THE GOOD FIGHT
By: Anne Bertram
A Chicago Premiere… Developed Via Fighting Words 2011!
About the Show
The Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU), led by Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughter Christabel, was the primary militant group pushing for women’s suffrage in the United Kingdom. Under the slogan “Deeds, not words,” the WSPU advocated targeting property as a form of protest, from smashing shop windows to burning and bombing buildings. Imprisoned WSPU members – including Emmeline Pankhurst – launched hunger strikes, which were initially countered by the authorities with force-feeding; later the government introduced the “Cat and Mouse Act,” under which dying suffragettes were released, only to be re-imprisoned once regaining their health.
To defend their members, the WSPU built “The Bodyguard” – an all-female security team, trained in jujutsu – and THE GOOD FIGHT began.
| WHERE | City Lit Theater 1020 W Bryn Mawr Ave, Chicago 2nd Floor, Edgewater Presbyterian Church |
| WHEN | January 6 – February 17, 2018 |
| SHOWTIMES | Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm Sundays at 3:00pm |
| PREVIEWS | January 6 at 8:00pm January 7 at 3:00pm January 12 at 8:00pm January 13 at 8:00pm January 14 at 3:00pm |
| PRESS OPENING | Monday, January 15 at 8:00pm |
| OPEN CAPTIONING | January 25 at 8:00pm January 26 at 8:00pm January 27 at 8:00pm January 28 at 3:00pm |
| CLOSING NIGHT | Saturday, February 17 at 8:00pm |
