The S Paradox

Description

Join us for the world premiere of the 2021-2022 Joining Sword & Pen Competition and the Margaret W. Martin Award*: The S Paradox. 

In a distant future, the United States has undergone sweeping reform: guns are banned, healthcare is free and numerous tax and economic bills have helped lessen the division of classes and pulled millions out of poverty. Sloane is a young woman who has been tapped by a watchdog intelligence agency called the CRC, led by the odd, yet charming William Hale. As Sloane triumphantly, and a little drunkenly, leaves a warehouse after signing her contract, she is stopped by a mysterious woman who says she has come back in time to stop Sloane from making the biggest mistake of her life. 

Open Caption Performances: May 4, 5, 9, & 10 

Sensory friendly performances: April 21 & 28 

Online Streaming Performances: May: 11, 12, 16 & 17 

More details can be found at www.BabesWithBlades.Org 

CAST: Elisabeth Del Toro (she/her, Dez) Luz Espinoza (she/her, Dez U/S and Older Dez) Cat Evans (any with respect, Ava) Kayla Marie Klammer (she/her, Sloane) Sonja Lynn Mata (she/her, Older Dez); Deanna Palmer (she/her, Nameless 1, Sloane U/S) Steve Peebles (he/him, William) Jessica Pennachio (she/her, Nameless 2, S U/S) Thomas Russell (he/they, Nameless 4, William U/S) Emily Sturges (she/they, Nameless U/S) Hershey Suri (she/her, Nameless 3, Ava U/S) Maureen Yasko+ (she/her, S.) 

PRODUCTION TEAM: Line Bower+ (they/them, technical director) Evy Burch (they/her, props designer) Rose Hamill (she/her, production manager) Jillian Leff+ (she/her, playwright) Rose Johnson (they/them, scenic designer) Samantha Kaufman (she/her, fight choreographer) LJ Luthringer (he/him, sound designer) Morgan Manasa+ (she/her, director) Payton Shearn (she/they, production assistant) Taylor Stageberg (she/they, stage manager) Rachel M. Sypniewski (she/her, costume designer) Laura J. Wiley (she/her, lighting designer). 

+ Indicates BWBTC ensemble member. 

* Since its inception, the Joining Sword & Pen competition (JS&P) has been sponsored by Fight Master David Woolley, SAFD, who created the Margaret W. Martin Award on behalf of his mother, and awards the JS&P winners a $1,000 stipend for their creative efforts.