The first production of our 2007-2008 season was Waiting for Lefty.  The production received rave reviews from critics and audience members alike.  Now the production has received two Joseph Jefferson Citation Nominations in the categories of Best Supporting Actress-Play (BackStage Company Member Rebekah Ward-Hays) and Best Ensemble-Play.  We are thrilled about the nominations and will be in attendance at the awards show on June 9th.  Check in after the 9th to see which awards we bring home!

Thank you for all your support and please check out the details of the third and final production of our 2007-2008 season below.

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OUR FINAL PRODUCTION OF THE 2007-2008 SEASON:

Bloody Bess; A Tale of Piracy and Revenge
conceived by Stuart Gordon
written by William J. Norris and John Ostrander
Directed by Geoff Coates

June 13-July 20, 2008
in association with DCA Theatre
The Storefront Theatre @ Gallery 37
66 East Randolph Street-Chicago

Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays @ 7:30pm
Sundays @ 3pm

To reserve tickets please call 312-742-TIXS (8497)
Or visit www.dcatheater.org

Tickets are $15-20

Featuring BackStage Ensemble Member:

Mr. Kuzava was last seen with BSTC in 2007's production of The Ruling Class.  

Also Featuring Alumni BackStage Performers: 

Ms Swan has been seen in the BSTC productions The Skin of Our Teeth and Zombies from the Beyond.

 

Mr. Graham was seen earlier this season in Waiting for Lefty.  

Featuring Backstage Ensemble Designers:                                                                                              Heath Hays-Set Design & Matt Roth-Lighting Design

The Story:  Bloody Bess, originally done by Chicago's own Organic Theatre, is a swashbuckling thriller that tells the story of Elizabeth Presberty, daughter to the governor of the island of Tobago .  After being taken prisoner by the pirate vessel The God's Love, she returns home to face betrayal and the murder of those she loves.  Elizabeth sheds her name and societal status to become Bloody Bess, a ruthless pirate captain who seeks to exact her revenge on those who have done her wrong.

""Bloody Bess," by William Norris and John Ostrander, the story of a woman pirate's revenge on the evil aristocrat who had raped her and murdered her father, was at once a full-out, stunt-filled evocation of old swashbucklers and an early, bristling feminist statement."

- Richard Christiansen

Eva Swan as Capt. Bloody Bess