Author Archives: jaredmcdaris

The Bathory Has Arrived

RESERVE YOUR SEATS NOW! “Ladies and gentlemen, you have to see the show! But you might wanna leave the kiddies at home. It is brutal, intense, tension so thick you could cut it with a knife (might take a couple … Continue reading

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Countess Bathory: Get Your Seats Now!

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW! “Alleged to have brutally murdered hundreds of servants and bathed in the blood of young women to retain her legendary beauty, Elizabeth Bathory was simultaneously a subject of persecution and a powerful political figure in 16th and 17th … Continue reading

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Unrehearsed Classes Are Returning to Chicago

Unrehearsed Shakespeare is looking to schedule new-performer classes for late May and early June. If you’d like to receive more information, please send your email address to jared@wethreeplays.com or unrehearsedchicago@gmail.com, to be added to our class contact list. | | … Continue reading

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The Wayward Women: Dame Anu

My Hamlet-like inability to let go of this play continues. Dame Anu was the second character created for the show, immediately after her nemesis Dame Grendela. She was initially conceived as a Sir Andrew Aguecheek to Grendela’s Sir Toby Belch, … Continue reading

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The Wayward Women: Dame Grendela

Still not (emotionally) done with this show, apparently. Grendela was the first character created for The Wayward Women. Though she has the martial pride of Fluellen and the avuncular debauchery of Falstaff (Aunticular? Tantatious? Materteral?), it is decidedly Sir Toby … Continue reading

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The Wayward Women: Cordelius

Turns out I’m not ready to say goodbye to this show just yet. Several of the costumes for The Wayward Women were “reveals,” and the fact that Cordelius opened the show with this particular reveal was very… well, revealing. The … Continue reading

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As You Like It!

Unrehearsed is bringing As You Like It to Chicago! AS YOU LIKE IT (Unrehearsed) April 19 & 26 @ 7:30pm (doors open at 7:00pm) Moodys Pub, 5910 N Broadway $5 at the Door All the World’s a Stage! Shakespeare’s classic … Continue reading

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The Wayward Women: Control

The Duchess, who fights to impose order in her chaotic realm, was ironically the most spontaneously created character. Originally a plot device to orchestrate the conflict between Dames Anu and Grendela, the Duchess’ dialog and especially monologues just kept growing … Continue reading

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The Wayward Women: Changes

As happens with many young male writers (though I’m really not that young anymore), Aquiline began as a commentary on a girl. Rather than self-indulgently writing her as a cliched satellite to a male character, however, I wanted to make … Continue reading

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The Wayward Women: The Bubble Reputaton

Aquiline, who at this point in her life has only had sex with “tavern haunches” (serving boys), now bends her eye toward the fair Cordelius. Though of low reputation, he is still a gentleman, so Quill is unsure how to … Continue reading

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