Three acts will battle onstage for a chance of being featured as a full production in Ghost Light Theatrical's upcoming season, and it will be the audience who decides the winner.
In Ghost Light's sixth annual Battle of the Bards three ensembles are given 20 minutes to perform a scene from a new adaptation of a classic work and to win over the audience.
The Battle of the Bards is the theater company's annual "fun"-draiser and the audience is given one vote with admission and additional vote scan be bought for $1. All proceeds will benefit the work of Ghost Light Theatricals' next season.
This year's competing acts are:
MACK THE KNIFE
Written by Stephanie Mallard Couch and Stephen Bucheit
Directed by Stephanie Mallard Couch
Mack the Knife is a fast and loose musical adaptation of Macbeth set in a 1920's speakeasy complete with gangsters, molls, dolls, canaries, et al.
PAPER BULLETS
Written by John E. Allis
Directed by Emily Harvey
In Paper Bullets two media powerhouses tamper with the personal and professional affairs of four budding Hollywood icons. Scandalized sweethearts fumble with love and illusion in this modernization of Much Ado About Nothing, a farce replete with sex, glitter and deception
APOCALYPSE SOON
Written and directed by Courtney Meaker
Religious figures throughout a variety of texts and oral traditions come together for a three day reunion to plan the apocalypse and decide who's saved. Surfacing issues like hope, salvation, choice, whiskey, and acoustic music the characters try to resolve their angst before destroying the world.
Battle of the Brad will take place on January 27 and 28 at 8 p.m. at The Ballard Underground, 2220 NW Market St.
Tickets are $10 at Brown Paper Tickets or at the door.
The cast, crew, and audience will celebrate right after the Saturday performance with drinking, dancing, and voting. At midnight, Ghost Light will announce the winning show and the rest of our 2012-2013 season. A ticket to either performance of BARDS VI or a donation is admission into the party.
For more information, visit http://www.ghostlighttheatricals.org.
