Kicking off our "How Far Will You Go" series: A Gulag Mouse by Arthur M. Jolly Directed by Brian Plocharczyk Fight Direction by David Woolley
How far will you go to survive? Performances: March 29 - May 1, 2010 Recommended a "Must See" Show - "The combat is hand to hand, brutal and primal. The play's conclusion is unexpected ...(I) strongly recommend this moving and well-realized show." - Rory Leahy, Centerstage Chicago "...as playwright Arthur Jolly demonstrates in this taut drama about a night in a cramped women's barracks, survival in the camps often required its own brand of combat--an animalistic fight to the death with cruel guards and desperate fellow prisoners over extra rations and better jobs. Brian Plocharczyk's staging and David Woolley's fight choreography have a convincing savagery..." - Zac Thompson, The Reader
	Five women face off in a fierce power struggle, where nothing is entirely as it seems... Fierce Masha, brutal and practical - Sexy Lubov, favorite of the jailers - Jaded Svetlana, guarded and empty - Quiet Prushka, timid and hopeful - Beautiful Anastasia, the newcomer... How far will you go to survive?
An original play by Mr. Arthur Jolly, winner of the most recent Babes With Blades Joining Sword and Pen international play writing competition. The competition, launched in 2005, is dedicated to increasing the number of quality scripts featuring strong, varied roles for women. Entries have come from as near as Chicago to as far away as South Africa and New Zealand. A Gulag Mouse, originally titled Tjurjaga (pronounced Tyoor-YAH-gah, Russian slang for jail), is set in an inmates' bunkhouse of a Siberian gulag in 1949 post-war Soviet Union.

 

Cast Delia Ford* -Svetlana Amy Harmon* - Masha Gillian Humiston* - Anastasia Stephanie Repin* - Prushka Dustin Spence - Evgeny/Ivanov Kathrynne Wolf* - Lubov   Danielle Defassio - Women's Understudy   Staff Leigh Barrett* - Lighting Designer/Tech Coordinator Libby Beyreis* - Asst. Fight Choreographer Jeff Lisse - Set Designer Morgan Manasa* - Producer Kjerstine McHugh* - Stage Manager Jessica Pribble - Costume Designer Adam Smith - Sound Designer   *denotes BWB company member

 

 

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