When: October 4 — November 16; previews October 1 and 3
Where: Epworth UMC, 5253 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Price: $17–27; recommended 13+
Tags: #immersivetheatre, #sandbox, #interactive, #spooky, #history, #ContactAdvisory, #ContentAdvisory, #MobilityAdvisory (see below)
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The 16th Century Countess Elizabeth Bathory has been described as “the most vicious female serial killer in all recorded history,” and with her penchant for drinking the blood of virgins — a “beverage” she thought would keep her young — she is outrivaled only by Dracula in her fame as a vampire. Like Dracula, Bathory was born in Transylvania and it’s been said she enjoyed torturing and killing your girls before drinking and even bathing in their blood. No one knows what’s fact and what’s fiction in the legend of this bloody countess, but it’s all horrifying and is certain to scare the wits out of the audiences of BLOODY BATHORY.
In this world premiere drama by Chicago-based playwright Millie Rose, audience members can choose to follow any of seventeen characters and can move from space to space and jump freely from track to track over the course of the night. Some of the characters will talk to the audience members or even ask them for help or to help complete a task. Audience members will act as jury members ruling over the trial of Elizabeth Bathory and at the end of the show, decide if Elizabeth Bathory is innocent, or guilty?
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Contact Level: None to Light (Business/Acquaintance), with consent.
Content Advisories: This show contains trips to the past, violence, references to torture, haunting melodies, literal haunting, court rooms, consequences to your decisions, intimate moments, RUNNING, bright lights, disturbing scents. If you are looking for more specific information regarding mature themes, please reach out to us at barrenstheatreco.com.
Audience members should expect to be standing, walking, and running during the performance. This performance includes climbing stairs and is not wheelchair accessible. We do have seating available in certain tracks for folks who need to sit during scenes. If they want specific guidance or reference for who they should follow to guarantee seating, we ask they reach out to us at barrenstheatreco@gmail.com
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