Hip-hop style re-telling of the Bard's Julius Caesar. Click the link to read about the Q Brothers' latest.
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Muddy Waters is ALIVE again-- Black Ensemble Theater STYLE! Click the link for a picture rich preview in Picture This Post magazine-
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The 1938 thriller where the all to familiar term "gaslighting" originated. Click the link to read the PIcture This Post preview--
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The JR HS Mean Girls gets their comeuppance from the now Queen of North America-- a story far too many of us can relate to- Click the link to read the Picture This Post preview-
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You can catch “Two Out of Three Falls” on Sunday, Sept. 7 at 2:30 p.m. & Saturday, Sept. 13 at 2:30 p.m.
All performances at @brambleartsloft. Tickets on sale now. Link in bio.
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From left to right: Jackie Cartwright - Patrick Blashill (He/Him) Johanna Goodish - Brittany Ellis (She/Her) Amos Goodish - Eric Federickson (He/Him) Gilda Saxton - Kim Fukawa (She/Her) Olympus Montez/Podcast Co-host - Jelani Julyus (He/Him) Stage Directions - Lizzy Mosher (She/Her) Eduardo Quinones - Jorge Salas (He/Him) Meg Bishop - Amber Washington (She/Her) Dan Metzger/Tony Voss/Promoter - Jason Weinberg (He/Him)
Our 2025 Fighting Words Festival starts in TWO DAYS and are thrilled to introduce you to our cast of “Two Out of Three Falls” by Bill Daniel.
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You can catch “yo ho.” on Sat, Sept. 6 @ 7:30 p.m. & Sun, Sept. 14 at 2:30 p.m. All performances at @brambleartsloft. Tickets on sale now. Link in bio.
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We are so excited that our 2025 Fighting Words Festival starts this weekend and are thrilled to introduce you to our cast of “yo ho.” by SMJ.
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Ruminations of a queer sex worker...
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This novel by Stephen King was just begging for a dramatic stage adaptation-- Read the preview by clicking the picture--
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From left to right: Amalia - Brandi Jiminez Lee (She/Her) Bertha - Kate Lass (She/Her) Donna - Vanessa Copeland (She/Her) Edie- Deanna Palmer (She/Her) Kathleen - Tina-Kim Ngyuen (She/Her) Marty - Caty Gordon Hall (She/Her) Ruth- Ahlora Victoria (She/Her) Stage Directions - Stefanie Johnsen (She/Her)
We are so excited that our 2025 Fighting Words Festival starts this weekend and are thrilled to introduce you to our cast of Calvaria by Maggie Smith.
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An early chapter in the culture wars-- when the first sitcom was a victim of McCarthy Era abuses-- Click the photo to read the Picture This Post preview--
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Jessica Pennachio has a B.A in Theatre Performance from UNC Charlotte, and completed the Actor’s Gymnasium Professional Circus Training Program focusing in partner acrobatics and juggling. She is a trained stunt performer and an Advanced Actor Combatant with the SAFD, and has assisted stage combat classes at The Actor’s Gymnasium, Open Gate Movement Arts, Roosevelt University, Acting Studio Chicago, and regional workshops. She has performed with Babes with Blades, Collaboraction, Rough House, Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble, and the Carolina Renaissance Festival. She is a fight choreographer for stage and screen, a design team member with Mythweaver Productions, and loves to learn and fight with friends!
Two weekends of exciting new scripts like “yo ho.” with fully choregraphed fights, all at @brambleartsloft. SEPTEMBER 6 - 14. Tickets on sale now. Link in bio.
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We are so excited that our 2025 Fighting Words Festival is a week away, and we would love to introduce you to our stellar Fight Choreographers. Finally, for Calvaria, we have Jessica Pennachio.
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Carly Belle “CB” Cason (They/She) is an actor, dancer, and fight choreographer living in Chicago, with roots deep in the heart of Texas. CB has degrees in Theatre and Dance from TX A&M University Corpus Christi, she is an Advanced Actor Combatant with the SAFD, and a founding member of Counterfeit Combat. This is their first production with BWBTC and they are excited to be here! Other choreography credits include: And They Were Shipmates, Origin of Liberty Belle (Counterfeit Combat), 6 Men Dressed as Joseph Stalin (A Red Orchid Theatre), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Haven), This is Only a Test (Broken Nose Theatre), and Leap of Fate (Nonsense Productions).
Two weekends of exciting new scripts like “yo ho.” with fully choregraphed fights, all at @brambleartsloft. SEPTEMBER 6 - 14. Tickets on sale now. Link in bio.
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We are so excited that our 2025 Fighting Words Festival is a week away, and we would love to introduce you to our stellar Fight Choreographers. Next is Carly Belle Cason for "yo ho."
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Two sisters go on a reality show together...and that's where the start is the end.. READ the Picture This Post preview by clicking the picture--
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Story of a New Orleans mobster whose nemesis was RFK--the good RFK, not his evil narcissist offspring of today-- READ THE PREVIEW by clicking the picture--
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Axel Rico is a local professional wrestler in the Chicagoland scene since 2017. He has been on All Elite Wrestling, the National Wrestling Alliance, and Ohio Valley Wrestling Programming. You have seen him regularly wrestle at Chicago Style Wrestling, Galli Lucha Libre, and 2econd Pro Wrestling. To catch him flying through the air, slamming people through tables, or hitting the best drop kick in the game... please follow on Instagram @AxelRRRRico He like to thank Babes With Blades to allow him to bring his expertise to one of their productions and a special thanks to Lauren for being the best Cheerleader and Merch Girl.
Two weekends of exciting new scripts like “Two Out of Three Falls” with fully choregraphed fights, all at @brambleartsloft. SEPTEMBER 6 - 14. Tickets on sale now. Link in bio.
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We are so excited that our 2025 Fighting Words Festival is a little over a week away, and we would love to introduce you to our stellar Fight Choreographers. First off, is Axel Rico for Two Out of Three Falls.
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Ashley is thrilled to be directing for the Fighting Words Fest for the first time! She has been focusing on the offstage side of theater for the last couple of years and is loving it! She will also be directing the full production of Two Out of Three Falls at The Factory Theater in the summer of 2026. She wants to thank this amazing cast for being as excited about this show as she is, Axel Rico for teaching us how to wrestle for the stage and Bill Daniel for writing such a killer story! Let's get ready to rumble!
Two weekends of exciting new scripts like “Two Out of Three Falls” with fully choregraphed fights, all at @brambleartsloft. SEPTEMBER 6 - 14. Tickets on sale now. Link in bio.
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We are so excited that our 2025 Fighting Words Festival is less than TWO WEEKS AWAY, and we would love to introduce you to our amazing directors. Next is Ashley Yates, director of “Two Out of Three Falls”
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![Maureen Yasko (aka Moe) [she/hers] is a Chicago-based Jeff-Nominated Fight Director, Intimacy Director, Actor, Musician, and Teaching Artist. Recent choreo credits include Kitty James and Destiny’s Trail to Oregon (Factory Theater), The Tempest (Idle Muse), Richard III, Plaid as Hell (Babes With Blades Theatre Co.) and Romeo & Juliet (Lakeside Shakespeare, Midsommer Flight). Moe recently appeared onstage in BWBTC’s productions of The S Paradox and The Duchess of Malfi. She serves as the Resident Intimacy Director & Associate Fight Director of Midsommer Flight; an artistic affiliate of Babes With Blades Theatre Co; and an Adjunct Professor at Columbia College Chicago. Maureen is a Certified Teacher of Stage Combat with the SAFD and her intimacy training is from TIE and IDC. Originally based out of Atlanta, she has been honored to perform, choreograph, movement direct, and teach all over the country. In Chicagoland, Maureen has collaborated with the above as well as Red Theatre, First Folio, A Crew of Patches, City Lit, Promethean Theatre Ensemble, Citadel Theatre, Aurora University and more. When not creating in a theater you’ll likely find Moe teaching in a studio as a Certified Yoga Instructor.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:na3ggxthmbbycwwqoycolvx3/bafkreieqfvn5ql5dgk3ukve2biby6h6aukugctsjbnjo5plz3qp7zvifpm)
Maureen Yasko (aka Moe) [she/hers] is a Chicago-based Jeff-Nominated Fight Director, Intimacy Director, Actor, Musician, and Teaching Artist. Recent choreo credits include Kitty James and Destiny’s Trail to Oregon (Factory Theater), The Tempest (Idle Muse), Richard III, Plaid as Hell (Babes With Blades Theatre Co.) and Romeo & Juliet (Lakeside Shakespeare, Midsommer Flight). Moe recently appeared onstage in BWBTC’s productions of The S Paradox and The Duchess of Malfi. She serves as the Resident Intimacy Director & Associate Fight Director of Midsommer Flight; an artistic affiliate of Babes With Blades Theatre Co; and an Adjunct Professor at Columbia College Chicago. Maureen is a Certified Teacher of Stage Combat with the SAFD and her intimacy training is from TIE and IDC. Originally based out of Atlanta, she has been honored to perform, choreograph, movement direct, and teach all over the country. In Chicagoland, Maureen has collaborated with the above as well as Red Theatre, First Folio, A Crew of Patches, City Lit, Promethean Theatre Ensemble, Citadel Theatre, Aurora University and more. When not creating in a theater you’ll likely find Moe teaching in a studio as a Certified Yoga Instructor.
Two weekends of exciting new scripts like “yo ho.” with fully choregraphed fights, all at @brambleartsloft. SEPTEMBER 6 - 14. Tickets on sale now. Link in bio.
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Morgan Manasa (she/her), a graduate of the Chicago College of Performing Arts and Theatre Conservatory at Roosevelt University, has been a theatremaker in Chicago for over 20 years. Morgan is a company member at BWBTC where she’s directed Joining Sword & Pen winning scripts The Lady Demands Satisfaction (Jeff Recommended) and The S Paradox. Other directing credits include JANE: Abortion and the Underground (Jeff Recommended), The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Jeff Recommended), and In The Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) with Idle Muse Theatre Ensemble and Why Dogs Don’t Talk with First Folio. Thank you for supporting live theatre! www.morganmanasa.com
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Two weekends of dynamic staged readings of exciting new scripts with fully choregraphed fights, all at the Bramble Arts Loft. SEPTEMBER 6 - 14. Tickets on sale now. Link in bio.
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Bill Daniel is an actor/playwright living in the city of Chicago. A graduate of Illinois State University, Bill has spent over a decade in Chicago creating silly stories for silly people. As a playwright, he has written for WildClaw Theatre (Hell Followed With Her, Cavities), E.D.G.E. Theatre (Holmes vs. Holmes, What’s All This Then, La Mousquetaire, Through Black Glass), Illinois State University’s Freestage Festival (The Glass Man, Pingree Road), McHenry County College (What’s All This Then), The Living Canvas (Rain), Nothing Special Productions (Manhunt: The Great Waldo Search), Woodstock’s TownSquare Players (Sitting at the Kid’s Table), Hobo Junction (The Great Sloppy Joe Extermination, Steeping the Tea) and Wayward Productions (Frock Club). In 2013, Bill undertook a project inspired by Suzan Lori-Parks, wherein he wrote a short play every day for an entire year.
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SMJ (they/them) is a mixed-Latiné, non-binary playwright and theatermaker originally from Mount Vernon, OH. They were a 2022-2023 Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellow. Currently, SMJ is creating work with Latinx Playwrights Circle, The Orchard Project, and Andy’s Summer Playhouse. Their work has been seen in various forms with Ars Nova, Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, New York Stage and Film, Latiné Musical Theatre Lab, National Queer Theater, Carnegie Mellon University, New York University, Otterbein University, Wright State University, University of Texas-El Paso, Art House Productions, The Road Theatre Company, The Flea Theater, Live Arts, The DR2 Theatre, The Vineyard Theatre, American Theatre Group, The Arden Theater, and The Tank. SMJ has been a finalist for the 2024-25 Princess Grace Award in Playwriting at New Dramatists, 2024 June Bingham New Playwright Commission, 2023 Parity Development Award, 2024 Diverse Voices Playwriting Initiative at Illinois State University, and Write Out Loud as well as a semifinalist for the O’Neill’s National Playwrights Conference (three times), the 2022-23 Princess Grace Award in Playwriting at New Dramatists, and the Van Lier Fellowship at Rattlestick Theater. Member of the Dramatists Guild and Ring of Keys. www.smjwrites.com
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Maggie Smith (she/her) is an playwright, performer, and comedian based in Chicago, Illinois. Originally from Omaha, Nebraska, Maggie moved to Chicago to attend Loyola University Chicago, where she received a BA in Theatre, while minoring in English and Shakespeare Studies. At Loyola, Maggie led two projects, Rats and Saint Louise, Pray for Us, the first being a devised parody musical and the second a staged reading of her two-act play. Upon graduating, she was accepted into the Second City’s Conservatory Training Program, where she completed her training in September 2023. As a writer, Maggie challenges herself and her audience to process difficult topics through comedic lenses. She takes from her own life experiences to create a casual representation of the queer experience. In order to depict an experience that she is familiar with, she prefers to write characters in stories where their identities are not the driving force of the piece. Because of this, she finds herself called to place queer characters at the forefront of comedies. After all, that's what her life is.
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Teens, queer, ghosts-- click the poster to read the Picture This Post preview--
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A Countess becomes a carnivore and a mother becomes a monster...the legend hits a Chicago stage. Click the poster image to read the Picture This Post preview--
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