Presented by Babes With Blades Theatre Company, yo ho. charts the journey of Anne Bonny and Mary Read, two pirates aboard a campy, sexually charged ship facing immediate threat from the crown. Equal parts historical fantasy and introspective sexual and gender exploration, this play is a deeply emotional reimagining and reminder of queer history.
Presented by Babes With Blades Theatre Company, yo ho. charts the journey of Anne Bonny and Mary Read, two pirates aboard a campy, sexually charged ship facing immediate threat from the crown. Equal parts historical fantasy and introspective sexual and gender exploration, this play is a deeply emotional reimagining and reminder of queer history.
Presented by Babes With Blades Theatre Company, yo ho. charts the journey of Anne Bonny and Mary Read, two pirates aboard a campy, sexually charged ship facing immediate threat from the crown. Equal parts historical fantasy and introspective sexual and gender exploration, this play is a deeply emotional reimagining and reminder of queer history.
Presented by Babes With Blades Theatre Company, yo ho. charts the journey of Anne Bonny and Mary Read, two pirates aboard a campy, sexually charged ship facing immediate threat from the crown. Equal parts historical fantasy and introspective sexual and gender exploration, this play is a deeply emotional reimagining and reminder of queer history.
Presented by Babes With Blades Theatre Company, yo ho. charts the journey of Anne Bonny and Mary Read, two pirates aboard a campy, sexually charged ship facing immediate threat from the crown. Equal parts historical fantasy and introspective sexual and gender exploration, this play is a deeply emotional reimagining and reminder of queer history.
Presented by Babes With Blades Theatre Company, yo ho. charts the journey of Anne Bonny and Mary Read, two pirates aboard a campy, sexually charged ship facing immediate threat from the crown. Equal parts historical fantasy and introspective sexual and gender exploration, this play is a deeply emotional reimagining and reminder of queer history.
Presented by Babes With Blades Theatre Company, yo ho. charts the journey of Anne Bonny and Mary Read, two pirates aboard a campy, sexually charged ship facing immediate threat from the crown. Equal parts historical fantasy and introspective sexual and gender exploration, this play is a deeply emotional reimagining and reminder of queer history.
Post performance “talkback” discussion beginning at 5:30 PM, facilitated by our collaborators at the University of Illinois Chicago’s “Making Inclusive Theatre” project.
Thirty (30) minutes before the performance, the touch tour and audio description involves a table of props and costume elements in the lobby that can be explored with touch, as well as a brief presentation in the theatre detailing the set and introducing patrons to the voices of the actors
**Live Streaming** Aligned with the mission of representing marginalized voices, BWBTC has partnered with UIC’s Disability Cultural Center to tell the tale of the malicious Richard of Gloucester. Casting both non-disabled and disabled actors, this production will not only examine stage combat as a storytelling tool, but interrogate the divide between “regular” theatre and “theatre for the disabled”.
