Death & Pretzels to Present THE BASEMENT COMPANY This Fall

Chicagoland theatrical company, Death & Pretzels will produce their first show in their new black box studio, Nox Arca Theatre, with a staging of the Chicago premiere of The Basement Company a new play by Adam Harrell.

The production will run Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights at 7:30pm and Sunday afternoons at 3:00pm from October 26-28 & November 2-18 at the Nox Arca Theatre in Ravenswood (4001 N. Ravenswood #405 Chicago, Illinois 60613).

Tickets ($18.00 w/ industry available) may be obtained at the door and online at basementcompany.bpt.me.

In the Chicago premiere of Adam Harrell's THE BASEMENT COMPANY, a trio of actors wake to find themselves chained up in the basement of a psychopathic playwright. Being forced to perform their kidnapper's magnum opus- a five hour long, film noir play- the trio must put on the performance of their lives... for their lives.

Directed by Madison Smith, THE BASEMENT COMPANY features fight choreography by Will Bennett and stars Guy Wicke, Shelby Garrett, Nick Strauss and Jason Kirkpatrick.

Death & Pretzels is a Chicago-based theatre company dedicated to exploring oddity, antiquity and ensemble built experiences- we have a vested interest in producing works that are long-forgotten, oft-neglected or out-of-the box. We strive to create theater you can't see anywhere else. D&P was born in April of 2014 when a group of artists came together to collaborate on a production of S. Ansky's The Dybbuk, a 100 year old Yiddish ghost story. D&P's first production ignited a passion for stories told through a strong ensemble, featuring bold, interesting female characters and themes often centered around the occult, religion and the exploration of the unknown. Over the course of their first three seasons, Death & Pretzels has had the honor of presenting the Chicago premieres of Chiara Atik's Women, Steve Yockey's very still & hard to see, the American premiere of James Odin Wade's Helmut's Big Day and the world premiere of Paul Pasulka's Gruoch, or Lady Macbeth and Joey Katsiroubas & Dan Hass' Musical Therapy.