WHEN:
March 21 – April 6, 2025
WHERE:
Open Space Arts
1411 W. Wilson Ave.
Chicago
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
“...“it’s been ten years since everyone died. a play about final girls,” a dark comedy/horror play about three survivors of an attempted attack by a group of cold-blooded killers. In this play by New York City based playwright Cesario Tirado Ortiz (they/he), three young people who were hunted down by the killers and against all odds survived, are forcibly reunited at a therapeutical retreat for women, to cope with their collective trauma. After a rainstorm prevents them from leaving the retreat, they find themselves again threatened by an unseen killer. This examination of the slasher final girl trope asks the question: Does all trauma affect us equally, and can we truly heal together?...”
CAST:
Julia Toney (they/them) as the wary and combative Maude, Alexis Queen (she/her) as the hopeless romantic Betsy, Noah Hinton (she/they) as the tired altruist Allison, and Alex Marusich (they/them) as the Therapist and others.
CREATIVE TEAM:
Directed by Teri Talo
Bryant Macklemore (Set Designer), Lex Newman (Lighting Designer), Shane Hogan (Video Artist), Kiera Battles (Sound Design), and Anna Rogers (Costume Designer).
