BWBTC Events
Events
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2020 FWF – Plaid As Hell
Stage773 1225 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, ILBWBTC presents the third annual Fighting Words Festival, which showcases three developing scripts. All three scripts fit our mission of dismantling the patriarchy, elevating underrepresented voices, and (of course) the use of stage combat. Tickets are FREE of charge, and a talkback will follow each reading.
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2020 FWF – Scum
Stage773 1225 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, ILBWBTC presents the third annual Fighting Words Festival, which showcases three developing scripts. All three scripts fit our mission of dismantling the patriarchy, elevating underrepresented voices, and (of course) the use of stage combat. Tickets are FREE of charge, and a talkback will follow each reading.
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2021 – Fighting Words Festival
FeaturedThe Factory Theater 1623 W Howard Street, Chicago, ILChicago - Babes With Blades Theatre Company’s (BWBTC’s) 2019-21 season concludes with the Fighting Words Festival, held on Saturday, Nov. 13 and Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021 at The Factory Theater, 1623 W. Howard Street in the Rogers Park neighborhood, as well as streaming online. The Festival, which is free and open to the public is available online and in person, features readings of three scripts in the development process. After each reading the audience has an opportunity to provide feedback for the playwright.
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PREVIEW: BWBTC Shakespeare Richard III
The Edge Theater 5451 N Broadway St, Chicago, ILAligned with the mission of representing marginalized voices, BWBTC has partnered with UIC’s Disability Cultural Center to tell the tale of the malicious Richard of Gloucester. Casting both non-disabled and disabled actors, this production will not only examine stage combat as a storytelling tool, but interrogate the divide between “regular” theatre and “theatre for the disabled”.
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PREVIEW: BWBTC Shakespeare Richard III
The Edge Theater 5451 N Broadway St, Chicago, ILAligned with the mission of representing marginalized voices, BWBTC has partnered with UIC’s Disability Cultural Center to tell the tale of the malicious Richard of Gloucester. Casting both non-disabled and disabled actors, this production will not only examine stage combat as a storytelling tool, but interrogate the divide between “regular” theatre and “theatre for the disabled”.
$20