Artistic Director Catherine Aselford, "and partnering with Dead Men's Hollow gives a literal meaning to the 'Women's Voices' name."

About the Play

Backstage at the new smash hit, Hootenanny - a bluegrass musical version of Macbeth - Samantha and Chip wait for their cues. Bit players who believe they are destined for better things, the greenroom becomes their lair - a place where they wrestle with their desire for each other, refine their career aspirations, and test the limits of their ambition. How far will they go to get what they want?

About the Playwright

Monique LaForce's plays include the critically-acclaimed Kenneth, What Is the Frequency? (co-written with Ian Allen) and The Blizzard Comes (one of the five plays that comprised Guillotine Theatre's 2011 Fringe Festival hit Belle Parricide), and last year's Fringe Festival hit, Isis and Vesco Investigate the Curious Death of Dr. Freud.

About the Artists

Hootenanny is directed by Catherine Aselford and features Cate Brewer, Doug Khrebel and original music by Dead Men's Hollow.

Catherine Aselford has acted or directed at Horizons Theatre, Cherry Red Productions, The Shakespeare Theatre, Adventure Theatre, The Center Company, New Works Theatre, Washington Theatre Wing, Notorious Women Productions, and Guillotine Theatre of which she is Artistic Director.

Cate Brewer's recent stage work includes roles at the Folger Theatre: (U/S) Gertrude/Tragedian, Keegan Theatre: Woman in Black and All My Sons, Capital Fringe Festival: The (Second) Maiden's Tragedy and Isis and Vesco Investigate the Curious Death of Dr. Freud, Mead Theatre Lab: MAE and Horizons Theatre: Count Basil and In Good Company: Sexual Icons.

Doug Khrebel has worked with MetroStage, Scena Theatre, Spooky Action, Studio Theatre, and the Folger Shakespeare Theatre.

Dead Men's Hollow has recorded four commercially released CDs and has tracks on numerous compilation CDs, appeared on national television, received 18 Washington Area Music Association "Wammie" Award nominations, won six Wammie Awards-including Best Bluegrass Group and Bluegrass Album of the Year-and continues to be played on radio programs around the world.

Guillotine Theatre presented excerpts from Hootenanny and Dead Men's Hollow performed original songs at the Kennedy Center's Page to Stage Festival on Saturday, September 5, 2015.

Admission is $25 and tickets are available at the door and through BrownPaperTickets.com.

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