Ed Jones in The Movie Queens

Check our Ed Jones as Carol Ann in the new Movie Queens segment featuring The Things I Will Not Miss from The Lost Horizon!

TRAN-The Atari Musical

Catch Handbagger Michael Miller in Scooty and Jojo’s take on the uh…, ‘innovative’ neon Disney film, TRON. Of course it’s called TRAN- were you expecting anything less from the minds of Scott Bradley and Jonny Stax? Scott directed Caged Dames and The Birds. As Joan said about Tina, ‘Something good had to rub off…”.

Smith and Grimm at Davenports

If you enjoy the timeless music of Rogers and Hart, Jerry Hermann, and Andrew Lloyd Webber . . . DON’T SEE THIS SHOW!  Instead, come let Smith and Grimm assault your ears (and morals) with a collection of original songs and parodies that will keep you laughing from beginning to end (and probably inspire you [...]

Die! Mommie Die! Audition date added

We have added Thursday, Jan. 24 to the Die! Mommie, Die! audition dates. We are auditioning for the following roles:
Lance Sussman- The alluring, mentally unstable college age son of Angela Arden and Sol Sussman with a penchant for men.
Edith Sussman- Angela and Sol’s father loving, mother loathing beautiful and spoiled daughter. Late teens, early 20’s.  
Tony Parker- The tall and [...]

Handbag Audition Notice- Die! Mommie, Die!

Hell in a Handbag Productions, Chicago’s leading camp/parody theater company is holding auditions Jan. 22 & 23, for the
Chicago premiere of Charles Busch’s Die! Mommie Die!  tentatively opening April 21 2008- running until June 8. The play is a smart, campy homage/parody of 60’s horror melodramas.
We are casting for the following roles:
 
Edith Sussman- [...]

The Birds in Best of Chicago Stage 2007

More accolades for The Birds in Gay Chicago’s Best of Chicago Stage 2007! Congratulations to the cast and crew of The Birds.

The Birds in Chicago Tribune ‘Best of 07′ list!

Congratulations to The Birds on making the Chicago Tribunes ‘Best of ‘07 fringe theater list of the best of the year! How tweet it is…

Photo by Bill Dow

David Cerda featured in ChicagoPride.com/Gay Chicago

See the extremely shy David Cerda, Artistic Director of Hell in a Handbag in Gay Chicago in print and online at ChicagoPride.com as the inaugural subject in Jason Freeman’s new column, Bedfellows.
Cerda is wearing his night wear- Liberace socks (from the Liberace museum), Flintstones boxers and of course a Joan Crawford (Strait-Jacket) comfy tee.
 Photo by Frank [...]

Caged Dames in CURVE Magazine

Yowza! Caged Dames was given a shout out in Curve Magazine, the nations’ top lesbian periodical (like the choice of words? I thought so). We are pleased as lobster to be in such a cool magazine. Thanks!

Rudolph the Red-Hosed Reindeer in the news!

Hear about Rudolph on WBEZ’s Hello Beautiful show as a critics holiday pick.
See Ruth Claus from Rudolph the Red-Hosed Reindeer, the fabulous Elizabeth Lesinski in a TimeOut Chicago holiday fashion spread! Photo by Anna Knott.