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2023 – Fighting Words Festival
The Edge Off Broadway 1133 W Catalpa Ave, ChicagoThree new scripts that utilize stage combat to tell stories of underrepresented communities and invite audiences to contribute to the plays’ development! The fifth annual Fighting Words Festival (live and streamed online)! BWBTC’s 2023 season kicks off with the Fighting Words Festival, held on Saturday & Sunday, June 17-18 and June 24-25, 2023 at The Edge Off Broadway. (The Edge Theater’s black box), 1133 W. Catalpa in the Edgewater neighborhood, as well as streaming online. The Festival, which is free and open to the public is available online and in person, features readings of three scripts in the development process. After each reading the audience has an opportunity to provide feedback for the playwright. Tickets: FREE ADMISSION! And a talkback following each reading.
Post-Show TALKBACK: BWBTC Shakespeare Richard III
The Edge Theater 5451 N Broadway St, ChicagoPost performance “talkback” discussion beginning at 5:30 PM, facilitated by our collaborators at the University of Illinois Chicago’s “Making Inclusive Theatre” project.
MULTI-ACCESSIBILITY / TALKBACK DAY: BWBTC Shakespeare Richard III
The Edge Theater 5451 N Broadway St, Chicago**Multi-Accessibility / Talkback Day** Aligned with the mission of representing marginalized voices, BWBTC has partnered with UIC’s Disability Cultural Center to tell the tale of the malicious Richard of Gloucester. Casting both non-disabled and disabled actors, this production will not only examine stage combat as a storytelling tool, but interrogate the divide between “regular” theatre and “theatre for the disabled”.