POSEIDON! Receives Three Jeff Nominations

Congratulations to Handbag ensemble members Brigitte Ditmars, Steve Kimbrough and Trista Smith for their Jeff Award nominations.
Choreography
Brigitte Ditmars- POSEIDON! An Upside Down Musical
Supporting Actor in a Musical
Steve Kimbrough-POSEIDON! An Upside Down Musical
Supporting Actress in a Musical
Trista Smith- POSEIDON! An Upside Down Musical

Lady X- Behind the Mascara

Michael Hampton talks about his role in Lady X

Lady X- Under the Mascara

See a behind the scenes look at our Lady X rehearsal as Liz Lesinski teaches Ed Jones how to dance like a shady lady. Get tickets for Lady X now.

Advanced DISCOUNT tickets for Lady X now available!

Advanced tickets to the world premiere of Lady X are now available on Brown Paper Tickets. Enter code word ‘handbag’ and save $5 on Friday and Saturday shows.

Free reading- This is Grand, Mar. 24

Come and see myself and loads of other familiar faces in my friend Brooke’s exciting new play.
Theatrical types are encouraged to attend…,
This is Grand (Inspired by “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams) presented by the Performance Lab of Piven Theatre Workshop. You’ll like it.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: 927 Noyes Street Evanston, [...]

Handbag Audition notice

Hell in a Handbag Productions is holding auditions for our upcoming production of LADY X, a new play by David Cerda, a film noir parody. (Loosely based on the Bette Davis/Humphrey Bogart film “Marked Woman”). We’re specifically looking for: One young looking (20s) female for an innocent kid-sister role and one male (30s-50s) to play [...]

Ed Jones is an Orgie Award Recipient

Congratulations to Ed Jones for receiving an ORGIE AWARD. The Orgies are a secret society of folks that hand out Chicago theatrical honors yearly. The winner receives a $100 check and an underground pat on the back. Ed won for his role as ‘Nonnie’ in POSEIDON! An Upside Down Musical. Well deserved!

David Cerda in Walk of Shame

See Artistic Director David Cerda spill his guts this Saturday in The Walk of Shame (True Stories of Personal Humiliation)
Featuring The New Colonists, David Cerda, Jack Tamburri, Vintage Gramma, Cameron Esposito
Saturday, February 27, 2010 - 10:30pm
Tickets: $15- USE CODE WORD SHOW FOR SPECIAL $10 TICKETS (ADVANCED ONLY)

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Following their riotous Victory Gardens show last [...]

Patricia Austin in The Analytical Engine

 

See Handbag’s Patricia Austin in special friend of Handbag Jon Steinhagen’s newest play.
In 1850 Connecticut, Hippolyta Powell has actually built the world’s first computer, an analytical engine.  Rather than use the machine to solve complex mathematical equations, she has used it to find her “perfect match,” much to the consternation of her family, the chosen [...]

Merrie Greenfield appears in The (edward) Hopper Project

 
See Merrie Greenfield in The (edward) Hopper Project

WNEP Theater brings to life a mosaic of characters inspired by the paintings of American realist artist Edward Hopper. Presented in a series of vignettes and short moments written by WNEP company members, a cast of seventeen actors follow Hopper’s New York from dawn to dark and thrust [...]