Final Weekend of Barsotti's FACING ANGELA

Don't miss your chance to see Angela in action this weekend!  WildClaw literary manager Scott T. Barsotti's play, FACING ANGELA, closes this weekend at the Athenaeum Theatre.  Performances Thursday thru Saturday evening, 8pm and Sunday at 2pm.  Featuring makeup by the Claw's fearless leader Aly Renee Amidei and performance by casting mistress Casey Cunningham.  FOUR MORE.  Don't miss. 

Photo and graphic design by the Ruckus

Barsotti's FACING ANGELA Kicks Off

WildClaw's literary monster is at it again.  Scott T. Barsotti's newest play, FACING ANGELA, opens later this month at the Athenaeum Theatre.  The play, featuring WildClaw company member Casey Cunningham, just launched a Kickstarter campaign aimed at raising money for the makeup and mask team, led by WildClaw's fearless leader Aly Renee Amidei.  

From left, Casey Cunningham, Christine Vrem-Ydstie, and Susan Myburgh
consider the faces in the mirror.  Photo by Gerard Van Halsema.

Considering the warped nooks and crannies of Barsotti's brain, Aly and her team is in for a challenge.  If you're interested in contributing, click the Kickstarter link above.  The Ruckus has created an awesome video detailing the project and the work ahead.

Tickets to FACING ANGELA available now! 

Scott T. Barsotti's BREWED is now open!

WildClavian Scott T. Barsotti's newest play BREWED just opened at Theater Wit (1229 W Belmont in Chicago), and we think you should check that out.  In fact, we think you should check it out soon.
You can get your tickets on Theater Wit's website and The Ruckus and Tympanic are offering $5 off the next two Thursdays (3/7 and 3/14) with the discount code SISTER.

New City Chicago says "RECOMMENDED. When the first line of a play is “motherfucker,” you know you’re probably in for a good time. Brewed is a lively production full of everything from ultra violence to the supernatural and even some dark family issues."  Read full review.

Splash Chicago Magazine says "Brewed is recommended for its very dark satire and wickedly awesome fight scenes...My brother and I sometimes fight, but in the world of Brewed the sisters look like they are auditioning for "Fight Club" (by the time the play was over there were mangled feet, bloodied noses, and blackened eyes). Read full review.

WildClaw company member Casey Cunningham assistant directed this beauty, and you may recognize Erin Myers from our 2011 production of Carmilla. 

If you've ever watched a family drama on the stage or screen and said to yourself, "I might have liked that better if there were more actual punches thrown.  Or more mysticism.  Or more body horror," then BREWED's the play for you.  It's dark, it's funny, it's violent.  What more could you want from a night out, friends of the Claw?

Tympanic Theatre Company and The Ruckus present

BREWED

by Scott T. Barsotti

directed by Anna C. Bahow

March 2-24

Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 7pm

@ Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave.

CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS

The task is stirring a pot…all day, every day. The sisters don’t share it as they once did. With Nannette busy racing stock cars and Roxette off doing her own thing, the others are left to shoulder the burden. But Paulette is fed up; Collette is clueless; and Babette, crippled in more ways than one, is volatile. Juliette does her best to maintain order and civility…for now. But why must they do this? And where else can fights go when you already use your fists?  When Roxette brings her new girlfriend home and calls everyone together, old venom bubbles up and grievance flares, setting into motion an impossible moral struggle. BREWED is a play about gatherings, sacrifice, and the dark art of obligation.

Scott T. Barsotti's website
The Ruckus Theater's website
Tympanic Theatre Company's website
(Photos by Gerard Van Halsema)