Hell in a Handbag Productions Presents TROGG! 6/2

Join Hell in a Handbag Productions very first League of Chicago Theatre's Theater Thursday evening featuring our our world premiere TROGG! A Musical. Loosely based on the final film of legendary actress Joan Crawford, TROG, Hell in a Handbag's Trogg! A Musical adds teenagers, rock and roll, and romance to the mix with Handbag's extra special touch that has made them Chicago's leading purveyors of camp and parody theater.

See the show and join us afterwards for a special talkback with the director, Scott Ferguson and the playwright and leading lady, David Cerda for a discussion on parody and camp theater in Chicago. The event will be hosted by SNL alumni and film and television actress , Nora Dunn. Refreshments and special caveman delicacies will be served as well.

ABOUT TROGG! A Musical

It's 1967, and Sunset Cove, a sleepy little coastal town in Southern California is rocked to its core when a big, furry monster is discovered in a nearby cave. It's up to the nation's top 'lady anthropologist', Dr. Joan Cannon (David Cerda), to uncover the truth about this mysterious creature. With the help of her trusted maid/paleontologist, Carol Ann (Ed Jones), Dr. Cannon sets out to prove that the creature is an actual prehistoric caveman- a Troglodyte. Standing in their way is Jonas Huntington, Joan's former flame, now a renowned religious author and Mayor of Sunset Cove. Complicating matters further is the budding romance between Joan's headstrong rock and roll loving daughter, Barbara and Jonas's equally strong-willed son, Rex.

TROGG! A Musical is written by Hell in a Handbag Artistic Director, and co-founder, David Cerda (POSEIDON! An Upside Down Musical, Rudolph the Red Hosed-Reindeer) and is his first new musical since Caged Dames produced in 2007. Cheryl Snodgrass (POSEIDON! An Upside Down Musical, Lady X) and Taylor E. Ross (SCARRIE! The Musical) collaborated with Cerda on the book and music, respectively. Scott Ferguson is directing the project.

See what happens when science clashes with religion, a caveman meets rock and roll and a town learns the true definition of being human in TROGG! A Musical, Hell in a Handbag's first new musical in 4 years!
Digital press photos available at our website: www.handbagproductions.org

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