Babes With Blades Theatre Company Announces Special Events

).  Then head across the street for the evening's performance, featuring Alison Dornheggen* and Megan Schemmel.  Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; tickets are $25 and may be purchased at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/218754 or by calling 773-904-0391.  Poitin Stil is located at 1502 W. Jarvis, Chicago, 60626 (773-338-3285).

Finally, the company will invite patrons to help support Grace House on May 3-5, collecting donations at all performances.  Grace House is a residential program that provides interim housing, emotional and spiritual support, and professional counseling to women who are exiting the Illinois prison system.  More information is available at http://slministries.org/gh/.

 "Trash," by Arthur M. Jolly,  is the winner of the 2011-2012 Joining Sword & Pen Playwriting Competition.  Fresh from a funeral, sisters Diane and Becky dig through a landfill – and family grievances – in search of the letter from their dying mother that Becky threw away unopened.  The production will feature unarmed and found-object combat by JK Choreography.

For the first time in the company's history, BWBTC will present one production with two rotating casts.  Elizabeth MacDougald* and Jennifer L. Mickelson* make up one cast, while the other comprises  Alison Dornheggen* and Megan Schemmel, who returns for her second BWBTC production after appearing as Benvolio in 2011's "Romeo & Juliet."

 Production staff includes Leigh Barrett* (Lighting Designer/BWBTC Artistic Director), Libby Beyreis* (Production Manager), Jay Burckhardt (Violence Co-Designer), Jennifer Corcoran (Set Designer), Matthew Cummings (Props Designer), Delia Ford* (Director), Kim Fukawa* (Violence Co-Designer), Sara Robinson (Stage Manager) and Melissa Schlesinger (Sound Designer).
*Denotes BWB Ensemble Member

"Trash" will offer two openings, on Sunday, April 1 at 7 p.m. and Monday, April 2 at 8pm, at The Side Project Theatre, 1439 W. Jarvis Ave., Chicago, 60626.  Previews are March 25 at 7 p.m.  and March 30 at 8 p.m., as well as March 24 and March 31, both at 8 p.m.  The show runs Thursday-Sunday, April 5 to May 5, Thurs.-Sat. 8 p.m. and Sun. 7 p.m.
Tickets are $8 for previews, $20 regular performances.  Tickets for students and seniors are $12.  For tickets call 773-904-0391 or to go https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/218754.  A breakdown of each cast's performance schedule  is available at that page or at http://babeswithblades.org/?page_id=424.

Babes With Blades Theatre Company will kick off its 15th anniversary season in fall of 2012 with "Susan Swayne and the Bewildered Bride" by Reina Hardy, followed by an all-female "Julius Caesar" in spring 2013.