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SUMMARY:2020 FWF - Scum
DESCRIPTION:Three new works that dismantle the patriarchy\, elevate underrepresented voices and (of course) use stage combat!\nThe third annual Fighting Words Festival! \nEach year BWBTC selects three scripts for development.  Each must have the potential to grow into the kinds of plays that fit BWBTC’s mission.  Several of the Fighting Words selections have been seen as full productions with BWBTC\, as well as other theatre companies: most recently 180 Degree Rule\, Patchwork Drifter\, L’Imbecile and Bo Thomas and the Case of the Sky Pirates. \nEach 2019-20 script has undergone two reading-and-feedback sessions with the ensemble and invited guests prior to being introduced to the public (and given the BWBTC treatment of including one staged fight) at the 2020 Festival. \n  \nTickets: FREE ADMISSION! Refreshments and a talkback follow each reading. \nTICKETS Here \n  \nFIGHTING WORDS 2019-2020 SELECTION: \n\nSunday\, March 1\, 2020 – 4:00pm \nScum \nby Mia Vera \nDirector: Kathrynne Wolf*\nFight Choreography: Jillian Leff* \n\n\nInspired by Valerie Solanas’s SCUM Manifesto\, three people with wildly different agendas take up art\, activism and potentially arms as they ponder how to dismantle the patriarchy (and cope with a break-up).\n\n  \n* Denotes BWBTC ensemble member \nLearn more about Fighting Words or submit your own script.
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/2020-fwf-scum/
LOCATION:Stage773\, 1225 W Belmont Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60657
CATEGORIES:2020,Community,Fighting Words,Performances,Play Development,Readings
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SUMMARY:2020 FWF - Plaid As Hell
DESCRIPTION:Three new works that dismantle the patriarchy\, elevate underrepresented voices and (of course) use stage combat!\nThe third annual Fighting Words Festival! \nEach year BWBTC selects three scripts for development.  Each must have the potential to grow into the kinds of plays that fit BWBTC’s mission.  Several of the Fighting Words selections have been seen as full productions with BWBTC\, as well as other theatre companies: most recently 180 Degree Rule\, Patchwork Drifter\, L’Imbecile and Bo Thomas and the Case of the Sky Pirates. \nEach 2019-20 script has undergone two reading-and-feedback sessions with the ensemble and invited guests prior to being introduced to the public (and given the BWBTC treatment of including one staged fight) at the 2020 Festival. \n  \nTickets: FREE ADMISSION! Refreshments and a talkback follow each reading. \nTICKETS Here \n  \nFIGHTING WORDS 2019-2020 SELECTION: \n\nSaturday\, February 29\, 2020 – 7:30pm \nPlaid As Hell \nby Cat McKay \nDirector: Christina Casano\nFight Choreography: Maureen Yasko*\n\n\nCass’s annual camping trip is off to a rough start with her best friend Emilie sniping at Cass’s new girlfriend Jess. The serial killer loose in the woods isn’t helping matters\, either.\n\n  \n* Denotes BWBTC ensemble member \nLearn more about Fighting Words or submit your own script.
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/2020-fwf-plaid-as-hell/
LOCATION:Stage773\, 1225 W Belmont Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60657
CATEGORIES:2020,Community,Fighting Words,Performances,Play Development,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191030T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191030T220000
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SUMMARY:Halloween Hambingo!
DESCRIPTION:Join Babes With Blades Theatre Company at Hamburger Mary’s and get a head start on your Halloween festivities.\nGameplay starts at 7 PM with the fabulous\, Drag Queen hosted Bingo\, with doors opening at 6:30. \n\n$15 for your first bingo card\, $10 for every additional card.\nThe winners of each round of bingo get FABULOUS prizes provided by friends of BWBTC!\nShots! Shots! Shots! Babes will be selling shots to help raise funds and lubricate the gameplay.\n\n  \nDid we mention we’re also having a costume contest? Try out your Halloween look early and maybe you’ll be a big winner! \nReserve your table NOW by calling 773-784-6969 or online at www.hamburgermarys.com/chicago/
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/halloween-hambingo-2/
LOCATION:Hamburger Mary’s\, 5400 N Clark St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640
CATEGORIES:2019,Bingo,Community,Fundraiser,Social Drinking
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190921T150000
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CREATED:20190723T222651Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190826T010834Z
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SUMMARY:Fundamentals of Stage Combat Workshop for Folx of Color
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will teach the basic fundamentals of unarmed and single rapier techniques in stage combat to industry folx of color with little to no training in stage combat. \n*Capacity is limited to 12-14 participants (first-come-first-served basis). We will have a waiting list. \n  \nFill out and submit the form below to apply for participation in the workshop:\n  \n[contact-form-7 id=”4154″ title=”September 2019 Workshop for Folx of Color”] \n  \nCopy of the photo-waiver & indemnity-release below:\n  \n\n  \n\nInstructor: BWBTC emeritus member Katherine Herrera Coyl\n  \n\n  \nKatherine Herrera Coyl is a fight director and actress from Chicago. She is one of the three fight directors on season contract at Lyric Opera Chicago\, the first woman hired to fight direct at Dallas Opera Company\, and the first female fight director in AGMA (American Guide of Musical Artists). Her credits include Hero’s Wife and Beauty Shop at Chicago Dramatists\, Turandot\, Idomeneo\, and La Boheme at Lyric Opera\, Don Giovanni at Dallas Opera\, and Nightrunner at DePaul University. She is a proud associate member of SDC (Stage Directors and Choreographers Union) and the ILFDC (International League of Fight Directors and Choreographers).
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/fundamentals-of-stage-combat-workshop-for-folx-of-color/
LOCATION:Voice of the City\, 3429 W Diversey Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60647
CATEGORIES:2019,Community,Outreach,Workshops
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SUMMARY:June\, 2019 - Fighting Words Festival
DESCRIPTION:Three new works that place women at the center of the story and the action!\nThe second annual Fighting Words Festival! \nEach year BWBTC selects three scripts for development.  Each must have the potential to grow into the kinds of plays that fit BWBTC’s mission.  Several of the Fighting Words selections have been seen as full productions with BWBTC\, as well as other theatre companies: most recently 180 Degree Rule\, Patchwork Drifter\, L’Imbecile and Bo Thomas and the Case of the Sky Pirates. \nEach 2018-19 script has undergone two reading-and-feedback sessions with the ensemble and invited guests prior to being introduced to the public (and given the BWBTC treatment of including one staged fight) at the Festival in June 2019. \n  \nTickets: FREE ADMISSION! Refreshments and a talkback follow each reading. \nRSVP Here \n  \nFIGHTING WORDS 2018-2019 SELECTIONS: \nSaturday\, June 1\, 2019 – 3:00pm \nLife In A Sandcastle \nby Jayme McGhan \nDirector: Kelsey Kovacevich*\nFight Choreography: Kim Fukawa* \nTwo getaway weekends on the shore of Lake Michigan collide when childhood friends and family from separate worlds find themselves doing battle for the same beachside fire pit. Political persuasions\, economic privilege\, religious beliefs\, regional proclivities\, educational barriers\, and a mess of cheap beer\, expensive wine\, and dill pickles chips quickly become both shields and weapons as the women do battle for the sandy square footage they feel is rightly theirs. Life in a Sandcastle is a hilarious and touching exploration of the fates that bring us together and the tax brackets that keep us apart. \n  \nSaturday\, June 1\, 2019 – 7:00pm \nSummer Nights and Fireflies \nby Bianca Sams \nDirector: Kanomé Jones\nFight Choreography: Chloe Baldwin* \nSummer Nights and Fireflies\, follows Zandra Richards\, the owner of a small eastern Texas bar which has been in her family for generations. On the surface Zandra’s finally moving forward in life\, but secretly everything is falling apart at the seams. Her bar is struggling financially\, younger brother Tyrone is involved in a tumultuous relationship and her boyfriend Sean wants more from her than she’s capable of giving. To make matters worse\, Zandra is literally haunted by ghosts from her past which force her to confront a lifetime of abuse that she’d rather leave dead and buried. Summer Nights and Fireflies explores issues of modern femininity\, the cycle of violence\, and the power of self love. \n  \nSunday\, June 2\, 2019 – 3:00pm \nJenga \nby Deborah Yarchun \nDirector: Alexis Randolph*\nFight Choreography: Maureen Yasko* \nYelena returns to her childhood home for the first time in twelve years only to discover that her older sister Simone has transformed it into a “Burning Man-inspired” (and booby-trapped) game-room of fairy wings and glitter. As monstrous noises filter in from an offstage room\, the two sisters battle in a series of escalating games over whether or not to finally confront a violent incident from their past. \n  \n* Denotes BWBTC ensemble member \nLearn more about Fighting Words or submit your own script.
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/june-2019-fighting-words-festival/
LOCATION:Otherworld Theatre Company\, 3914 N Clark St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60613
CATEGORIES:Community,Fighting Words,Outreach,Performances,Play Development,Readings
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SUMMARY:Galentine's-Day-Hambingo
DESCRIPTION:Grab your closest pals and show some love as Babes With Blades Theatre Company heads to Hamburger Mary’s and celebrates Galentine’s Day! \nHamburger Mary’s Bingo-Diva-in-charge will host Bingo starting at 7PM! \n$15 for your first 10-game bingo card\, and only $10 for each additional card\, with 3 chances per card\, per round to win FABULOUS prizes! \nAnd of COURSE\, we’ll have Babes circulating to make sure you have all you need to play the game and procure specials on shots that lubricate the gameplay and help raise funds for BWBTC! \nDon’t miss this excellent time to celebrate friendship. \nYou don’t have to be a gal to celebrate Galentine’s Day – ALL ARE WELCOME!\nReserve your table NOW\, you beautiful tropical seahorse mermaids\, by calling 773-784-6969 or online at www.hamburgermarys.com/chicago/
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/galentines-day-hambingo/
LOCATION:Hamburger Mary’s\, 5400 N Clark St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640
CATEGORIES:Bingo,Community,Fundraiser
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20181028T194000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20181028T230000
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SUMMARY:Halloween Hambingo!
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the season with us at Hamburger Mary’s and get a head start on your Halloween festivities.\n\n\nIf you’re ready\, and have the nerve\, you can test-run your Halloween costume in our contest! \n\n$15 for your first bingo card\, \n\n$10 for every additional card.\n3 chances to win\nFABULOUS prizes per round.\n\nAlso\, some of your favorite Babes will be selling shots to help raise funds and lubricate the gameplay. \n\n\nReserve your table NOW\nby calling 773-784-6969\nor online at\nwww.hamburgermarys.com/chicago/\n\nDoors Open: 7:45PM\nGameplay Begins: 8PM\nReservations highly encouraged!\n\n\n\nDon’t forget to bring cash to tip our Bingo DIVA!
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/halloween-hambingo/
LOCATION:Hamburger Mary’s\, 5400 N Clark St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640
CATEGORIES:Bingo,Community,Fundraiser,Social Drinking
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180806T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180806T220000
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SUMMARY:The Lady Demands an Industry Night
DESCRIPTION:The Lady Demands Satisfaction INDUSTRY NIGHT\nA special night for our industry folks. Come laugh with us! Use code word: INDUSTRY. \nAnd don’t forget to bring your headshot and/or business card. \nCall the box office (773-904-0391) to reserve your seat or purchase tickets here. \n  \nThe Lady Demands Satisfaction\nBy: Arthur M. Jolly \nThe Lady Demands Satisfaction is the winner of the 2017-18 Joining Sword & Pen competition\, sponsored since its inception by Fight Master David Woolley\, SAFD. \nIn The Lady Demands Satisfaction\, a young maiden\, Trothe\, learns that her entire inheritance will be forfeit to anyone that bests her in a duel once she comes of age. The catch? Her birthday is in a week. She must turn to her Aunt Theodosia\, a famed swordswoman\, if she is to keep her house and lands. She also enlists the aid of her two favorite servants\, though they may prove more hindrance than help. With the house filling up with Prussian swordmasters\, a clueless lawyer\, and a poetically minded suitor\, events unfold in true farcical fashion. Like all good farces\, everyone gets the ending they deserve\, but will they be satisfied? \nBUY TICKETS HERE\n  \n  \nDIRECTOR: Morgan Manasa* \nFIGHT DIRECTOR: Samantha Kaufman* \nCAST: Deanalis Resto (Trothe)\, Kate Booth (Penelope)\, Ari Kraiman (Tilly)\, Felipe Carrasco (Osric)\, Linsey Falls (Abernathy)\, Amanda Forman (Luitger)\, Megan Schemmel* (Theodosia)\, with Kim Fukawa*\, Jennifer Mohr\, and Bobby Hoffman (understudies) \nSTAFF: Samantha Barr (Production Manager)\, Kayla Menz (Stage Manager)\, Lauren Brady (Assistant Stage Manager)\, Becca Venable (Technical Director/Sound)\, Chas Mathieu (Set)\, Carlie Casas (Costumes)\, Stefanie Johnsen (Props)\, Becs Bartle (Lighting)\, Kenya Hall (Dramaturg)\, Carrie Hardin (Dialect Coach) \n* denotes BWBTC Ensemble Member \n  \n**Please note:  Even if ticket sales are closed for the day\, seats may still be available! You can reserve a seat by calling our Box Office Line at 773-904-0391.** \n  \nClick Here for more show details
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/the-lady-demands-an-industry-night/
LOCATION:City Lit Theater\, 1020 W Bryn Mawr\, Chicago\, IL\, 60660
CATEGORIES:Community,Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180613T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180613T200000
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SUMMARY:The Andersonville Farmer’s Market
DESCRIPTION:Babes With Blades Theater Representatives at The Andersonville Farmer’s Market on June 13th\, 2018 from 3PM to 8PM. \nDrop by and say hello.
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/the-andersonville-farmers-market/
LOCATION:IL
CATEGORIES:Community,Farmer's Market,Outreach,Street Festival
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