Babes With Blades presents...

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http://www.babeswithblades.org/run7affair-honor.htm

Babes With Blades presents the winners of their International Playwriting Competition:

Satisfaction
by Tony Wolf
directed by David Woolley

AND

Mrs. Dire's House of Crumpets and Solutions
by Byron Hatfield
directed by Alison Dornheggen

(Brief, partial nudity in both pieces)
April 7 - May 14, 2006
Thursday - Saturday 7:30PM, Sunday 7:00PM

The Viaduct Theater
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, 60618


Tickets: $15 students & seniors; $18 general


SPECIAL DEALS:

Previews:
Wednesday, April 5th and Thursday, April 6th at 7:30 PM
$5 students, $10 general

Industry Nights:
Fridays: April 14, 21, 28 & May 5
$12 w/headshot &/or industry resume

Bring Your Religious Icon Day: Sunday, April 16
$5 off general admission w/pentacle, crucifix, etc.

Mothers’ Day Weekend: May 11-14
Win a spa package from Thousand Waves Spa for women


Tickets are available through the Babes With Blades box office:
773.275.0440
or on our website:
http://www.babeswithblades.org/run7affair-honor.htm

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Every picture tells a story - or two!

The famous duel between women depicted in Emile Bayard's lithograph "An Affair of Honor" springs to life - twice! - as two playwrights take different paths to the place where fine art and stage combat meet. Babes With Blades proudly presents the world premiere of the winning one acts from their international playwriting competition, Joining Sword and Pen.


CAST:

Dawn "Sam" Alden*
Mary Anne Bowman*
Amy E. Harmon*
Gillian Humiston
Mary Becker
Stephanie Repin*
Rachel Stubbs

STAFF:

Assistant Director: Beth Cummings
Producer: Libby Beyreis*
Assistant Producer: Brenda Kelly*
Stage Manager: Kjerstine McHugh*

Joshua D. Allard, Costume Design
Beth Cummings, Prop Design
Jesse Klug, Lighting Design
Julie Lutgen, Set Design
John Zuiker, Sound Design
(* denotes BWB ensemble member)


"Fortius Stylus Gladio, Sed Prudens Ambos Portat"
The pen is mightier than the sword, but a wise woman carries both.


***Why are the women in the lithograph topless? ***

Historically, women fought topless for all the reasons men did.

Men would strip to the waist before engaging in a duel for many reasons: to reduce the risk of infecting a wound when a piece of clothing fiber became imbedded in it, to prove that they weren't concealing body armor underneath their clothes (giving them a decided advantage in a duel) and to remove any restrictive clothing that would prevent them from moving as freely and as quickly as they would need to while fighting for their lives. All these factors would have influenced women's duels as well.

As duels were of necessity fought in secret, the partial nudity would not have been an additional issue for the participants, nor would any spectators have witnessed it. We are basing our choice of the lithograph on this presupposition.