THE GOLDEN GIRLS: Bea Afraid! - The Halloween Edition

It’s not Halloween without a Handbag show, so Hell in a Handbag Productions’ Artistic Director David Cerda is conjuring up a special treat: THE GOLDEN GIRLS: Bea Afraid! – The Halloween Edition. Directed by Becca Holloway, our heroines return for thirteen terrifying performances guaranteed to make you wet your adult diaper, October 13 – November 3, 2018 at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave. in Chicago. Tickets are currently available at www.handbagproductions.org (through Stage 773) or by calling (773) 327-5252.

THE GOLDEN GIRLS: Bea Afraid! – The Halloween Edition features David Cerda as Dorothy, Grant Drager as Blanche, Adrian Hadlock as Sophia and Ed Jones as Rosewith Chazie Bly, Michael S. Miller, Michael Rashid, Danne Taylor and Robert Williams as various scary characters.

Dorothy, Rose, Blanche and Sophia return for new wig-raising adventures in this very limited engagement of Handbag’s long-running parody of the classic TV sitcom. Get your tickets early and Bea afraid – Bea very afraid!

When Sophia starts acting bizarre and scaring the devil out of the girls they have no choice but to seek the services of their local priest, who has never quite encountered a demon like Sophia! Will they be to drive the DEVIL out of Sophia? Would they even notice? Find out all this and more in THE GOLDEN GIRLS: Bea Afraid! – The Halloween Edition.

The production team for THE GOLDEN GIRLS: Bea Afraid! includes: Roger Wykes (scenic design), David Cerda (costume design), Isaac Mandel (sound design), Keith Ryan (wig design), Adrian Hadlock (props design), Lana Whittington (violence coordinator) and A.Kay Wyatt (stage manager).

PRODUCTION DETAILS:

Title: THE GOLDEN GIRLS: Bea Afraid! – The Halloween Edition

Written by: Artistic Director David Cerda

Directed by: Becca Holloway

Cast (in alphabetical order): Chazie Bly (Ensemble), David Cerda (Dorothy), Grant Drager (Blanche), Adrian Hadlock (Sophia), Ed Jones (Rose), Michael S. Miller (Ensemble), Michael Rashid (Ensemble), Danne Taylor (Ensemble) and Robert Williams (Ensemble).

Location: Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave. in Chicago

Tickets: Regular run $25 in advance, $29 at the door. Group rates $20 for 10 or more. Tickets are go on sale soon at www.handbagproductions.org (through Stage 773) or by calling (773) 327-5252.

Performance Schedule:

Saturday, October 13 at 10:30 pm

Sunday, October 14 at 3 pm

Friday, October 19 at 10:30 pm

Saturday, October 20 at 10:30 pm

Sunday, October 21 at 3 pm

Friday, October 26 at 10:30 pm

Saturday, October 27 at 10:30 pm

Sunday, October 28 at 3 pm

Tuesday, October 30 at 7:30 pm

Wednesday, October 31 at 7:30 pm

Thursday, November 1 at 7:30 pm

Friday, November 2 at 7:30 pm

Saturday, November 3 at 7:30 pm

About the Artists

David Cerda (Playwright) is the Artistic Director and co-founder of Hell in a Handbag Productions. Cerda has written or collaborated on POSEIDON! An Upside Down Musical, Caged Dames,Sexy Baby, Lady X: The Musical, Christmas Dearest, Rudolph the Red-Hosed Reindeer, SCARRIE-The Musical, and many others. He has also worked as a songwriter with Amazon Studios and as an actor around Chicago. In 2016, Cerda was in inducted into the Chicago GLBT Hall of Fame and in 2017 he received a Lifetime Achievement Jeff Award for his contributions to the Chicago theater community and philanthropic efforts. He is most definitely a Dorothy.

Becca Holloway (Director) is thrilled to be back with Hell in a Handbag for her 5th production with them, after working on Bewildered, L'imitation of Life, and directing Rudolph (2017) and Bette: Xmas at the Continental Baths. Other directing credits include, 44 Plays for 44 Presidents (Oil Lamp Theater), Cut to the Chase Festival (Artistic Home) and The RBP's 13th Birthday Party Showcase (Right Brain Project). Becca has been lucky enough to have worked with Broken Nose, Brown Paper Box Co., The Comrades, Refuge Theatre Project, and Big Noise Theater. Oh and in case you're wondering, she's a Dorothy.

About Hell in a Handbag Productions

Hell in a Handbag is dedicated to the preservation, exploration, and celebration of works ingrained in the realm of popular culture via theatrical productions through parody, music and homage. Handbag is a 501(c)(3) Not for Profit.

PHOTO CREDIT: (left to right) Adrian Hadlock, Ed Jones, David Cerda and Grant Drager in a publicity image for Hell in a Handbag Productions’parody THE GOLDEN GIRLS: Bea Afraid! – The Halloween Edition. Photo by Rick Aguilar Studios.