WHEN:
November 1-17, 2024
WHERE:
Open Space Arts
1411 W. Wilson Ave.
Chicago
CAST:
Stephanie Fongheiser as Mercy
Madeline Ackerlund as Thana
Lydia Hanman as Angie
Artem Kreimer as Harmon
CREATIVE TEAM:
Rick Paul (Set Design), Savana Nix (Costume Design), Alex Kingsley (Sound Design and Original Music), James Napoleon Stone (Intimacy Coordinator), Benjamin Viette (Graphics Design), Tadhg Mitchel (Social Media),
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
"...MERCY KILLING, which premiered in 2018 at the Awesome Theatre Company of Oakland, California, concerns Mercy, a barista who is also a serial killer. But it’s fine, the only person who knows is Thana, the Grim Reaper who keeps showing up at the murder scenes. Thana is also Mercy’s girlfriend. Sort of. It’s complicated, especially because Mercy keeps flirting with Angie, the podcaster who hangs out at her coffee shop. Except Angie thinks there might be a serial killer in San Francisco. And there is, unless Mercy can stop. But if she stops, she’ll never get to see Thana again, and that’ll make it really hard to date. But so does Thana’s ex, another Reaper named Harmon, who also wants to know why there’s a serial killer running around unreported. Will romance be another casualty of this serial killing spree?..."
