Event

The Promise of a Rose Garden

By Dustin Spence
Director: Elyse Dawson*
Violence Design: Rachel Flesher

The Promise of a Rose Garden explores what it means to be a soldier and the far-reaching effects of war. It focuses on Captain Rockford, one of the first 3 women to pass the US Marine Infantry Officer Course. She is instructing a new group of women hoping to become infantry officers themselves. She is being visited by angels who speak in riddles. She may be losing her mind...

Cast: Catherine Dvorak (Tina/Nakir), Arti Ishak (Sharif), Sam Long (Ferguson), Izis Mollinedo (Ruiz), Patti Moore* (Nichols), Maureen Yasko* (Rockford), Aaron Wertheim (Reggie/Munkar), Kathrynne Wolf* (Selmy), Rachel Flesher (Understudy/Swing)

Staff: Leigh Barrett* (Production Manager), Milo Bue (Scenic Design), Brigidta De Souza (Stage Manager), Jason A. Fleece (Dialect Coach), Barbara Lhota* (Props Design), Kimberly Morris* (Costume Design), Matthew Reich (Sound Design), David Trudeau (Lighting Design), David Woolley (Competition Sponsor)

The Promise of a Rose Garden is the winner of BWBTC's 2015-2016 Joining Sword & Pen Competition and was further developed in BWBTC's Fighting Words Program.

*denotes Babes With Blades Company Member