As part of our "How far will you go" season,
Babes With Blades theatre company presents
the world premiere of:
(Click above to see the teaser, and cast videos!)
Directed by Tara Branham
Libby Beyreis - Fight Choreographer*
Mercedes Rohlfs - Movement Director
Performances at the
LINCOLN SQUARE THEATRE
(4754 N. Leavitt, Chicago)
Performances:
Aug 26 - Sep 25
Thurs-Sat: 8pm
Sun: 7pm
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Cast:
Moira Begale - Tisiphone/Jocasta
Logan Black - Pelops/Guard
Amy E. Harmon* - Alekto/Pythia
Eleanor Katz - Zeva
Kimberly Logan - Ismene
Katie Mack - Alcina
Jasmine Ryan - Cassia
Sarah Scanlon - Megaira/Antigone
Michael Sherwin - Creon/Guard
Mandy Walsh - Amaranta |
Staff:
Leigh Barrett* - Lighting Designer/Producer
Libby Beyreis* - Fight Choreographer
Tara Branham - Director
Lora Conrad - Scenic Designer
Kjerstine McHugh* - Stage Manager
Stephen Ptacek - Original Music/Sound Designer
Brandi Stepp - Assistant Director
Mercedes Rohlfs - Movement Director
Emma Weber - Costume Designer |
Click for tickets to
The Last Daughter of Oedipus!
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Or call: 773.904.0391
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What the critics are saying:
"As expected from the Babes, we get lots of good swordfights, but the best things about this production are the performances. Kimberly Logan, as Ismene, sympathetically portrays the agony of being torn between duty and grief. Company MVP Amy Harmon is also memorable as the alternatively folksy and divinely possessed Oracle of Delphi." A "Must See" Show on Chicago Centerstage, Review by Rory Leahy, click for full review!
"Lighting (Leigh Barrett), sound (Stephen Ptacek), and costumes (Emma Weber) reveal a powerfully cohesive artistic vision. Furthermore, this play re-awakens, for modern audiences, the original purpose of tragedy in the city-state of Athens, which was to use familiar myth cycles to examine social and political challenges for the health of the state." - Paige Listerud, chicagotheatreblog.com, click for full review!
Photo above courtesy of Steven Townshend, poster & postcard art by EB Designs
Babes With Blades is partially supported by grants from The Donnelley Foundation, The Illinois Arts Council and The City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.
