FIGHTING WORDS HISTORY

(* denotes a Joining Sword & Pen winner)

Rich B*tch – Rachel Lynett
Sin Agua – Desi Moreno-Penson
The Gatekeepers* – Jillian Leff
Later Produced as ‘The S Paradox’ by BWBTC at The Factory Theater, April-May 2024

Phantom Queens – Jessica Johnson
Child’s Play – Frank Garland
The Mark* – Jillian Leff
To be premiered by BWBTC in the 2025 season

Plaid As Hell* – Cat McKay
Premiered by BWBTC at The Factory Theater, November 2022
Nina The Hellhound – Sander Gusinow
Scum – Mia Vera

Jenga – Deborah Yarchun
Summer Nights and Fireflies – Bianca Sams
Life In A Sandcastle – Jayme McGhan

Women of 4G – Amy Tofte
Premiered by BWBTC at The Factory Theater, August-September 2019
The Witches of Birnam – Sara Murdock
The Lady Demands Satisfaction* – Arthur M. Jolly
Premiered by BWBTC at City Lit Theater, July-August 2018

Death. Battery. Rogue. – Gaby Labotka
It Doesn’t Stop – Sasha Warren
Fates’ Accomplice – Delia Ford

Quest – Jenny Seidelman
Rust on Bone – Bianca Sams
The Promise of a Rose Garden* – Dustin Spence
Premiered by BWBTC at City Lit Theater, July-September 2016

Eye for An Eye – Rachel Teagle
Boudica – Jeffrey Fiske
Mercury – Anna Fitz
Boudica – J. Christopher Harris

180 Degree Rule – MEH Lewis & Barbara Lhota
Premiered by BWBTC at City Lit Theater, April – May 2016
Patchwork Drifter – Jennifer L. Mickelson
Premiered by BWBTC at City Lit Theater, August – September 2015
Witch Slap* – Jeff Goode
Premiered by BWBTC at the Raven Theatre, August-September 2014

The Huntress – Nick Izzo
L’Imbecile – Aaron Adair
Premiered by BWBTC at the Rivendell Theatre, April – May 20144

The Good Fight (developed as Deeds Not Words) – Anne Bertram
Premiered by Theatre Unbound in Minneapolis, MN, September – October 2012; subsequently produced in Toronto, Canada, January 2015 as part of the Shenendoah Valley Governor’s School Winter Play Festival; April 2015 put up by the Burke High School Theatre Department in Omaha, NE. Chicago premiere presented by BWBTC at City Lit Theater, January – February 2018.
Trash* – Arthur M. Jolly
Premiered by BWBTC at the Side Project Theatre, April – May 2012; semi-finalist in the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center National Playwrights Conference; subsequently published by Next Stage Press.

Bo Thomas and the Case of the Sky Pirates – Eric Simon
Premiered by BWBTC at the Raven Theatre, August – September 2013
The Kidnappers – Keith Tadrowski

Susan Swayne and the Bewildered Bride – Reina Hardy
Premiered by BWBTC at the Lincoln Square Theatre, August – September 2012
Tjurjaga* – Arthur M. Jolly
Premiered by BWBTC under the title A Gulag Mouse at the Trap Door Theatre, March – May 2010; subsequently published by Next Stage Press; won the Seattle Off-Broadway competition and was a finalist for the Woodward/Newman Drama Award; subsequently produced in Seattle, WA; Anchorage, AK; London, England; and Los Angeles, CA.

The Last Daughter of Oedipus – Jennifer L. Mickelson
Premiered by BWBTC at the Lincoln Square Theatre, August – September 2010
The Double – Barbara Lhota
Premiered by BWBTC at the Lincoln Square Theatre, August – September 2011

Los Desaparecidos (The Vanished)* – Barbara Lhota
Premiered by BWBTC at the Raven Theatre, April – May 2008; publishing & performing rights were granted to Chicago Dramaworks in January 2015
Duette – Kyna Hamill and Wanda Strukus

The Girl in the Iron Mask – R. L. Nesvet
Premiered by BWBTC at the Raven Theatre, March – April 2007; subsequently produced in Washington, D.C.
Sisters of the Sea – Sandra Riley

An Affair of Honor* (Mrs. Dire’s House of Crumpets and Solutions – Byron Hatfield & Satisfaction – Tony Wolf)
Premiered by BWBTC at the Viaduct Theater, April – May 2006; Satisfaction was subsequently produced in New Zealand.

In 2005, prior to launching Fighting Words, BWBTC participated in Chicago Dramatists’ Deadline Workshop.  Two scripts generated by that workshop were further developed and later produced.

Land of the Free – Mark Burns
Premiered by BWBTC at the Viaduct Theater, September – October 2008
Horror Academy – Darren Callahan
Premiered by BWBTC at the North Lakeside Cultural Center, October – November 2007; subsequently published by Polarity Theatre Ensemble as part of a two-play collection.