Countess Bathory Opens June 9th
RESERVE YOUR SEATS HERE
DATES: June 9 – 25 (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings)
7:30PM
VENUE: 4001 N Ravenswood Ave, Ste 405
TICKETS: FREE ADMISSION
SYNOPSIS: Countess Bathory is an Elizabethan-style tragedy based on the life of Elizabeth Bathory. 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 century Hungary. Countess Bathory, modeled after Richard III, takes all the rumor and myth as fact, depicting Elizabeth as a mad tyrant fighting desperately to overcome her detractors, her political opponents, and her own dissolving grip on reality.
CAST
Elizabeth Bathory, Countess of Csejthe
Anna Darvolya, maidservant and tutor to Elizabeth
Helena Jo, a wild woman, maidservant to Elizabeth
Kate, a maidservant, later mirror-bearer to Elizabeth, later standard-bearer to Elizabeth
Jane Maridova, a despoiled commoner, later maidservant to Elizabeth
Susanna, a maidservant
Erzi Majorova, a forest witch
Ferenc de Nadasd, Husband to Elizabeth, Count of Csejthe, general of the Hungarian army
His Standard-Bearer
Matthias II, King of Hungary
Count John Drugeth, cousin to the Hapsbergs, emissary of the King
Duke George Thurzo, cousin to Elizabeth, later the Palatine of Hungary
Petr Zavodsky, adjunct to Thurzo
The King’s Spy
Katalin, a young noblewoman
Priest of the Church
Various nobles, servants, and soldiers
