The Birds this week 11/06/07

The Birds is once again, filling up fast this week.
Tonight is very full, but there are still tickets available and tomorrow is nearly sold out-one ticket left. Saturday is almost full so your best bet this week for larger groups is Friday night, Nov. 9.
Get tickets here and make sure to allow a half hour to find [...]

My Way of Life-

The one thing I miss about the 80’s- the pageant opening numbers…
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My Way of Life- A gentle reminder

I guess I need to address something that I never thought I had to address but after a Saturday night audience members bizarre behaviour I guess I should address it. Simply put, Hell in a Handbag Productions is a theater company that puts on plays, not a gathering of drinking buddies in some dark bar. [...]

See Brigitte Ditmars do the frontier musical thing

Catch ensemble member Brigitte Ditmars dance her little heart out in Forest Park, IL with our lovely friends at Circle Theatre

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
previews November 9, 10, and 13, 2007
November 14 - December 23, 2007
music by Gene DePaul
lyrics by Johnny Mercer
book by Lawrence Kasha and David Landay
directed by Kevin Bellie
music direction by Michael Sherman
The [...]

My Way of Life

Another weekend of packed houses for The Birds. We had both Tracy Repep’s and Merrie Greenfield’s parents in as well so I was on my best Eddie Haskell-like behavior. I heard not a peep form the miserable little clay man but thought of a monologue show that I might work on. Notes on Life and [...]

Tickets still available for The Birds tonight

There are still tickets available for tonights 7:30 performance of The Birds. Go to Brown Paper Tickets or call them directly at 1-800-838-3006. Tomorrows performance is sold out.

My Way of Life

We had another fantastic show last night and we seem to have fianlly gotten into a groove. The only problem we seem to have is with people who look at us as strange invaders and the funny thing about this is the pottery class instructor, who wears and looks just what you think a man [...]

My Way of Life

We had a fabulous Halloween house last night- 50-60 people, and they were all in the mood to laugh thank goodness.  The houses are quickly filling for the remaining available seats tonight and tomorrow and we will be in good shape financially (knocking on wood). The birds props are slowly falling apart. Every day more feathers and beaks [...]