Bailiwick Art Center (Chicago, IL)
Lesbians Who Kill is a satirical gender-bending look at what might motivate women--lesbians in particular--to become killers. Through musical numbers, parody and memorable movie moments, this imaginative, unconventional play aggressively explores anger, s*xism and violent impulses.
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poorly written, poorly acted....a presentation that could have been cutting edge satire but after 15 min. we wanted to bolt
Bailiwick’s Second Sex Series presents the Chicago premiere of Lesbians Who Kill, written by Deb Margolin, Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver, who have been transforming the landscape of queer performance since the 1980 debut of the Shaw/Weaver-written Split Britches, which was produced in 1988 for PBS.
Directed by Lauren Love and L. M. Attea, former artistic associate at the Outward Spiral Theatre Co. in Minneapolis, this two-actor tour-de-force features Lisa Cordileone and Tiffany Albers-Lopez.
According to co-director Love, “If the popular media—from Hollywood to the pop song to print journalism—have equated lesbian desire with gender confusion and murderous impulses, the butch-femme fatales of Lesbians Who Kill grab hold of the images meant to malign them and seek new power through them. Lesbians Who Kill sends up film noir, sappy love songs and the sensational coverage of the Aileen Wuornos serial killer case that created a special kind of monster: the ‘oversexed lesbian psychopath.’ Exploring the limits of their long-term relationship, the play’s dynamic duo lip sync, drag it up, sing, dance, kill time and fantasize—with avenging force—about becoming killers.”
Since its founding in 1982, Bailiwick Repertory has consistently endeavored to achieve the vision of gifted directors in productions that have been as diverse as their audiences. They have also worked hard to remain accessible, affordable, and responsive to their community. With the director as fulcrum of their artistic process, Bailiwick has been recognized with more than 150 citations, nominations, and recommendations from the Jeff Committee for all aspects of production. They have also received more than three-dozen After Dark Awards, several Black Theater Alliance Awards, and the Pride Series has been inducted into the City of Chicago's Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame and been the recipient of the Torch Award from the Human Rights Campaign, the only theatre in the nation to be so honored.
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