ACT OUT: Babes With Blades Theatre Company Presents the World Premiere of Bo Thomas and the Case of the Sky Pirates

“She's one mean cracker jack with a pointy surprise inside.”

A detective agency’s Girl Friday is the real brains behind the operation in a production directed by Leigh Barrett

Babes With Blades have been favs of ours for years and this World Premier is high on our must see list.

All photos by Steven Townshend BWB Photo 1: Megan Schemmel

In a world premiere production, Babes With Blades Theatre Company is proud to present Bo Thomas and the Case of the Sky Pirates, by Eric Simon, at Raven Theatre West Stage, 6157 N. Clark St.  The show will run Thursdays-Saturdays at 8PM and Sundays at 3:30PM from August 17-September 21.

Bo Thomas and the Case of the Sky Pirates is directed by BWBTC Artistic Director Leigh Barrett*, and the cast features Mark Lancaster, Jennifer L. Mickelson*, Megan Schemmel*, Kelly Yacono*, and Maureen Yasko*. The violence design is by JKChoreography (Kim Fukawa* and Jay Burkhardt).

 About the Play

Girl Friday Bo Thomas has been doing the bulk of the detecting for the Sam Lowell Detective Agency, squeaking by on nickel-and-dime petty theft jobs, waiting for that first big case. When reclusive heiress Lydia Day asks the agency to investigate a strange arson at an area orphanage, it seems like a shot at the big time, but things aren't always what they seem….

Bo Thomas and the Case of The Sky Pirates is a veteran of BWBTC’s Fighting Words program (2010). For more information about Fighting Words, please see BWBTC’s website here. 

Tickets:

$20 general admission

$12 students and seniors

Available at babeswithblades.org or 773-904-0391.

 The design and production team of Bo Thomas and the Case of the Sky Pirates includes Lauren Angel-Nichols (Scenic Design), Rachel Ellis (Assistant Stage Manager), Diane Fairchild (Lighting Design), Ticha Guillaud (Props Design), Kjerstine Humiston* (Assistant Director), Michael Kunc (Sound Design/Original Music), Kimberly Logan* (Production Manager), Lindsey Miller (Stage Manager), Kimberly Morris* (Costume Design), Megan Turnquist (Assistant to Lighting Designer), and Jon Woelfer (Technical Director).

 *denotes BWBTC ensemble member

About the company

Babes With Blades Theatre Company uses stage combat to place women and their stories center stage. Through performance, script development, training, and outreach, our ensemble creates theatre that explores the wide range of the human experience, and cultivates broader perspectives in the arts community and in society as a whole.

BWB Photo 2: Megan Schemmel,  Kelly Yacono 

WHAT: Babes With Blades Theatre Company presents Bo Thomas and the Case of the Sky Pirates by Eric Simon, directed by Leigh Barrett.

WHERE: Raven Theatre West Stage, 6157 N. Clark in Chicago

WHEN: 

RUN:  August 17-September 21

Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 8PM

Sundays at 3:30PM

TICKETS: babeswithblades.org or 773-904-0391

Tickets $20, Students/Seniors $12, Previews $8

Cast: Mark Lancaster, Jennifer L. Mickelson*, Megan Schemmel*, Kelly Yacono*, and  Maureen Yasko*

Production Team:

Director: Leigh Barrett*

Assistant Director: Kjerstine Humiston*

Production Manager: Kimberly Logan*

Violence Designer: JKChoreography (Kim Fukawa* and Jay Burkhardt).

Stage Manager: Lindsey Miller

Assistant Stage Manager: Rachel Ellis

Technical Director: Jon Woelfer

Costume Designer: Kimberly Morris*

Set Designer: Lauren Angel-Nichols  

Sound Designer: Michael Kunc

Lighting Designer: Diane Fairchild

Assistant Lightning Designer: Megan Turnquist 

Props Designer: Ticha Guillaud

 *Denotes BWBTC ensemble member

All photos by Steven Townshend.  

BWB Photo 3: Megan Schemmel, Kelly Tacono