{"id":3984,"date":"2016-06-17T23:01:37","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T04:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/?p=3984"},"modified":"2016-06-18T08:43:11","modified_gmt":"2016-06-18T13:43:11","slug":"brilliantly-written-and-beautifully-performed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/?p=3984","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Brilliantly Written and Beautifully Performed.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_3985\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3985\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3985\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13442578_10153540911706176_1259975988484907929_o-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"The Sword Dance, choreographed by Orion Couling. Costumes by Delena Bradley. Lighting by Benjamin Dionysus. Photo by iNDie Grant Productions.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13442578_10153540911706176_1259975988484907929_o-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13442578_10153540911706176_1259975988484907929_o-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13442578_10153540911706176_1259975988484907929_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13442578_10153540911706176_1259975988484907929_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sword Dance, choreographed by Orion Couling. Costumes by Delena Bradley. Lighting by Benjamin Dionysus. Photo by iNDie Grant Productions.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Countess Bathory<\/em> is a brilliantly written and beautifully performed piece. Given the gruesome background of the story, it may seem reasonable to walk in expecting to see something that could cleanly fall within the realm of horror \u2013 but that is not the case. The characters are crisply different from each other, providing a fascinating menagerie to behold, and yet somehow simultaneously blurred at the edges so that the audience finds themselves able to connect with the most vile and the most innocent of the cast. The more morbid aspects of the tale are balanced by profound soliloquies, gorgeous stage pictures, and incredible design. It\u2019s everything one could hope for in a new Elizabethan tragedy \u2013 poetry, villainy, and ardent passion blended into a gorgeous madness peppered with some good, ol\u2019 fashioned dick jokes.&#8221; &#8211; Micah Streubel<\/p>\n<p>COUNTESS BATHORY is back, Thursday &#8211; Saturday.\u00a0Reservations are full, but walkups are welcome!<\/p>\n<p><strong>June 9 &#8211; 25<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7:30pm<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>4001 N Ravenswood Ave, Ste 405<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>ALL SEATS ARE FREE<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Countess Bathory is a brilliantly written and beautifully performed piece. 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