How it happened
In March 2010, the two of us (Christian and Brashani) were getting antsy in the theatre world of Boston. For years, we had been doing several shows here and there, but we wanted something more. Brashani immediately wanted to do Chicago, though the chances to get the rights was a bit slim, considering how popular the show was. Chicago is a wonderful show. No doubt about that. To say the music, story and dancing are amazing is a bit of an understatement, no matter who you talk to. We contacted Samuel French, but never thought we could get the rights. However, the next thing we knew we had the rights lock and loaded for April of 2011. Granted, we realized at that moment, it was a huge undertaking and we had to make sure that we wanted to do this.Our vision
Society has always been fascinated with human behavior, particularly abnormal psychology. Some of the best fictional characters that have captured our hearts demonstrate full blown psychopathy. The six Cell Block Tango murderesses of Chicago are classic examples of cold-blooded killers that show no signs of remorse. It is almost natural to read this script and see these characters as diagnosable, dysfunctional members of society. In our production, these characters will be placed in what appears to be a natural setting: an asylum for the criminally insane. In other words, we wanted to go in complete different direction and uncover something new in the story. Aside from all the glitz, dancing and over abundance of black everything, we wanted to find and explore more. All of the characters, except for the lucky ones, will be diagnosed with a variety of personality disorders. Roxie Hart is through a crime of passion, suddenly finds herself a part of this world, but quickly breaks away and create a delusional fantasy world where her ordeal is translated to a rise to stardom. Along the way, she finds her greatest soon-to-be rival for the spotlight, Velma Kelly, a jazz star, whose commitment to the asylum was more of her doing. For this particular production we want a size and gender diverse cast and we want to break the norms of the typically cast musical. Instead being cast on how people look, we want to cast people based on talent, no matter how big or small!
Where we're at right now
Right now, we are still in the early stages of production. We've held several meetings and discussions already to get the ball rolling. We are doing the show on our own and we are hoping to raise money that will help pay for some of the larger costs.
We are sponsored by the Boston Dance Alliance
http://www.bostondancealliance.org/
Please select SnowWolf Productions when you make your donation.
Stay tuned for our next update!
- Christian and Brashani
All urban decay photos done by the brilliant Mr. Motts, Photo © www.opacity.us
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