Challenge- "The Race"

At a pivotal moment in Six Dead Queens, the women are arguing (again).

Who is the True Queene? The eternal question for these women.

After a stunning sword fight with Cleves and then a delightful music number, Katherine Parr is pretty sure she is the only one who can qualify for the title of "true queen". But in spite of Parr's impressive showboating, the other queens are not going to go down without just one more fight, so Parr challenges them to "The Race". I won't give away how we stage The King Henry Stakes (bring your derby hats and mint juleps!), but I think the below photos are pretty good depictions of what each dead queen would look like in horse form...but you don't have to take my word for it.

Katherine of Aragon- "a buxom Spanish mare, dignified but temperamental"

Anne Boleyn- "tall, elegant, and showing a good leg"

Jane Seymour- "a clean little white mare with beautiful pink accessories"

Anne of Cleves- "an unusual German breed- Vorsprung durch technik"

Katherine Howard- "unbridled and a little spooked"

Katherine Parr- "tall, sturdy, built like a tank"

Six Dead Queens & an Inflatable Henry opens Friday, Sept 7, 2012 at the Greenhouse Theatre Space in Chicago, IL.  Click the link to get more information on how you can get your ticket, and find out what all of these horses and one race car have to do with the Tudor Queens. Giddyup!

-Denita