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SUMMARY:CLOSING WEEKEND - BWBTC Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream (STREAMING AVAILABLE)
DESCRIPTION:BWBTC Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream\nWed Oct 16\, 2024 – Sat Nov 23\, 2024 \nWritten by: William Shakespeare\nDirected by: Lauren Katz\nFight Direction by: Jillian Leff*\n\nAbout the Show\nFour Athenians run away to the forest in the name of love (reciprocated and otherwise). They find themselves in the midst of a war between Titania and Oberon\, the king and queen of the fairies\, over a changeling boy in Titania’s charge. In the midst of this conflict\, local workers are attempting (poorly) to rehearse a play to celebrate the upcoming nuptials of Duke Theseus to Queen Hippolyta. All the while\, the mischievous Puck is guiding events and creating chaos for fae and mortals alike. Come see this magical Shakespearean comedy with a Babes With Blades twist! \nWhere:\nThe Edge Theater\n5451 N Broadway\nChicago\, Illinois \nWhen:\nOctober 16th – November 23\, 2024 \n\nThursdays\, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.\nSundays at 3:00 p.m.\n\nImportant Dates:\nPreviews: October 16th\, 17th & 18th\nPress Opening: Saturday\, October 19th\nSensory Friendly: October 27th & November 3rd\nOpen Captioning:  November 2nd\, 3rd\, 7th & 8th\nStreaming Dates: November 16th\, 17th\, 21st & 22nd (ticket holders will be emailed a link)\nFully Masked Audience Performances: October 26th & November 10th \n\n* Denotes Babes With Blades Company Member \n\n\nBUY TICKETS HERE\n\nTicket Prices:\n\nPreviews – $20\nStudent & Senior tickets – $28\nGeneral Admission – $35\n\nTicket sales end 3 hours before curtain. Seats may still be available even if it says no longer available. \nYou can reserve a seat by calling our Box Office Line at 773-217-8406. \nYou can see more details about getting to the space and accessibility performances on our site here:\nhttps://babeswithblades.org/fall-2024-bwbtc-a-midsummer-nights-dream/
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LOCATION:The Edge Theater\, 5451 N Broadway St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640
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SUMMARY:CLOSING WEEKEND - BWBTC Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream (STREAMING AVAILABLE)
DESCRIPTION:BWBTC Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream\nWed Oct 16\, 2024 – Sat Nov 23\, 2024 \nWritten by: William Shakespeare\nDirected by: Lauren Katz\nFight Direction by: Jillian Leff*\n\nAbout the Show\nFour Athenians run away to the forest in the name of love (reciprocated and otherwise). They find themselves in the midst of a war between Titania and Oberon\, the king and queen of the fairies\, over a changeling boy in Titania’s charge. In the midst of this conflict\, local workers are attempting (poorly) to rehearse a play to celebrate the upcoming nuptials of Duke Theseus to Queen Hippolyta. All the while\, the mischievous Puck is guiding events and creating chaos for fae and mortals alike. Come see this magical Shakespearean comedy with a Babes With Blades twist! \nWhere:\nThe Edge Theater\n5451 N Broadway\nChicago\, Illinois \nWhen:\nOctober 16th – November 23\, 2024 \n\nThursdays\, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.\nSundays at 3:00 p.m.\n\nImportant Dates:\nPreviews: October 16th\, 17th & 18th\nPress Opening: Saturday\, October 19th\nSensory Friendly: October 27th & November 3rd\nOpen Captioning:  November 2nd\, 3rd\, 7th & 8th\nStreaming Dates: November 16th\, 17th\, 21st & 22nd (ticket holders will be emailed a link)\nFully Masked Audience Performances: October 26th & November 10th \n\n* Denotes Babes With Blades Company Member \n\n\nBUY TICKETS HERE\n\nTicket Prices:\n\nPreviews – $20\nStudent & Senior tickets – $28\nGeneral Admission – $35\n\nTicket sales end 3 hours before curtain. Seats may still be available even if it says no longer available. \nYou can reserve a seat by calling our Box Office Line at 773-217-8406. \nYou can see more details about getting to the space and accessibility performances on our site here:\nhttps://babeswithblades.org/fall-2024-bwbtc-a-midsummer-nights-dream/
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LOCATION:The Edge Theater\, 5451 N Broadway St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640
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SUMMARY:CLOSING NIGHT - BWBTC Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream
DESCRIPTION:BWBTC Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream\nWed Oct 16\, 2024 – Sat Nov 23\, 2024 \nWritten by: William Shakespeare\nDirected by: Lauren Katz\nFight Direction by: Jillian Leff*\n\nAbout the Show\nFour Athenians run away to the forest in the name of love (reciprocated and otherwise). They find themselves in the midst of a war between Titania and Oberon\, the king and queen of the fairies\, over a changeling boy in Titania’s charge. In the midst of this conflict\, local workers are attempting (poorly) to rehearse a play to celebrate the upcoming nuptials of Duke Theseus to Queen Hippolyta. All the while\, the mischievous Puck is guiding events and creating chaos for fae and mortals alike. Come see this magical Shakespearean comedy with a Babes With Blades twist! \nWhere:\nThe Edge Theater\n5451 N Broadway\nChicago\, Illinois \nWhen:\nOctober 16th – November 23\, 2024 \n\nThursdays\, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.\nSundays at 3:00 p.m.\n\nImportant Dates:\nPreviews: October 16th\, 17th & 18th\nPress Opening: Saturday\, October 19th\nSensory Friendly: October 27th & November 3rd\nOpen Captioning:  November 2nd\, 3rd\, 7th & 8th\nStreaming Dates: November 16th\, 17th\, 21st & 22nd (ticket holders will be emailed a link)\nFully Masked Audience Performances: October 26th & November 10th \n\n* Denotes Babes With Blades Company Member \n\n\nBUY TICKETS HERE\n\nTicket Prices:\n\nPreviews – $20\nStudent & Senior tickets – $28\nGeneral Admission – $35\n\nTicket sales end 3 hours before curtain. Seats may still be available even if it says no longer available. \nYou can reserve a seat by calling our Box Office Line at 773-217-8406. \nYou can see more details about getting to the space and accessibility performances on our site here:\nhttps://babeswithblades.org/fall-2024-bwbtc-a-midsummer-nights-dream/
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SUMMARY:2025 - Fighting Words Festival
DESCRIPTION:CHALLENGE IT ALL:\nBABES WITH BLADES THEATRE COMPANY FIGHTING WORDS LOOKS AT IDENTITY IN ALL FORMS\nPeople living their truth\, no matter how inconvenient to society around them\, can sometimes create heroes where least expected. \nCHICAGO – Babes With Blades Theatre Company’s (BWBTC) 2025 season opens with an extended run of their new works festival\, collectively called Fighting Words\, running September 6th – 14th at the Bramble Arts Loft\, 5545 N. Clark St\, 2nd Floor. All performances start at a $10 suggested price and audiences can provide feedback on the scripts following each reading. \n“Audiences underestimate how much they can influence a new play simply by attending a reading\,” states Hayley Rice\, Artistic Director of BWBTC. “While written notes and critiques are invaluable\, just hearing how an audience connects with a story in the moment is pivotal for playwrights. Fighting Words is an opportunity to do exactly that: All three shows bring something very different to the stage\,” continues Rice. “Chicago theater\, and BWBTC especially\, is not afraid to tell new narratives that represent folks from every corner of society and history\, and this season’s festival does that.” \nFighting Words Festival 2025 Tickets Here\n\nFIGHTING WORDS FESTIVAL\nSeptember 6th & 7th\, 13th & 14th \nPerformance Running Time: TBA\nTicket Price: Beginning at $10\nLocation: Bramble Arts Loft\, 5545 N. Clark St\, 2nd Floor.Select performances will be available for streaming.\nEach weekend the festival will have staged readings of the 2025 selections:\nCALVARIA: A PLAY FOR FERAL GIRLS\nWritten by: Maggie Smith (she/her)\nDirected by: BWBTC Ensemble Member Morgan Manasa (she/her)\nFight Direction by: Jessica Pennachio (she/her) \n\nSaturday\, September 6th\, 2025 – 2:30pm \nSaturday\, September 13th\, 2025 – 7:30pm \n\n \n\n\nWhen her family’s bull is found decapitated in the middle of a farm field\, Edie Hruska makes it her mission to find the culprit. While on her search\, she comes across a group of young girls claiming to communicate with gods\, begging Edie to become their newest acolyte. While acclimating to their lifestyle\, Edie finds herself face-to-face with the girls’ true intentions\, and they are much more sinister than just a dead bull. (CALVARIA is the 2025-2026 winner of BWBTC’s Margaret W. Martin Award and the Joining Sword & Pen International Playwriting Competition) \n\n\n  \n\nTWO OUT OF THREE FALLS\nWritten by: Bill Daniel (he/him)\nDirected by: BWBTC Artistic Associate Ashley Yates (she/her)\nFight Direction by: Axel Rico \n\nSunday\, September 7th\, 2025 – 2:30pm \nSaturday\, September 13th\, 2025 – 2:30pm \n\n \n\n\nJohanna Goodish was the child of notorious pro wrestler King Kong Bruiser. Thirty years ago\, he was murdered in a locker room shower in Puerto Rico and the killer was never tried. The witnesses never talked. Since she began her own wrestling career\, she has been trying to escape his shadow. And now\, she’s been seeing his ghost. When an opportunity for revenge presents itself\, she takes it. But it means she’ll be face to face in the ring with the man who held the knife when it happened. \n\n\n  \n\nYO HO\nWritten by: SMJ (they/them)\nDirected by: BWBTC Artistic Associate Maureen Yasko (she/her)\nFight Direction by: Carly Belle Cason \n\nSaturday\, September 6th\, 2025 – 7:30pm \nSunday\, September 14th\, 2025 – 2:30pm \n \n\nYo ho charts the journey of Anne Bonny and Mary Read\, two pirates aboard a campy\, sexually charged ship under immediate threat from the crown. Equal parts historical fantasy and introspective sexual & gender exploration\, this play is a deeply emotional reimaging and reminder of our queer histories. \n\n\nABOUT MAGGIE SMITH\, PLAYWRIGHT OF CALVARIA\n \nMaggie Smith (she/her) is an playwright\, performer\, and comedian based in Chicago\, Illinois. Originally from Omaha\, Nebraska\, Maggie moved to Chicago to attend Loyola University Chicago\, where she received a BA in Theatre\, while minoring in English and Shakespeare Studies. At Loyola\, Maggie led two projects\, Rats and Saint Louise\, Pray for Us\, the first being a devised parody musical and the second a staged reading of her two-act play. Upon graduating Loyola\, she was accepted into the Second City’s Conservatory Training Program\, where she completed her training in September\, 2023. As a writer\, Maggie challenges herself and her audiences to process difficult topics through comedic lenses. She takes from her own life experiences to create a casual representation of the queer experience. In order to depict an experience that she is familiar with\, she prefers to write characters in stories where their identities are not the driving force of the piece. Because of this\, she finds herself called to place queer characters at the forefront of comedies. After all\, that’s what her life is.\nABOUT BILL DANIEL\, PLAYWRIGHT OF TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS\n \nBill Daniel is an actor/playwright living in the city of Chicago. A graduate of Illinois State University\, Bill has spent over a decade in Chicago creating silly stories for silly people. As a playwright\, he has written for WildClaw Theatre (Hell Followed With Her\, Cavities)\, E.D.G.E. Theatre (Holmes vs. Holmes\, What’s All This Then\, La Mousquetaire\, Through Black Glass)\, Illinois State University’s Freestage Festival (The Glass Man\, Pingree Road)\, McHenry County College (What’s All This Then)\, The Living Canvas (Rain)\, Nothing Special Productions (Manhunt: The Great Waldo Search)\, Woodstock’s TownSquare Players (Sitting at the Kid’s Table)\, Hobo Junction (The Great Sloppy Joe Extermination\, Steeping the Tea) and Wayward Productions (Frock Club). In 2013\, Bill undertook a project inspired by Suzan Lori-Parks\, wherein he wrote a short play every day for an entire year.\nABOUT SMJ\, PLAYWRIGHT OF YO HO\n \nSMJ (they/them) is a mixed-Latiné\, non-binary playwright and theatermaker originally from Mount Vernon\, OH. They were a 2022-2023 Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellow. Currently\, SMJ is creating work with Latinx Playwrights Circle\, The Orchard Project\, and Andy’s Summer Playhouse. Their work has been seen in various forms with Ars Nova\, Lincoln Center\, The Kennedy Center\, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center\, New York Stage and Film\, Latiné Musical Theatre Lab\, National Queer Theater\, Carnegie Mellon University\, New York University\, Otterbein University\, Wright State University\, University of Texas-El Paso\, Art House Productions\, The Road Theatre Company\, The Flea Theater\, Live Arts\, The DR2 Theatre\, The Vineyard Theatre\, American Theatre Group\, The Arden Theater\, and The Tank. SMJ has been a finalist for the 2024-25 Princess Grace Award in Playwriting at New Dramatists\, 2024 June Bingham New Playwright Commission\, 2023 Parity Development Award\, 2024 Diverse Voices Playwriting Initiative at Illinois State University\, and Write Out Loud as well as a semifinalist for the O’Neill’s National Playwrights Conference (three times)\, the 2022-23 Princess Grace Award in Playwriting at New Dramatists\, and the Van Lier Fellowship at Rattlestick Theater. Member of the Dramatists Guild and Ring of Keys. www.smjwrites.com\n\nABOUT THE FIGHTING WORDS FESTIVAL\nFighting Words is BWBTC’s script development program. Each season we choose three scripts for development and read each one aloud three times–first within the company\, then with a small group of invited guests\, and finally as part of a festival that includes all three plays. (Every other season the winner of BWBTC’s International Playwriting Competition and the Margaret W. Martin Award is automatically included as a part of the process.) During the festival\, discussions after each reading provide feedback for the playwrights\, assisting them in developing their scripts further. \nABOUT JOINING SWORD & PEN INTERNATIONAL PLAYWRIGHTING COMPETITION AND THE MARGARET W. MARTIN AWARD\nThe Joining Sword & Pen international playwriting competition launched in 2005 to generate more scripts that featured women in roles involving stage combat. Created in collaboration with Artistic Advisor and Fight Master in the Society of American Fight Directors David Woolley who sponsors the competition\, scripts inspired by a specific image are submitted and go through a blind judging process. The winning script goes through BWBTC’s new play development program\, but also receives a full production\, cash prize and the Margaret W. Martin Award. \nMargaret W. Martin was ahead of her time. In the 1960s and 70s\, she maintained her full time job\, taught piano\, and raised a family of 6 children (4 girls\, two boys) all while she traveled the globe from the States to Saudi Arabia\, across Europe and Vientiane Laos during the height of the Vietnam war. She founded the American International School – Riyadh (K-12) in Saudi Arabia in 1963\, and it has flourished as an institution since then. The Margaret W. Martin Award is in honor of Artistic Advisor and SAFD Fight Master David Woolley’s mother.
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/2025-fighting-words-festival/
LOCATION:Bramble Arts Loft\, 5545 N. Clark St\, 2nd Floor\, Chicago\, IL
CATEGORIES:2025
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SUMMARY:2025 - Fighting Words Festival
DESCRIPTION:CHALLENGE IT ALL:\nBABES WITH BLADES THEATRE COMPANY FIGHTING WORDS LOOKS AT IDENTITY IN ALL FORMS\nPeople living their truth\, no matter how inconvenient to society around them\, can sometimes create heroes where least expected. \nCHICAGO – Babes With Blades Theatre Company’s (BWBTC) 2025 season opens with an extended run of their new works festival\, collectively called Fighting Words\, running September 6th – 14th at the Bramble Arts Loft\, 5545 N. Clark St\, 2nd Floor. All performances start at a $10 suggested price and audiences can provide feedback on the scripts following each reading. \n“Audiences underestimate how much they can influence a new play simply by attending a reading\,” states Hayley Rice\, Artistic Director of BWBTC. “While written notes and critiques are invaluable\, just hearing how an audience connects with a story in the moment is pivotal for playwrights. Fighting Words is an opportunity to do exactly that: All three shows bring something very different to the stage\,” continues Rice. “Chicago theater\, and BWBTC especially\, is not afraid to tell new narratives that represent folks from every corner of society and history\, and this season’s festival does that.” \nFighting Words Festival 2025 Tickets Here\n\nFIGHTING WORDS FESTIVAL\nSeptember 6th & 7th\, 13th & 14th \nPerformance Running Time: TBA\nTicket Price: Beginning at $10\nLocation: Bramble Arts Loft\, 5545 N. Clark St\, 2nd Floor.Select performances will be available for streaming.\nEach weekend the festival will have staged readings of the 2025 selections:\nCALVARIA: A PLAY FOR FERAL GIRLS\nWritten by: Maggie Smith (she/her)\nDirected by: BWBTC Ensemble Member Morgan Manasa (she/her)\nFight Direction by: Jessica Pennachio (she/her) \n\nSaturday\, September 6th\, 2025 – 2:30pm \nSaturday\, September 13th\, 2025 – 7:30pm \n\n \n\n\nWhen her family’s bull is found decapitated in the middle of a farm field\, Edie Hruska makes it her mission to find the culprit. While on her search\, she comes across a group of young girls claiming to communicate with gods\, begging Edie to become their newest acolyte. While acclimating to their lifestyle\, Edie finds herself face-to-face with the girls’ true intentions\, and they are much more sinister than just a dead bull. (CALVARIA is the 2025-2026 winner of BWBTC’s Margaret W. Martin Award and the Joining Sword & Pen International Playwriting Competition) \n\n\n  \n\nTWO OUT OF THREE FALLS\nWritten by: Bill Daniel (he/him)\nDirected by: BWBTC Artistic Associate Ashley Yates (she/her)\nFight Direction by: Axel Rico \n\nSunday\, September 7th\, 2025 – 2:30pm \nSaturday\, September 13th\, 2025 – 2:30pm \n\n \n\n\nJohanna Goodish was the child of notorious pro wrestler King Kong Bruiser. Thirty years ago\, he was murdered in a locker room shower in Puerto Rico and the killer was never tried. The witnesses never talked. Since she began her own wrestling career\, she has been trying to escape his shadow. And now\, she’s been seeing his ghost. When an opportunity for revenge presents itself\, she takes it. But it means she’ll be face to face in the ring with the man who held the knife when it happened. \n\n\n  \n\nYO HO\nWritten by: SMJ (they/them)\nDirected by: BWBTC Artistic Associate Maureen Yasko (she/her)\nFight Direction by: Carly Belle Cason \n\nSaturday\, September 6th\, 2025 – 7:30pm \nSunday\, September 14th\, 2025 – 2:30pm \n \n\nYo ho charts the journey of Anne Bonny and Mary Read\, two pirates aboard a campy\, sexually charged ship under immediate threat from the crown. Equal parts historical fantasy and introspective sexual & gender exploration\, this play is a deeply emotional reimaging and reminder of our queer histories. \n\n\nABOUT MAGGIE SMITH\, PLAYWRIGHT OF CALVARIA\n \nMaggie Smith (she/her) is an playwright\, performer\, and comedian based in Chicago\, Illinois. Originally from Omaha\, Nebraska\, Maggie moved to Chicago to attend Loyola University Chicago\, where she received a BA in Theatre\, while minoring in English and Shakespeare Studies. At Loyola\, Maggie led two projects\, Rats and Saint Louise\, Pray for Us\, the first being a devised parody musical and the second a staged reading of her two-act play. Upon graduating Loyola\, she was accepted into the Second City’s Conservatory Training Program\, where she completed her training in September\, 2023. As a writer\, Maggie challenges herself and her audiences to process difficult topics through comedic lenses. She takes from her own life experiences to create a casual representation of the queer experience. In order to depict an experience that she is familiar with\, she prefers to write characters in stories where their identities are not the driving force of the piece. Because of this\, she finds herself called to place queer characters at the forefront of comedies. After all\, that’s what her life is.\nABOUT BILL DANIEL\, PLAYWRIGHT OF TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS\n \nBill Daniel is an actor/playwright living in the city of Chicago. A graduate of Illinois State University\, Bill has spent over a decade in Chicago creating silly stories for silly people. As a playwright\, he has written for WildClaw Theatre (Hell Followed With Her\, Cavities)\, E.D.G.E. Theatre (Holmes vs. Holmes\, What’s All This Then\, La Mousquetaire\, Through Black Glass)\, Illinois State University’s Freestage Festival (The Glass Man\, Pingree Road)\, McHenry County College (What’s All This Then)\, The Living Canvas (Rain)\, Nothing Special Productions (Manhunt: The Great Waldo Search)\, Woodstock’s TownSquare Players (Sitting at the Kid’s Table)\, Hobo Junction (The Great Sloppy Joe Extermination\, Steeping the Tea) and Wayward Productions (Frock Club). In 2013\, Bill undertook a project inspired by Suzan Lori-Parks\, wherein he wrote a short play every day for an entire year.\nABOUT SMJ\, PLAYWRIGHT OF YO HO\n \nSMJ (they/them) is a mixed-Latiné\, non-binary playwright and theatermaker originally from Mount Vernon\, OH. They were a 2022-2023 Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellow. Currently\, SMJ is creating work with Latinx Playwrights Circle\, The Orchard Project\, and Andy’s Summer Playhouse. Their work has been seen in various forms with Ars Nova\, Lincoln Center\, The Kennedy Center\, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center\, New York Stage and Film\, Latiné Musical Theatre Lab\, National Queer Theater\, Carnegie Mellon University\, New York University\, Otterbein University\, Wright State University\, University of Texas-El Paso\, Art House Productions\, The Road Theatre Company\, The Flea Theater\, Live Arts\, The DR2 Theatre\, The Vineyard Theatre\, American Theatre Group\, The Arden Theater\, and The Tank. SMJ has been a finalist for the 2024-25 Princess Grace Award in Playwriting at New Dramatists\, 2024 June Bingham New Playwright Commission\, 2023 Parity Development Award\, 2024 Diverse Voices Playwriting Initiative at Illinois State University\, and Write Out Loud as well as a semifinalist for the O’Neill’s National Playwrights Conference (three times)\, the 2022-23 Princess Grace Award in Playwriting at New Dramatists\, and the Van Lier Fellowship at Rattlestick Theater. Member of the Dramatists Guild and Ring of Keys. www.smjwrites.com\n\nABOUT THE FIGHTING WORDS FESTIVAL\nFighting Words is BWBTC’s script development program. Each season we choose three scripts for development and read each one aloud three times–first within the company\, then with a small group of invited guests\, and finally as part of a festival that includes all three plays. (Every other season the winner of BWBTC’s International Playwriting Competition and the Margaret W. Martin Award is automatically included as a part of the process.) During the festival\, discussions after each reading provide feedback for the playwrights\, assisting them in developing their scripts further. \nABOUT JOINING SWORD & PEN INTERNATIONAL PLAYWRIGHTING COMPETITION AND THE MARGARET W. MARTIN AWARD\nThe Joining Sword & Pen international playwriting competition launched in 2005 to generate more scripts that featured women in roles involving stage combat. Created in collaboration with Artistic Advisor and Fight Master in the Society of American Fight Directors David Woolley who sponsors the competition\, scripts inspired by a specific image are submitted and go through a blind judging process. The winning script goes through BWBTC’s new play development program\, but also receives a full production\, cash prize and the Margaret W. Martin Award. \nMargaret W. Martin was ahead of her time. In the 1960s and 70s\, she maintained her full time job\, taught piano\, and raised a family of 6 children (4 girls\, two boys) all while she traveled the globe from the States to Saudi Arabia\, across Europe and Vientiane Laos during the height of the Vietnam war. She founded the American International School – Riyadh (K-12) in Saudi Arabia in 1963\, and it has flourished as an institution since then. The Margaret W. Martin Award is in honor of Artistic Advisor and SAFD Fight Master David Woolley’s mother.
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/2025-fighting-words-festival-2/
LOCATION:Bramble Arts Loft\, 5545 N. Clark St\, 2nd Floor\, Chicago\, IL
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SUMMARY:2025 - Fighting Words Festival
DESCRIPTION:CHALLENGE IT ALL:\nBABES WITH BLADES THEATRE COMPANY FIGHTING WORDS LOOKS AT IDENTITY IN ALL FORMS\nPeople living their truth\, no matter how inconvenient to society around them\, can sometimes create heroes where least expected. \nCHICAGO – Babes With Blades Theatre Company’s (BWBTC) 2025 season opens with an extended run of their new works festival\, collectively called Fighting Words\, running September 6th – 14th at the Bramble Arts Loft\, 5545 N. Clark St\, 2nd Floor. All performances start at a $10 suggested price and audiences can provide feedback on the scripts following each reading. \n“Audiences underestimate how much they can influence a new play simply by attending a reading\,” states Hayley Rice\, Artistic Director of BWBTC. “While written notes and critiques are invaluable\, just hearing how an audience connects with a story in the moment is pivotal for playwrights. Fighting Words is an opportunity to do exactly that: All three shows bring something very different to the stage\,” continues Rice. “Chicago theater\, and BWBTC especially\, is not afraid to tell new narratives that represent folks from every corner of society and history\, and this season’s festival does that.” \nFighting Words Festival 2025 Tickets Here\n\nFIGHTING WORDS FESTIVAL\nSeptember 6th & 7th\, 13th & 14th \nPerformance Running Time: TBA\nTicket Price: Beginning at $10\nLocation: Bramble Arts Loft\, 5545 N. Clark St\, 2nd Floor.Select performances will be available for streaming.\nEach weekend the festival will have staged readings of the 2025 selections:\nCALVARIA: A PLAY FOR FERAL GIRLS\nWritten by: Maggie Smith (she/her)\nDirected by: BWBTC Ensemble Member Morgan Manasa (she/her)\nFight Direction by: Jessica Pennachio (she/her) \n\nSaturday\, September 6th\, 2025 – 2:30pm \nSaturday\, September 13th\, 2025 – 7:30pm \n\n \n\n\nWhen her family’s bull is found decapitated in the middle of a farm field\, Edie Hruska makes it her mission to find the culprit. While on her search\, she comes across a group of young girls claiming to communicate with gods\, begging Edie to become their newest acolyte. While acclimating to their lifestyle\, Edie finds herself face-to-face with the girls’ true intentions\, and they are much more sinister than just a dead bull. (CALVARIA is the 2025-2026 winner of BWBTC’s Margaret W. Martin Award and the Joining Sword & Pen International Playwriting Competition) \n\n\n  \n\nTWO OUT OF THREE FALLS\nWritten by: Bill Daniel (he/him)\nDirected by: BWBTC Artistic Associate Ashley Yates (she/her)\nFight Direction by: Axel Rico \n\nSunday\, September 7th\, 2025 – 2:30pm \nSaturday\, September 13th\, 2025 – 2:30pm \n\n \n\n\nJohanna Goodish was the child of notorious pro wrestler King Kong Bruiser. Thirty years ago\, he was murdered in a locker room shower in Puerto Rico and the killer was never tried. The witnesses never talked. Since she began her own wrestling career\, she has been trying to escape his shadow. And now\, she’s been seeing his ghost. When an opportunity for revenge presents itself\, she takes it. But it means she’ll be face to face in the ring with the man who held the knife when it happened. \n\n\n  \n\nYO HO\nWritten by: SMJ (they/them)\nDirected by: BWBTC Artistic Associate Maureen Yasko (she/her)\nFight Direction by: Carly Belle Cason \n\nSaturday\, September 6th\, 2025 – 7:30pm \nSunday\, September 14th\, 2025 – 2:30pm \n \n\nYo ho charts the journey of Anne Bonny and Mary Read\, two pirates aboard a campy\, sexually charged ship under immediate threat from the crown. Equal parts historical fantasy and introspective sexual & gender exploration\, this play is a deeply emotional reimaging and reminder of our queer histories. \n\n\nABOUT MAGGIE SMITH\, PLAYWRIGHT OF CALVARIA\n \nMaggie Smith (she/her) is an playwright\, performer\, and comedian based in Chicago\, Illinois. Originally from Omaha\, Nebraska\, Maggie moved to Chicago to attend Loyola University Chicago\, where she received a BA in Theatre\, while minoring in English and Shakespeare Studies. At Loyola\, Maggie led two projects\, Rats and Saint Louise\, Pray for Us\, the first being a devised parody musical and the second a staged reading of her two-act play. Upon graduating Loyola\, she was accepted into the Second City’s Conservatory Training Program\, where she completed her training in September\, 2023. As a writer\, Maggie challenges herself and her audiences to process difficult topics through comedic lenses. She takes from her own life experiences to create a casual representation of the queer experience. In order to depict an experience that she is familiar with\, she prefers to write characters in stories where their identities are not the driving force of the piece. Because of this\, she finds herself called to place queer characters at the forefront of comedies. After all\, that’s what her life is.\nABOUT BILL DANIEL\, PLAYWRIGHT OF TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS\n \nBill Daniel is an actor/playwright living in the city of Chicago. A graduate of Illinois State University\, Bill has spent over a decade in Chicago creating silly stories for silly people. As a playwright\, he has written for WildClaw Theatre (Hell Followed With Her\, Cavities)\, E.D.G.E. Theatre (Holmes vs. Holmes\, What’s All This Then\, La Mousquetaire\, Through Black Glass)\, Illinois State University’s Freestage Festival (The Glass Man\, Pingree Road)\, McHenry County College (What’s All This Then)\, The Living Canvas (Rain)\, Nothing Special Productions (Manhunt: The Great Waldo Search)\, Woodstock’s TownSquare Players (Sitting at the Kid’s Table)\, Hobo Junction (The Great Sloppy Joe Extermination\, Steeping the Tea) and Wayward Productions (Frock Club). In 2013\, Bill undertook a project inspired by Suzan Lori-Parks\, wherein he wrote a short play every day for an entire year.\nABOUT SMJ\, PLAYWRIGHT OF YO HO\n \nSMJ (they/them) is a mixed-Latiné\, non-binary playwright and theatermaker originally from Mount Vernon\, OH. They were a 2022-2023 Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellow. Currently\, SMJ is creating work with Latinx Playwrights Circle\, The Orchard Project\, and Andy’s Summer Playhouse. Their work has been seen in various forms with Ars Nova\, Lincoln Center\, The Kennedy Center\, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center\, New York Stage and Film\, Latiné Musical Theatre Lab\, National Queer Theater\, Carnegie Mellon University\, New York University\, Otterbein University\, Wright State University\, University of Texas-El Paso\, Art House Productions\, The Road Theatre Company\, The Flea Theater\, Live Arts\, The DR2 Theatre\, The Vineyard Theatre\, American Theatre Group\, The Arden Theater\, and The Tank. SMJ has been a finalist for the 2024-25 Princess Grace Award in Playwriting at New Dramatists\, 2024 June Bingham New Playwright Commission\, 2023 Parity Development Award\, 2024 Diverse Voices Playwriting Initiative at Illinois State University\, and Write Out Loud as well as a semifinalist for the O’Neill’s National Playwrights Conference (three times)\, the 2022-23 Princess Grace Award in Playwriting at New Dramatists\, and the Van Lier Fellowship at Rattlestick Theater. Member of the Dramatists Guild and Ring of Keys. www.smjwrites.com\n\nABOUT THE FIGHTING WORDS FESTIVAL\nFighting Words is BWBTC’s script development program. Each season we choose three scripts for development and read each one aloud three times–first within the company\, then with a small group of invited guests\, and finally as part of a festival that includes all three plays. (Every other season the winner of BWBTC’s International Playwriting Competition and the Margaret W. Martin Award is automatically included as a part of the process.) During the festival\, discussions after each reading provide feedback for the playwrights\, assisting them in developing their scripts further. \nABOUT JOINING SWORD & PEN INTERNATIONAL PLAYWRIGHTING COMPETITION AND THE MARGARET W. MARTIN AWARD\nThe Joining Sword & Pen international playwriting competition launched in 2005 to generate more scripts that featured women in roles involving stage combat. Created in collaboration with Artistic Advisor and Fight Master in the Society of American Fight Directors David Woolley who sponsors the competition\, scripts inspired by a specific image are submitted and go through a blind judging process. The winning script goes through BWBTC’s new play development program\, but also receives a full production\, cash prize and the Margaret W. Martin Award. \nMargaret W. Martin was ahead of her time. In the 1960s and 70s\, she maintained her full time job\, taught piano\, and raised a family of 6 children (4 girls\, two boys) all while she traveled the globe from the States to Saudi Arabia\, across Europe and Vientiane Laos during the height of the Vietnam war. She founded the American International School – Riyadh (K-12) in Saudi Arabia in 1963\, and it has flourished as an institution since then. The Margaret W. Martin Award is in honor of Artistic Advisor and SAFD Fight Master David Woolley’s mother.
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/2025-fighting-words-festival-3/
LOCATION:Bramble Arts Loft\, 5545 N. Clark St\, 2nd Floor\, Chicago\, IL
CATEGORIES:2025,Fighting Words,Performances,Play Development,Readings,Talkback,Workshops,Writing
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SUMMARY:2025 - Fighting Words Festival
DESCRIPTION:CHALLENGE IT ALL:\nBABES WITH BLADES THEATRE COMPANY FIGHTING WORDS LOOKS AT IDENTITY IN ALL FORMS\nPeople living their truth\, no matter how inconvenient to society around them\, can sometimes create heroes where least expected. \nCHICAGO – Babes With Blades Theatre Company’s (BWBTC) 2025 season opens with an extended run of their new works festival\, collectively calledFighting Words\, running September 6th – 14th at the Bramble Arts Loft\, 5545 N. Clark St\, 2nd Floor. All performances start at a $10 suggested price and audiences can provide feedback on the scripts following each reading. \n“Audiences underestimate how much they can influence a new play simply by attending a reading\,” states Hayley Rice\, Artistic Director of BWBTC. “While written notes and critiques are invaluable\, just hearing how an audience connects with a story in the moment is pivotal for playwrights. Fighting Words is an opportunity to do exactly that: All three shows bring something very different to the stage\,” continues Rice. “Chicago theater\, and BWBTC especially\, is not afraid to tell new narratives that represent folks from every corner of society and history\, and this season’s festival does that.” \nFighting Words Festival 2025 Tickets Here\n\nFIGHTING WORDS FESTIVAL\nSeptember 6th & 7th\, 13th & 14th \nPerformance Running Time: TBA\nTicket Price: Beginning at $10\nLocation: Bramble Arts Loft\, 5545 N. Clark St\, 2nd Floor.Select performances will be available for streaming.\n\n\nCLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FIGHTING WORDS FESTIVAL PROGRAM\n\nFIGHTING WORDS 2023 SELECTIONS:\n\n\nEach weekend the festival will have staged readings of the 2025 selections:\nCALVARIA: A PLAY FOR FERAL GIRLS\nWritten by: Maggie Smith (she/her)\nDirected by: BWBTC Ensemble Member Morgan Manasa (she/her)\nFight Direction by: Jessica Pennachio (she/her) \n\nSaturday\, September 6th\, 2025 – 2:30pm \nSaturday\, September 13th\, 2025 – 7:30pm \n\n \n\n\nWhen her family’s bull is found decapitated in the middle of a farm field\, Edie Hruska makes it her mission to find the culprit. While on her search\, she comes across a group of young girls claiming to communicate with gods\, begging Edie to become their newest acolyte. While acclimating to their lifestyle\, Edie finds herself face-to-face with the girls’ true intentions\, and they are much more sinister than just a dead bull. (CALVARIA is the 2025-2026 winner of BWBTC’s Margaret W. Martin Award and the Joining Sword & Pen International Playwriting Competition) \n\n\n  \n\nTWO OUT OF THREE FALLS\nWritten by: Bill Daniel (he/him)\nDirected by: BWBTC Artistic Associate Ashley Yates (she/her)\nFight Direction by: Axel Rico \n\nSunday\, September 7th\, 2025 – 2:30pm \nSaturday\, September 13th\, 2025 – 2:30pm \n\n \n\n\nJohanna Goodish was the child of notorious pro wrestler King Kong Bruiser. Thirty years ago\, he was murdered in a locker room shower in Puerto Rico and the killer was never tried. The witnesses never talked. Since she began her own wrestling career\, she has been trying to escape his shadow. And now\, she’s been seeing his ghost. When an opportunity for revenge presents itself\, she takes it. But it means she’ll be face to face in the ring with the man who held the knife when it happened. \n\n\n  \n\nYO HO\nWritten by: SMJ (they/them)\nDirected by: BWBTC Artistic Associate Maureen Yasko (she/her)\nFight Direction by: Carly Belle Cason \n\nSaturday\, September 6th\, 2025 – 7:30pm \nSunday\, September 14th\, 2025 – 2:30pm \n \n\nYo ho charts the journey of Anne Bonny and Mary Read\, two pirates aboard a campy\, sexually charged ship under immediate threat from the crown. Equal parts historical fantasy and introspective sexual & gender exploration\, this play is a deeply emotional reimaging and reminder of our queer histories. \n\n\nABOUT MAGGIE SMITH\, PLAYWRIGHT OF CALVARIA\n \nMaggie Smith (she/her) is an playwright\, performer\, and comedian based in Chicago\, Illinois. Originally from Omaha\, Nebraska\, Maggie moved to Chicago to attend Loyola University Chicago\, where she received a BA in Theatre\, while minoring in English and Shakespeare Studies. At Loyola\, Maggie led two projects\, Rats and Saint Louise\, Pray for Us\, the first being a devised parody musical and the second a staged reading of her two-act play. Upon graduating Loyola\, she was accepted into the Second City’s Conservatory Training Program\, where she completed her training in September\, 2023. As a writer\, Maggie challenges herself and her audiences to process difficult topics through comedic lenses. She takes from her own life experiences to create a casual representation of the queer experience. In order to depict an experience that she is familiar with\, she prefers to write characters in stories where their identities are not the driving force of the piece. Because of this\, she finds herself called to place queer characters at the forefront of comedies. After all\, that’s what her life is.\nABOUT BILL DANIEL\, PLAYWRIGHT OF TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS\n \nBill Daniel is an actor/playwright living in the city of Chicago. A graduate of Illinois State University\, Bill has spent over a decade in Chicago creating silly stories for silly people. As a playwright\, he has written for WildClaw Theatre (Hell Followed With Her\, Cavities)\, E.D.G.E. Theatre (Holmes vs. Holmes\, What’s All This Then\, La Mousquetaire\, Through Black Glass)\, Illinois State University’s Freestage Festival (The Glass Man\, Pingree Road)\, McHenry County College (What’s All This Then)\, The Living Canvas (Rain)\, Nothing Special Productions (Manhunt: The Great Waldo Search)\, Woodstock’s TownSquare Players (Sitting at the Kid’s Table)\, Hobo Junction (The Great Sloppy Joe Extermination\, Steeping the Tea) and Wayward Productions (Frock Club). In 2013\, Bill undertook a project inspired by Suzan Lori-Parks\, wherein he wrote a short play every day for an entire year.\nABOUT SMJ\, PLAYWRIGHT OF YO HO\n \nSMJ (they/them) is a mixed-Latiné\, non-binary playwright and theatermaker originally from Mount Vernon\, OH. They were a 2022-2023 Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellow. Currently\, SMJ is creating work with Latinx Playwrights Circle\, The Orchard Project\, and Andy’s Summer Playhouse. Their work has been seen in various forms with Ars Nova\, Lincoln Center\, The Kennedy Center\, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center\, New York Stage and Film\, Latiné Musical Theatre Lab\, National Queer Theater\, Carnegie Mellon University\, New York University\, Otterbein University\, Wright State University\, University of Texas-El Paso\, Art House Productions\, The Road Theatre Company\, The Flea Theater\, Live Arts\, The DR2 Theatre\, The Vineyard Theatre\, American Theatre Group\, The Arden Theater\, and The Tank. SMJ has been a finalist for the 2024-25 Princess Grace Award in Playwriting at New Dramatists\, 2024 June Bingham New Playwright Commission\, 2023 Parity Development Award\, 2024 Diverse Voices Playwriting Initiative at Illinois State University\, and Write Out Loud as well as a semifinalist for the O’Neill’s National Playwrights Conference (three times)\, the 2022-23 Princess Grace Award in Playwriting at New Dramatists\, and the Van Lier Fellowship at Rattlestick Theater. Member of the Dramatists Guild and Ring of Keys. www.smjwrites.com\n\nABOUT THE FIGHTING WORDS FESTIVAL\nFighting Words is BWBTC’s script development program. Each season we choose three scripts for development and read each one aloud three times–first within the company\, then with a small group of invited guests\, and finally as part of a festival that includes all three plays. (Every other season the winner of BWBTC’s International Playwriting Competition and the Margaret W. Martin Award is automatically included as a part of the process.) During the festival\, discussions after each reading provide feedback for the playwrights\, assisting them in developing their scripts further. \nABOUT JOINING SWORD & PEN INTERNATIONAL PLAYWRIGHTING COMPETITION AND THE MARGARET W. MARTIN AWARD\nThe Joining Sword & Pen international playwriting competition launched in 2005 to generate more scripts that featured women in roles involving stage combat. Created in collaboration with Artistic Advisor and Fight Master in the Society of American Fight Directors David Woolley who sponsors the competition\, scripts inspired by a specific image are submitted and go through a blind judging process. The winning script goes through BWBTC’s new play development program\, but also receives a full production\, cash prize and the Margaret W. Martin Award. \nMargaret W. Martin was ahead of her time. In the 1960s and 70s\, she maintained her full time job\, taught piano\, and raised a family of 6 children (4 girls\, two boys) all while she traveled the globe from the States to Saudi Arabia\, across Europe and Vientiane Laos during the height of the Vietnam war. She founded the American International School – Riyadh (K-12) in Saudi Arabia in 1963\, and it has flourished as an institution since then. The Margaret W. Martin Award is in honor of Artistic Advisor and SAFD Fight Master David Woolley’s mother.
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/2025-fighting-words-festival-4/
LOCATION:Bramble Arts Loft\, 5545 N. Clark St\, 2nd Floor\, Chicago\, IL
CATEGORIES:2025,Fighting Words,Performances,Play Development,Readings,Talkback,Workshops,Writing
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SUMMARY:The Mark - Preview
DESCRIPTION:The Mark\nWed Oct 15\, 2025 – Sat Nov 22\, 2025 \nWritten by: Jillian Leff*\nDirected by: Richard Costes\nFight Direction by: Hazel Monson*\n\nAbout the Show\nDeveloped through BWBTC’s Fighting Words program\, The Mark centers in a dystopian\, classist\, society\, where a young Laborer named Raina is given an unexpected chance to join The Army. As she starts to acclimate to her new position and higher standing in society\, a resistance is brewing among The Laborers. An assassination attempt upends Raina’s life as she becomes caught in the middle of the war between the two classes\, as well as her own battle of discovering who and what she believes in. \nWhere:\nThe Edge Theater\n5451 N Broadway\nChicago\, Illinois \nWhen:\nOctober 15th – November 22\, 2025 \n\nThursdays\, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.\nSundays at 3:00 p.m.\n\nImportant Dates:\nPreviews: October 15th\, 16th & 17th\nPress Opening: Saturday\, October 18th\nSensory Friendly: October 26th & November 2nd\nOpen Captioning:  November 1st\, 2nd\, 6th & 7th\nStreaming Dates: November 15th\, 16th\, 20th & 21st (ticket holders will be emailed a link)\nFully Masked Audience Performances: October 26th & November 8th \n\n* Denotes Babes With Blades Company Member \n\n\nBUY TICKETS HERE\n\nTicket Prices:\n\nPreviews – $20\nStudent & Senior tickets – $28\nGeneral Admission – $35\n\nTicket sales end 3 hours before curtain. Seats may still be available even if it says no longer available. \nYou can reserve a seat by calling our Box Office Line at 773-217-8406. \nYou can see more details about getting to the space and accessibility performances on our site here:\nhttps://babeswithblades.org/fall-2024-bwbtc-a-midsummer-nights-dream/
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/the-mark-preview/
LOCATION:The Edge Theater\, 5451 N Broadway St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640
CATEGORIES:2025
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SUMMARY:The Mark - Preview
DESCRIPTION:The Mark\nWed Oct 15\, 2025 – Sat Nov 22\, 2025 \nWritten by: Jillian Leff*\nDirected by: Richard Costes\nFight Direction by: Hazel Monson*\n\nAbout the Show\nDeveloped through BWBTC’s Fighting Words program\, The Mark centers in a dystopian\, classist\, society\, where a young Laborer named Raina is given an unexpected chance to join The Army. As she starts to acclimate to her new position and higher standing in society\, a resistance is brewing among The Laborers. An assassination attempt upends Raina’s life as she becomes caught in the middle of the war between the two classes\, as well as her own battle of discovering who and what she believes in. \nWhere:\nThe Edge Theater\n5451 N Broadway\nChicago\, Illinois \nWhen:\nOctober 15th – November 22\, 2025 \n\nThursdays\, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.\nSundays at 3:00 p.m.\n\nImportant Dates:\nPreviews: October 15th\, 16th & 17th\nPress Opening: Saturday\, October 18th\nSensory Friendly: October 26th & November 2nd\nOpen Captioning:  November 1st\, 2nd\, 6th & 7th\nStreaming Dates: November 15th\, 16th\, 20th & 21st (ticket holders will be emailed a link)\nFully Masked Audience Performances: October 26th & November 8th \n\n* Denotes Babes With Blades Company Member \n\n\nBUY TICKETS HERE\n\nTicket Prices:\n\nPreviews – $20\nStudent & Senior tickets – $28\nGeneral Admission – $35\n\nTicket sales end 3 hours before curtain. Seats may still be available even if it says no longer available. \nYou can reserve a seat by calling our Box Office Line at 773-217-8406. \nYou can see more details about getting to the space and accessibility performances on our site here:\nhttps://babeswithblades.org/fall-2024-bwbtc-a-midsummer-nights-dream/
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/the-mark-preview-2/
LOCATION:The Edge Theater\, 5451 N Broadway St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640
CATEGORIES:2025
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SUMMARY:The Mark - Preview
DESCRIPTION:The Mark\nWed Oct 15\, 2025 – Sat Nov 22\, 2025 \nWritten by: Jillian Leff*\nDirected by: Richard Costes\nFight Direction by: Hazel Monson*\n\nAbout the Show\nDeveloped through BWBTC’s Fighting Words program\, The Mark centers in a dystopian\, classist\, society\, where a young Laborer named Raina is given an unexpected chance to join The Army. As she starts to acclimate to her new position and higher standing in society\, a resistance is brewing among The Laborers. An assassination attempt upends Raina’s life as she becomes caught in the middle of the war between the two classes\, as well as her own battle of discovering who and what she believes in. \nWhere:\nThe Edge Theater\n5451 N Broadway\nChicago\, Illinois \nWhen:\nOctober 15th – November 22\, 2025 \n\nThursdays\, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.\nSundays at 3:00 p.m.\n\nImportant Dates:\nPreviews: October 15th\, 16th & 17th\nPress Opening: Saturday\, October 18th\nSensory Friendly: October 26th & November 2nd\nOpen Captioning:  November 1st\, 2nd\, 6th & 7th\nStreaming Dates: November 15th\, 16th\, 20th & 21st (ticket holders will be emailed a link)\nFully Masked Audience Performances: October 26th & November 8th \n\n* Denotes Babes With Blades Company Member \n\n\nBUY TICKETS HERE\n\nTicket Prices:\n\nPreviews – $20\nStudent & Senior tickets – $28\nGeneral Admission – $35\n\nTicket sales end 3 hours before curtain. Seats may still be available even if it says no longer available. \nYou can reserve a seat by calling our Box Office Line at 773-217-8406. \nYou can see more details about getting to the space and accessibility performances on our site here:\nhttps://babeswithblades.org/fall-2024-bwbtc-a-midsummer-nights-dream/
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/the-mark-preview-3/
LOCATION:The Edge Theater\, 5451 N Broadway St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640
CATEGORIES:2025
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SUMMARY:The Mark - Opening Night
DESCRIPTION:The Mark\nWed Oct 15\, 2025 – Sat Nov 22\, 2025 \nWritten by: Jillian Leff*\nDirected by: Richard Costes\nFight Direction by: Hazel Monson*\n\nAbout the Show\nDeveloped through BWBTC’s Fighting Words program\, The Mark centers in a dystopian\, classist\, society\, where a young Laborer named Raina is given an unexpected chance to join The Army. As she starts to acclimate to her new position and higher standing in society\, a resistance is brewing among The Laborers. An assassination attempt upends Raina’s life as she becomes caught in the middle of the war between the two classes\, as well as her own battle of discovering who and what she believes in. \nWhere:\nThe Edge Theater\n5451 N Broadway\nChicago\, Illinois \nWhen:\nOctober 15th – November 22\, 2025 \n\nThursdays\, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.\nSundays at 3:00 p.m.\n\nImportant Dates:\nPreviews: October 15th\, 16th & 17th\nPress Opening: Saturday\, October 18th\nSensory Friendly: October 26th & November 2nd\nOpen Captioning:  November 1st\, 2nd\, 6th & 7th\nStreaming Dates: November 15th\, 16th\, 20th & 21st (ticket holders will be emailed a link)\nFully Masked Audience Performances: October 26th & November 8th \n\n* Denotes Babes With Blades Company Member \n\n\nBUY TICKETS HERE\n\nTicket Prices:\n\nPreviews – $20\nStudent & Senior tickets – $28\nGeneral Admission – $35\n\nTicket sales end 3 hours before curtain. Seats may still be available even if it says no longer available. \nYou can reserve a seat by calling our Box Office Line at 773-217-8406. \nYou can see more details about getting to the space and accessibility performances on our site here:\nhttps://babeswithblades.org/fall-2024-bwbtc-a-midsummer-nights-dream/
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/the-mark-opening-night/
LOCATION:The Edge Theater\, 5451 N Broadway St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640
CATEGORIES:2025
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SUMMARY:The Mark
DESCRIPTION:The Mark\nWed Oct 15\, 2025 – Sat Nov 22\, 2025 \nWritten by: Jillian Leff*\nDirected by: Richard Costes\nFight Direction by: Hazel Monson*\n\nAbout the Show\nDeveloped through BWBTC’s Fighting Words program\, The Mark centers in a dystopian\, classist\, society\, where a young Laborer named Raina is given an unexpected chance to join The Army. As she starts to acclimate to her new position and higher standing in society\, a resistance is brewing among The Laborers. An assassination attempt upends Raina’s life as she becomes caught in the middle of the war between the two classes\, as well as her own battle of discovering who and what she believes in. \nWhere:\nThe Edge Theater\n5451 N Broadway\nChicago\, Illinois \nWhen:\nOctober 15th – November 22\, 2025 \n\nThursdays\, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.\nSundays at 3:00 p.m.\n\nImportant Dates:\nPreviews: October 15th\, 16th & 17th\nPress Opening: Saturday\, October 18th\nSensory Friendly: October 26th & November 2nd\nOpen Captioning:  November 1st\, 2nd\, 6th & 7th\nStreaming Dates: November 15th\, 16th\, 20th & 21st (ticket holders will be emailed a link)\nFully Masked Audience Performances: October 26th & November 8th \n\n* Denotes Babes With Blades Company Member \n\n\nBUY TICKETS HERE\n\nTicket Prices:\n\nPreviews – $20\nStudent & Senior tickets – $28\nGeneral Admission – $35\n\nTicket sales end 3 hours before curtain. Seats may still be available even if it says no longer available. \nYou can reserve a seat by calling our Box Office Line at 773-217-8406. \nYou can see more details about getting to the space and accessibility performances on our site here:\nhttps://babeswithblades.org/fall-2024-bwbtc-a-midsummer-nights-dream/
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/the-mark/
LOCATION:The Edge Theater\, 5451 N Broadway St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640
CATEGORIES:2025
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251023T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251023T220000
DTSTAMP:20260406T064834
CREATED:20251005T173032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251005T173054Z
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SUMMARY:The Mark
DESCRIPTION:The Mark\nWed Oct 15\, 2025 – Sat Nov 22\, 2025 \nWritten by: Jillian Leff*\nDirected by: Richard Costes\nFight Direction by: Hazel Monson*\n\nAbout the Show\nDeveloped through BWBTC’s Fighting Words program\, The Mark centers in a dystopian\, classist\, society\, where a young Laborer named Raina is given an unexpected chance to join The Army. As she starts to acclimate to her new position and higher standing in society\, a resistance is brewing among The Laborers. An assassination attempt upends Raina’s life as she becomes caught in the middle of the war between the two classes\, as well as her own battle of discovering who and what she believes in. \nWhere:\nThe Edge Theater\n5451 N Broadway\nChicago\, Illinois \nWhen:\nOctober 15th – November 22\, 2025 \n\nThursdays\, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.\nSundays at 3:00 p.m.\n\nImportant Dates:\nPreviews: October 15th\, 16th & 17th\nPress Opening: Saturday\, October 18th\nSensory Friendly: October 26th & November 2nd\nOpen Captioning:  November 1st\, 2nd\, 6th & 7th\nStreaming Dates: November 15th\, 16th\, 20th & 21st (ticket holders will be emailed a link)\nFully Masked Audience Performances: October 26th & November 8th \n\n* Denotes Babes With Blades Company Member \n\n\nBUY TICKETS HERE\n\nTicket Prices:\n\nPreviews – $20\nStudent & Senior tickets – $28\nGeneral Admission – $35\n\nTicket sales end 3 hours before curtain. Seats may still be available even if it says no longer available. \nYou can reserve a seat by calling our Box Office Line at 773-217-8406. \nYou can see more details about getting to the space and accessibility performances on our site here:\nhttps://babeswithblades.org/fall-2024-bwbtc-a-midsummer-nights-dream/
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/the-mark-2/
LOCATION:The Edge Theater\, 5451 N Broadway St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640
CATEGORIES:2025
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251024T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251024T220000
DTSTAMP:20260406T064834
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251005T173142Z
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SUMMARY:The Mark
DESCRIPTION:The Mark\nWed Oct 15\, 2025 – Sat Nov 22\, 2025 \nWritten by: Jillian Leff*\nDirected by: Richard Costes\nFight Direction by: Hazel Monson*\n\nAbout the Show\nDeveloped through BWBTC’s Fighting Words program\, The Mark centers in a dystopian\, classist\, society\, where a young Laborer named Raina is given an unexpected chance to join The Army. As she starts to acclimate to her new position and higher standing in society\, a resistance is brewing among The Laborers. An assassination attempt upends Raina’s life as she becomes caught in the middle of the war between the two classes\, as well as her own battle of discovering who and what she believes in. \nWhere:\nThe Edge Theater\n5451 N Broadway\nChicago\, Illinois \nWhen:\nOctober 15th – November 22\, 2025 \n\nThursdays\, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.\nSundays at 3:00 p.m.\n\nImportant Dates:\nPreviews: October 15th\, 16th & 17th\nPress Opening: Saturday\, October 18th\nSensory Friendly: October 26th & November 2nd\nOpen Captioning:  November 1st\, 2nd\, 6th & 7th\nStreaming Dates: November 15th\, 16th\, 20th & 21st (ticket holders will be emailed a link)\nFully Masked Audience Performances: October 26th & November 8th \n\n* Denotes Babes With Blades Company Member \n\n\nBUY TICKETS HERE\n\nTicket Prices:\n\nPreviews – $20\nStudent & Senior tickets – $28\nGeneral Admission – $35\n\nTicket sales end 3 hours before curtain. Seats may still be available even if it says no longer available. \nYou can reserve a seat by calling our Box Office Line at 773-217-8406. \nYou can see more details about getting to the space and accessibility performances on our site here:\nhttps://babeswithblades.org/fall-2024-bwbtc-a-midsummer-nights-dream/
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/the-mark-3/
LOCATION:The Edge Theater\, 5451 N Broadway St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640
CATEGORIES:2025
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251025T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251025T220000
DTSTAMP:20260406T064834
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251005T173248Z
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SUMMARY:The Mark
DESCRIPTION:The Mark\nWed Oct 15\, 2025 – Sat Nov 22\, 2025 \nWritten by: Jillian Leff*\nDirected by: Richard Costes\nFight Direction by: Hazel Monson*\n\nAbout the Show\nDeveloped through BWBTC’s Fighting Words program\, The Mark centers in a dystopian\, classist\, society\, where a young Laborer named Raina is given an unexpected chance to join The Army. As she starts to acclimate to her new position and higher standing in society\, a resistance is brewing among The Laborers. An assassination attempt upends Raina’s life as she becomes caught in the middle of the war between the two classes\, as well as her own battle of discovering who and what she believes in. \nWhere:\nThe Edge Theater\n5451 N Broadway\nChicago\, Illinois \nWhen:\nOctober 15th – November 22\, 2025 \n\nThursdays\, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.\nSundays at 3:00 p.m.\n\nImportant Dates:\nPreviews: October 15th\, 16th & 17th\nPress Opening: Saturday\, October 18th\nSensory Friendly: October 26th & November 2nd\nOpen Captioning:  November 1st\, 2nd\, 6th & 7th\nStreaming Dates: November 15th\, 16th\, 20th & 21st (ticket holders will be emailed a link)\nFully Masked Audience Performances: October 26th & November 8th \n\n* Denotes Babes With Blades Company Member \n\n\nBUY TICKETS HERE\n\nTicket Prices:\n\nPreviews – $20\nStudent & Senior tickets – $28\nGeneral Admission – $35\n\nTicket sales end 3 hours before curtain. Seats may still be available even if it says no longer available. \nYou can reserve a seat by calling our Box Office Line at 773-217-8406. \nYou can see more details about getting to the space and accessibility performances on our site here:\nhttps://babeswithblades.org/fall-2024-bwbtc-a-midsummer-nights-dream/
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/the-mark-4/
LOCATION:The Edge Theater\, 5451 N Broadway St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640
CATEGORIES:2025
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251026T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251026T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T064834
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251005T173501Z
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SUMMARY:The Mark
DESCRIPTION:The Mark\nWed Oct 15\, 2025 – Sat Nov 22\, 2025 \nWritten by: Jillian Leff*\nDirected by: Richard Costes\nFight Direction by: Hazel Monson*\n\nAbout the Show\nDeveloped through BWBTC’s Fighting Words program\, The Mark centers in a dystopian\, classist\, society\, where a young Laborer named Raina is given an unexpected chance to join The Army. As she starts to acclimate to her new position and higher standing in society\, a resistance is brewing among The Laborers. An assassination attempt upends Raina’s life as she becomes caught in the middle of the war between the two classes\, as well as her own battle of discovering who and what she believes in. \nWhere:\nThe Edge Theater\n5451 N Broadway\nChicago\, Illinois \nWhen:\nOctober 15th – November 22\, 2025 \n\nThursdays\, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.\nSundays at 3:00 p.m.\n\nImportant Dates:\nPreviews: October 15th\, 16th & 17th\nPress Opening: Saturday\, October 18th\nSensory Friendly: October 26th & November 2nd\nOpen Captioning:  November 1st\, 2nd\, 6th & 7th\nStreaming Dates: November 15th\, 16th\, 20th & 21st (ticket holders will be emailed a link)\nFully Masked Audience Performances: October 26th & November 8th \n\n* Denotes Babes With Blades Company Member \n\n\nBUY TICKETS HERE\n\nTicket Prices:\n\nPreviews – $20\nStudent & Senior tickets – $28\nGeneral Admission – $35\n\nTicket sales end 3 hours before curtain. Seats may still be available even if it says no longer available. \nYou can reserve a seat by calling our Box Office Line at 773-217-8406. \nYou can see more details about getting to the space and accessibility performances on our site here:\nhttps://babeswithblades.org/fall-2024-bwbtc-a-midsummer-nights-dream/
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/the-mark-5/
LOCATION:The Edge Theater\, 5451 N Broadway St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640
CATEGORIES:2025
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251030T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251030T220000
DTSTAMP:20260406T064834
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251005T173618Z
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SUMMARY:The Mark
DESCRIPTION:The Mark\nWed Oct 15\, 2025 – Sat Nov 22\, 2025 \nWritten by: Jillian Leff*\nDirected by: Richard Costes\nFight Direction by: Hazel Monson*\n\nAbout the Show\nDeveloped through BWBTC’s Fighting Words program\, The Mark centers in a dystopian\, classist\, society\, where a young Laborer named Raina is given an unexpected chance to join The Army. As she starts to acclimate to her new position and higher standing in society\, a resistance is brewing among The Laborers. An assassination attempt upends Raina’s life as she becomes caught in the middle of the war between the two classes\, as well as her own battle of discovering who and what she believes in. \nWhere:\nThe Edge Theater\n5451 N Broadway\nChicago\, Illinois \nWhen:\nOctober 15th – November 22\, 2025 \n\nThursdays\, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.\nSundays at 3:00 p.m.\n\nImportant Dates:\nPreviews: October 15th\, 16th & 17th\nPress Opening: Saturday\, October 18th\nSensory Friendly: October 26th & November 2nd\nOpen Captioning:  November 1st\, 2nd\, 6th & 7th\nStreaming Dates: November 15th\, 16th\, 20th & 21st (ticket holders will be emailed a link)\nFully Masked Audience Performances: October 26th & November 8th \n\n* Denotes Babes With Blades Company Member \n\n\nBUY TICKETS HERE\n\nTicket Prices:\n\nPreviews – $20\nStudent & Senior tickets – $28\nGeneral Admission – $35\n\nTicket sales end 3 hours before curtain. Seats may still be available even if it says no longer available. \nYou can reserve a seat by calling our Box Office Line at 773-217-8406. \nYou can see more details about getting to the space and accessibility performances on our site here:\nhttps://babeswithblades.org/fall-2024-bwbtc-a-midsummer-nights-dream/
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/the-mark-6/
LOCATION:The Edge Theater\, 5451 N Broadway St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640
CATEGORIES:2025
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251031T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251031T220000
DTSTAMP:20260406T064834
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251005T173721Z
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SUMMARY:The Mark
DESCRIPTION:The Mark\nWed Oct 15\, 2025 – Sat Nov 22\, 2025 \nWritten by: Jillian Leff*\nDirected by: Richard Costes\nFight Direction by: Hazel Monson*\n\nAbout the Show\nDeveloped through BWBTC’s Fighting Words program\, The Mark centers in a dystopian\, classist\, society\, where a young Laborer named Raina is given an unexpected chance to join The Army. As she starts to acclimate to her new position and higher standing in society\, a resistance is brewing among The Laborers. An assassination attempt upends Raina’s life as she becomes caught in the middle of the war between the two classes\, as well as her own battle of discovering who and what she believes in. \nWhere:\nThe Edge Theater\n5451 N Broadway\nChicago\, Illinois \nWhen:\nOctober 15th – November 22\, 2025 \n\nThursdays\, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.\nSundays at 3:00 p.m.\n\nImportant Dates:\nPreviews: October 15th\, 16th & 17th\nPress Opening: Saturday\, October 18th\nSensory Friendly: October 26th & November 2nd\nOpen Captioning:  November 1st\, 2nd\, 6th & 7th\nStreaming Dates: November 15th\, 16th\, 20th & 21st (ticket holders will be emailed a link)\nFully Masked Audience Performances: October 26th & November 8th \n\n* Denotes Babes With Blades Company Member \n\n\nBUY TICKETS HERE\n\nTicket Prices:\n\nPreviews – $20\nStudent & Senior tickets – $28\nGeneral Admission – $35\n\nTicket sales end 3 hours before curtain. Seats may still be available even if it says no longer available. \nYou can reserve a seat by calling our Box Office Line at 773-217-8406. \nYou can see more details about getting to the space and accessibility performances on our site here:\nhttps://babeswithblades.org/fall-2024-bwbtc-a-midsummer-nights-dream/
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/the-mark-7/
LOCATION:The Edge Theater\, 5451 N Broadway St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640
CATEGORIES:2025
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251101T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251101T220000
DTSTAMP:20260406T064834
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251005T173818Z
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SUMMARY:The Mark
DESCRIPTION:The Mark\nWed Oct 15\, 2025 – Sat Nov 22\, 2025 \nWritten by: Jillian Leff*\nDirected by: Richard Costes\nFight Direction by: Hazel Monson*\n\nAbout the Show\nDeveloped through BWBTC’s Fighting Words program\, The Mark centers in a dystopian\, classist\, society\, where a young Laborer named Raina is given an unexpected chance to join The Army. As she starts to acclimate to her new position and higher standing in society\, a resistance is brewing among The Laborers. An assassination attempt upends Raina’s life as she becomes caught in the middle of the war between the two classes\, as well as her own battle of discovering who and what she believes in. \nWhere:\nThe Edge Theater\n5451 N Broadway\nChicago\, Illinois \nWhen:\nOctober 15th – November 22\, 2025 \n\nThursdays\, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.\nSundays at 3:00 p.m.\n\nImportant Dates:\nPreviews: October 15th\, 16th & 17th\nPress Opening: Saturday\, October 18th\nSensory Friendly: October 26th & November 2nd\nOpen Captioning:  November 1st\, 2nd\, 6th & 7th\nStreaming Dates: November 15th\, 16th\, 20th & 21st (ticket holders will be emailed a link)\nFully Masked Audience Performances: October 26th & November 8th \n\n* Denotes Babes With Blades Company Member \n\n\nBUY TICKETS HERE\n\nTicket Prices:\n\nPreviews – $20\nStudent & Senior tickets – $28\nGeneral Admission – $35\n\nTicket sales end 3 hours before curtain. Seats may still be available even if it says no longer available. \nYou can reserve a seat by calling our Box Office Line at 773-217-8406. \nYou can see more details about getting to the space and accessibility performances on our site here:\nhttps://babeswithblades.org/fall-2024-bwbtc-a-midsummer-nights-dream/
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/the-mark-8/
LOCATION:The Edge Theater\, 5451 N Broadway St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640
CATEGORIES:2025
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251102T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251102T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T064834
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SUMMARY:The Mark
DESCRIPTION:The Mark\nWed Oct 15\, 2025 – Sat Nov 22\, 2025 \nWritten by: Jillian Leff*\nDirected by: Richard Costes\nFight Direction by: Hazel Monson*\n\nAbout the Show\nDeveloped through BWBTC’s Fighting Words program\, The Mark centers in a dystopian\, classist\, society\, where a young Laborer named Raina is given an unexpected chance to join The Army. As she starts to acclimate to her new position and higher standing in society\, a resistance is brewing among The Laborers. An assassination attempt upends Raina’s life as she becomes caught in the middle of the war between the two classes\, as well as her own battle of discovering who and what she believes in. \nWhere:\nThe Edge Theater\n5451 N Broadway\nChicago\, Illinois \nWhen:\nOctober 15th – November 22\, 2025 \n\nThursdays\, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.\nSundays at 3:00 p.m.\n\nImportant Dates:\nPreviews: October 15th\, 16th & 17th\nPress Opening: Saturday\, October 18th\nSensory Friendly: October 26th & November 2nd\nOpen Captioning:  November 1st\, 2nd\, 6th & 7th\nStreaming Dates: November 15th\, 16th\, 20th & 21st (ticket holders will be emailed a link)\nFully Masked Audience Performances: October 26th & November 8th \n\n* Denotes Babes With Blades Company Member \n\n\nBUY TICKETS HERE\n\nTicket Prices:\n\nPreviews – $20\nStudent & Senior tickets – $28\nGeneral Admission – $35\n\nTicket sales end 3 hours before curtain. Seats may still be available even if it says no longer available. \nYou can reserve a seat by calling our Box Office Line at 773-217-8406. \nYou can see more details about getting to the space and accessibility performances on our site here:\nhttps://babeswithblades.org/fall-2024-bwbtc-a-midsummer-nights-dream/
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/the-mark-9/
LOCATION:The Edge Theater\, 5451 N Broadway St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640
CATEGORIES:2025
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251106T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251106T220000
DTSTAMP:20260406T064834
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251005T174009Z
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SUMMARY:The Mark
DESCRIPTION:The Mark\nWed Oct 15\, 2025 – Sat Nov 22\, 2025 \nWritten by: Jillian Leff*\nDirected by: Richard Costes\nFight Direction by: Hazel Monson*\n\nAbout the Show\nDeveloped through BWBTC’s Fighting Words program\, The Mark centers in a dystopian\, classist\, society\, where a young Laborer named Raina is given an unexpected chance to join The Army. As she starts to acclimate to her new position and higher standing in society\, a resistance is brewing among The Laborers. An assassination attempt upends Raina’s life as she becomes caught in the middle of the war between the two classes\, as well as her own battle of discovering who and what she believes in. \nWhere:\nThe Edge Theater\n5451 N Broadway\nChicago\, Illinois \nWhen:\nOctober 15th – November 22\, 2025 \n\nThursdays\, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.\nSundays at 3:00 p.m.\n\nImportant Dates:\nPreviews: October 15th\, 16th & 17th\nPress Opening: Saturday\, October 18th\nSensory Friendly: October 26th & November 2nd\nOpen Captioning:  November 1st\, 2nd\, 6th & 7th\nStreaming Dates: November 15th\, 16th\, 20th & 21st (ticket holders will be emailed a link)\nFully Masked Audience Performances: October 26th & November 8th \n\n* Denotes Babes With Blades Company Member \n\n\nBUY TICKETS HERE\n\nTicket Prices:\n\nPreviews – $20\nStudent & Senior tickets – $28\nGeneral Admission – $35\n\nTicket sales end 3 hours before curtain. Seats may still be available even if it says no longer available. \nYou can reserve a seat by calling our Box Office Line at 773-217-8406. \nYou can see more details about getting to the space and accessibility performances on our site here:\nhttps://babeswithblades.org/fall-2024-bwbtc-a-midsummer-nights-dream/
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/the-mark-10/
LOCATION:The Edge Theater\, 5451 N Broadway St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640
CATEGORIES:2025
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251107T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251107T220000
DTSTAMP:20260406T064834
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SUMMARY:The Mark
DESCRIPTION:The Mark\nWed Oct 15\, 2025 – Sat Nov 22\, 2025 \nWritten by: Jillian Leff*\nDirected by: Richard Costes\nFight Direction by: Hazel Monson*\n\nAbout the Show\nDeveloped through BWBTC’s Fighting Words program\, The Mark centers in a dystopian\, classist\, society\, where a young Laborer named Raina is given an unexpected chance to join The Army. As she starts to acclimate to her new position and higher standing in society\, a resistance is brewing among The Laborers. An assassination attempt upends Raina’s life as she becomes caught in the middle of the war between the two classes\, as well as her own battle of discovering who and what she believes in. \nWhere:\nThe Edge Theater\n5451 N Broadway\nChicago\, Illinois \nWhen:\nOctober 15th – November 22\, 2025 \n\nThursdays\, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.\nSundays at 3:00 p.m.\n\nImportant Dates:\nPreviews: October 15th\, 16th & 17th\nPress Opening: Saturday\, October 18th\nSensory Friendly: October 26th & November 2nd\nOpen Captioning:  November 1st\, 2nd\, 6th & 7th\nStreaming Dates: November 15th\, 16th\, 20th & 21st (ticket holders will be emailed a link)\nFully Masked Audience Performances: October 26th & November 8th \n\n* Denotes Babes With Blades Company Member \n\n\nBUY TICKETS HERE\n\nTicket Prices:\n\nPreviews – $20\nStudent & Senior tickets – $28\nGeneral Admission – $35\n\nTicket sales end 3 hours before curtain. Seats may still be available even if it says no longer available. \nYou can reserve a seat by calling our Box Office Line at 773-217-8406. \nYou can see more details about getting to the space and accessibility performances on our site here:\nhttps://babeswithblades.org/fall-2024-bwbtc-a-midsummer-nights-dream/
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/the-mark-11/
LOCATION:The Edge Theater\, 5451 N Broadway St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640
CATEGORIES:2025
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251108T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251108T220000
DTSTAMP:20260406T064834
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251005T174143Z
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SUMMARY:The Mark
DESCRIPTION:The Mark\nWed Oct 15\, 2025 – Sat Nov 22\, 2025 \nWritten by: Jillian Leff*\nDirected by: Richard Costes\nFight Direction by: Hazel Monson*\n\nAbout the Show\nDeveloped through BWBTC’s Fighting Words program\, The Mark centers in a dystopian\, classist\, society\, where a young Laborer named Raina is given an unexpected chance to join The Army. As she starts to acclimate to her new position and higher standing in society\, a resistance is brewing among The Laborers. An assassination attempt upends Raina’s life as she becomes caught in the middle of the war between the two classes\, as well as her own battle of discovering who and what she believes in. \nWhere:\nThe Edge Theater\n5451 N Broadway\nChicago\, Illinois \nWhen:\nOctober 15th – November 22\, 2025 \n\nThursdays\, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.\nSundays at 3:00 p.m.\n\nImportant Dates:\nPreviews: October 15th\, 16th & 17th\nPress Opening: Saturday\, October 18th\nSensory Friendly: October 26th & November 2nd\nOpen Captioning:  November 1st\, 2nd\, 6th & 7th\nStreaming Dates: November 15th\, 16th\, 20th & 21st (ticket holders will be emailed a link)\nFully Masked Audience Performances: October 26th & November 8th \n\n* Denotes Babes With Blades Company Member \n\n\nBUY TICKETS HERE\n\nTicket Prices:\n\nPreviews – $20\nStudent & Senior tickets – $28\nGeneral Admission – $35\n\nTicket sales end 3 hours before curtain. Seats may still be available even if it says no longer available. \nYou can reserve a seat by calling our Box Office Line at 773-217-8406. \nYou can see more details about getting to the space and accessibility performances on our site here:\nhttps://babeswithblades.org/fall-2024-bwbtc-a-midsummer-nights-dream/
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/the-mark-12/
LOCATION:The Edge Theater\, 5451 N Broadway St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640
CATEGORIES:2025
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251109T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251109T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T064834
CREATED:20251005T174221Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251005T174221Z
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SUMMARY:The Mark
DESCRIPTION:The Mark\nWed Oct 15\, 2025 – Sat Nov 22\, 2025 \nWritten by: Jillian Leff*\nDirected by: Richard Costes\nFight Direction by: Hazel Monson*\n\nAbout the Show\nDeveloped through BWBTC’s Fighting Words program\, The Mark centers in a dystopian\, classist\, society\, where a young Laborer named Raina is given an unexpected chance to join The Army. As she starts to acclimate to her new position and higher standing in society\, a resistance is brewing among The Laborers. An assassination attempt upends Raina’s life as she becomes caught in the middle of the war between the two classes\, as well as her own battle of discovering who and what she believes in. \nWhere:\nThe Edge Theater\n5451 N Broadway\nChicago\, Illinois \nWhen:\nOctober 15th – November 22\, 2025 \n\nThursdays\, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.\nSundays at 3:00 p.m.\n\nImportant Dates:\nPreviews: October 15th\, 16th & 17th\nPress Opening: Saturday\, October 18th\nSensory Friendly: October 26th & November 2nd\nOpen Captioning:  November 1st\, 2nd\, 6th & 7th\nStreaming Dates: November 15th\, 16th\, 20th & 21st (ticket holders will be emailed a link)\nFully Masked Audience Performances: October 26th & November 8th \n\n* Denotes Babes With Blades Company Member \n\n\nBUY TICKETS HERE\n\nTicket Prices:\n\nPreviews – $20\nStudent & Senior tickets – $28\nGeneral Admission – $35\n\nTicket sales end 3 hours before curtain. Seats may still be available even if it says no longer available. \nYou can reserve a seat by calling our Box Office Line at 773-217-8406. \nYou can see more details about getting to the space and accessibility performances on our site here:\nhttps://babeswithblades.org/fall-2024-bwbtc-a-midsummer-nights-dream/
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/the-mark-13/
LOCATION:The Edge Theater\, 5451 N Broadway St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640
CATEGORIES:2025
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251113T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251113T220000
DTSTAMP:20260406T064834
CREATED:20251005T174303Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251005T174303Z
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SUMMARY:The Mark
DESCRIPTION:The Mark\nWed Oct 15\, 2025 – Sat Nov 22\, 2025 \nWritten by: Jillian Leff*\nDirected by: Richard Costes\nFight Direction by: Hazel Monson*\n\nAbout the Show\nDeveloped through BWBTC’s Fighting Words program\, The Mark centers in a dystopian\, classist\, society\, where a young Laborer named Raina is given an unexpected chance to join The Army. As she starts to acclimate to her new position and higher standing in society\, a resistance is brewing among The Laborers. An assassination attempt upends Raina’s life as she becomes caught in the middle of the war between the two classes\, as well as her own battle of discovering who and what she believes in. \nWhere:\nThe Edge Theater\n5451 N Broadway\nChicago\, Illinois \nWhen:\nOctober 15th – November 22\, 2025 \n\nThursdays\, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.\nSundays at 3:00 p.m.\n\nImportant Dates:\nPreviews: October 15th\, 16th & 17th\nPress Opening: Saturday\, October 18th\nSensory Friendly: October 26th & November 2nd\nOpen Captioning:  November 1st\, 2nd\, 6th & 7th\nStreaming Dates: November 15th\, 16th\, 20th & 21st (ticket holders will be emailed a link)\nFully Masked Audience Performances: October 26th & November 8th \n\n* Denotes Babes With Blades Company Member \n\n\nBUY TICKETS HERE\n\nTicket Prices:\n\nPreviews – $20\nStudent & Senior tickets – $28\nGeneral Admission – $35\n\nTicket sales end 3 hours before curtain. Seats may still be available even if it says no longer available. \nYou can reserve a seat by calling our Box Office Line at 773-217-8406. \nYou can see more details about getting to the space and accessibility performances on our site here:\nhttps://babeswithblades.org/fall-2024-bwbtc-a-midsummer-nights-dream/
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/the-mark-14/
LOCATION:The Edge Theater\, 5451 N Broadway St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640
CATEGORIES:2025
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251114T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251114T220000
DTSTAMP:20260406T064834
CREATED:20251005T174411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251005T174411Z
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SUMMARY:The Mark
DESCRIPTION:The Mark\nWed Oct 15\, 2025 – Sat Nov 22\, 2025 \nWritten by: Jillian Leff*\nDirected by: Richard Costes\nFight Direction by: Hazel Monson*\n\nAbout the Show\nDeveloped through BWBTC’s Fighting Words program\, The Mark centers in a dystopian\, classist\, society\, where a young Laborer named Raina is given an unexpected chance to join The Army. As she starts to acclimate to her new position and higher standing in society\, a resistance is brewing among The Laborers. An assassination attempt upends Raina’s life as she becomes caught in the middle of the war between the two classes\, as well as her own battle of discovering who and what she believes in. \nWhere:\nThe Edge Theater\n5451 N Broadway\nChicago\, Illinois \nWhen:\nOctober 15th – November 22\, 2025 \n\nThursdays\, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.\nSundays at 3:00 p.m.\n\nImportant Dates:\nPreviews: October 15th\, 16th & 17th\nPress Opening: Saturday\, October 18th\nSensory Friendly: October 26th & November 2nd\nOpen Captioning:  November 1st\, 2nd\, 6th & 7th\nStreaming Dates: November 15th\, 16th\, 20th & 21st (ticket holders will be emailed a link)\nFully Masked Audience Performances: October 26th & November 8th \n\n* Denotes Babes With Blades Company Member \n\n\nBUY TICKETS HERE\n\nTicket Prices:\n\nPreviews – $20\nStudent & Senior tickets – $28\nGeneral Admission – $35\n\nTicket sales end 3 hours before curtain. Seats may still be available even if it says no longer available. \nYou can reserve a seat by calling our Box Office Line at 773-217-8406. \nYou can see more details about getting to the space and accessibility performances on our site here:\nhttps://babeswithblades.org/fall-2024-bwbtc-a-midsummer-nights-dream/
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/the-mark-15/
LOCATION:The Edge Theater\, 5451 N Broadway St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640
CATEGORIES:2025
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251115T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251115T220000
DTSTAMP:20260406T064834
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251005T174455Z
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SUMMARY:The Mark
DESCRIPTION:The Mark\nWed Oct 15\, 2025 – Sat Nov 22\, 2025 \nWritten by: Jillian Leff*\nDirected by: Richard Costes\nFight Direction by: Hazel Monson*\n\nAbout the Show\nDeveloped through BWBTC’s Fighting Words program\, The Mark centers in a dystopian\, classist\, society\, where a young Laborer named Raina is given an unexpected chance to join The Army. As she starts to acclimate to her new position and higher standing in society\, a resistance is brewing among The Laborers. An assassination attempt upends Raina’s life as she becomes caught in the middle of the war between the two classes\, as well as her own battle of discovering who and what she believes in. \nWhere:\nThe Edge Theater\n5451 N Broadway\nChicago\, Illinois \nWhen:\nOctober 15th – November 22\, 2025 \n\nThursdays\, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.\nSundays at 3:00 p.m.\n\nImportant Dates:\nPreviews: October 15th\, 16th & 17th\nPress Opening: Saturday\, October 18th\nSensory Friendly: October 26th & November 2nd\nOpen Captioning:  November 1st\, 2nd\, 6th & 7th\nStreaming Dates: November 15th\, 16th\, 20th & 21st (ticket holders will be emailed a link)\nFully Masked Audience Performances: October 26th & November 8th \n\n* Denotes Babes With Blades Company Member \n\n\nBUY TICKETS HERE\n\nTicket Prices:\n\nPreviews – $20\nStudent & Senior tickets – $28\nGeneral Admission – $35\n\nTicket sales end 3 hours before curtain. Seats may still be available even if it says no longer available. \nYou can reserve a seat by calling our Box Office Line at 773-217-8406. \nYou can see more details about getting to the space and accessibility performances on our site here:\nhttps://babeswithblades.org/fall-2024-bwbtc-a-midsummer-nights-dream/
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/the-mark-16/
LOCATION:The Edge Theater\, 5451 N Broadway St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640
CATEGORIES:2025
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251116T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251116T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T064834
CREATED:20251005T174533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251005T174533Z
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SUMMARY:The Mark
DESCRIPTION:The Mark\nWed Oct 15\, 2025 – Sat Nov 22\, 2025 \nWritten by: Jillian Leff*\nDirected by: Richard Costes\nFight Direction by: Hazel Monson*\n\nAbout the Show\nDeveloped through BWBTC’s Fighting Words program\, The Mark centers in a dystopian\, classist\, society\, where a young Laborer named Raina is given an unexpected chance to join The Army. As she starts to acclimate to her new position and higher standing in society\, a resistance is brewing among The Laborers. An assassination attempt upends Raina’s life as she becomes caught in the middle of the war between the two classes\, as well as her own battle of discovering who and what she believes in. \nWhere:\nThe Edge Theater\n5451 N Broadway\nChicago\, Illinois \nWhen:\nOctober 15th – November 22\, 2025 \n\nThursdays\, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.\nSundays at 3:00 p.m.\n\nImportant Dates:\nPreviews: October 15th\, 16th & 17th\nPress Opening: Saturday\, October 18th\nSensory Friendly: October 26th & November 2nd\nOpen Captioning:  November 1st\, 2nd\, 6th & 7th\nStreaming Dates: November 15th\, 16th\, 20th & 21st (ticket holders will be emailed a link)\nFully Masked Audience Performances: October 26th & November 8th \n\n* Denotes Babes With Blades Company Member \n\n\nBUY TICKETS HERE\n\nTicket Prices:\n\nPreviews – $20\nStudent & Senior tickets – $28\nGeneral Admission – $35\n\nTicket sales end 3 hours before curtain. Seats may still be available even if it says no longer available. \nYou can reserve a seat by calling our Box Office Line at 773-217-8406. \nYou can see more details about getting to the space and accessibility performances on our site here:\nhttps://babeswithblades.org/fall-2024-bwbtc-a-midsummer-nights-dream/
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/the-mark-17/
LOCATION:The Edge Theater\, 5451 N Broadway St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640
CATEGORIES:2025
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251120T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251120T220000
DTSTAMP:20260406T064834
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251005T174614Z
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SUMMARY:The Mark
DESCRIPTION:The Mark\nWed Oct 15\, 2025 – Sat Nov 22\, 2025 \nWritten by: Jillian Leff*\nDirected by: Richard Costes\nFight Direction by: Hazel Monson*\n\nAbout the Show\nDeveloped through BWBTC’s Fighting Words program\, The Mark centers in a dystopian\, classist\, society\, where a young Laborer named Raina is given an unexpected chance to join The Army. As she starts to acclimate to her new position and higher standing in society\, a resistance is brewing among The Laborers. An assassination attempt upends Raina’s life as she becomes caught in the middle of the war between the two classes\, as well as her own battle of discovering who and what she believes in. \nWhere:\nThe Edge Theater\n5451 N Broadway\nChicago\, Illinois \nWhen:\nOctober 15th – November 22\, 2025 \n\nThursdays\, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.\nSundays at 3:00 p.m.\n\nImportant Dates:\nPreviews: October 15th\, 16th & 17th\nPress Opening: Saturday\, October 18th\nSensory Friendly: October 26th & November 2nd\nOpen Captioning:  November 1st\, 2nd\, 6th & 7th\nStreaming Dates: November 15th\, 16th\, 20th & 21st (ticket holders will be emailed a link)\nFully Masked Audience Performances: October 26th & November 8th \n\n* Denotes Babes With Blades Company Member \n\n\nBUY TICKETS HERE\n\nTicket Prices:\n\nPreviews – $20\nStudent & Senior tickets – $28\nGeneral Admission – $35\n\nTicket sales end 3 hours before curtain. Seats may still be available even if it says no longer available. \nYou can reserve a seat by calling our Box Office Line at 773-217-8406. \nYou can see more details about getting to the space and accessibility performances on our site here:\nhttps://babeswithblades.org/fall-2024-bwbtc-a-midsummer-nights-dream/
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/the-mark-18/
LOCATION:The Edge Theater\, 5451 N Broadway St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640
CATEGORIES:2025
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251121T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251121T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T064834
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251005T174647Z
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SUMMARY:The Mark
DESCRIPTION:The Mark\nWed Oct 15\, 2025 – Sat Nov 22\, 2025 \nWritten by: Jillian Leff*\nDirected by: Richard Costes\nFight Direction by: Hazel Monson*\n\nAbout the Show\nDeveloped through BWBTC’s Fighting Words program\, The Mark centers in a dystopian\, classist\, society\, where a young Laborer named Raina is given an unexpected chance to join The Army. As she starts to acclimate to her new position and higher standing in society\, a resistance is brewing among The Laborers. An assassination attempt upends Raina’s life as she becomes caught in the middle of the war between the two classes\, as well as her own battle of discovering who and what she believes in. \nWhere:\nThe Edge Theater\n5451 N Broadway\nChicago\, Illinois \nWhen:\nOctober 15th – November 22\, 2025 \n\nThursdays\, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.\nSundays at 3:00 p.m.\n\nImportant Dates:\nPreviews: October 15th\, 16th & 17th\nPress Opening: Saturday\, October 18th\nSensory Friendly: October 26th & November 2nd\nOpen Captioning:  November 1st\, 2nd\, 6th & 7th\nStreaming Dates: November 15th\, 16th\, 20th & 21st (ticket holders will be emailed a link)\nFully Masked Audience Performances: October 26th & November 8th \n\n* Denotes Babes With Blades Company Member \n\n\nBUY TICKETS HERE\n\nTicket Prices:\n\nPreviews – $20\nStudent & Senior tickets – $28\nGeneral Admission – $35\n\nTicket sales end 3 hours before curtain. Seats may still be available even if it says no longer available. \nYou can reserve a seat by calling our Box Office Line at 773-217-8406. \nYou can see more details about getting to the space and accessibility performances on our site here:\nhttps://babeswithblades.org/fall-2024-bwbtc-a-midsummer-nights-dream/
URL:https://babeswithblades.org/event/the-mark-19/
LOCATION:The Edge Theater\, 5451 N Broadway St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640
CATEGORIES:2025
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