BWBTC Events
2020 FWF – Scum
Stage773 1225 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, ILBWBTC presents the third annual Fighting Words Festival, which showcases three developing scripts. All three scripts fit our mission of dismantling the patriarchy, elevating underrepresented voices, and (of course) the use of stage combat. Tickets are FREE of charge, and a talkback will follow each reading.
Writing Violence and Intimacy for the Stage
Online EventJoin us via zoom for this writing seminar with writers and designers from Babes With Blades Theatre Company's ensemble to learn how to best write violence and intimacy for the stage.
2021 – Fighting Words Festival
The Factory Theater 1623 W Howard Street, Chicago, ILChicago - Babes With Blades Theatre Company’s (BWBTC’s) 2019-21 season concludes with the Fighting Words Festival, held on Saturday, Nov. 13 and Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021 at The Factory Theater, 1623 W. Howard Street in the Rogers Park 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.
2022 Martys Martini Bar Fundraiser
Marty's Martini Bar 1511 W Balmoral Ave, Chicago, ILCome share an afternoon drink at Marty's Martini Bar! All drink proceeds during this 3-hour event go directly to Babes With Blades Theatre Company and tips go directly to your bartenders.
PREVIEW: BWBTC Shakespeare Richard III
The Edge Theater 5451 N Broadway St, Chicago, ILAligned 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”.