Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Six Queen's Themes


HEY GIRL HEY!!

Dirty Kathy Howard here, Wife #5.  I've been listening to my iPod a lot recently.  [BUT pleeeeeeez don't tell the other Queenies that I've got one.  I've hidden it so far, and I know as soon as the other girls discover it they'll fill it with hymns and other yawn-inducing songs.  BOOOOOOOORING.]  Anyway I've gotten to thinking about what each of our theme songs would be.

My picks are.......imagine a drumroll here...I don't think I could spell what a drumroll sounds like.....

1.  Catherine of Aragon
"Like A Prayer"--Madonna
Though I bet she doesn't quite get what the song means.

2.  Anne Boleyn
"Love the Way You Lie"--Eminem feat. Rhianna
"NEXT TIME?  THERE WON'T BE A NEXT TIME!!"  Though Annie, I think you're prettier than Megan Fox.

 3.  Jane Seymour
"Lucky"--Britney Spears
I know you're not all happiness and True-Queen-ness all the time, Seymour [Butts]!  You cry cry cry in the lonely night, too!

 4.  Anne of Cleves
"Dancing On My Own"--Robyn
No one dances like Cleavage.  No one.  I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing...

5.  Kathryn Howard
"Every Rose Has Its Thorn"--Miley Cyrus (covering Poison, obvs)
What more can I say ;)

6.  Catherine Parr
"I'm the Best"--Nicki Minaj
At least in her own mind!

Agree?  Disagree?  What song(s) would you pick for your fave Queenie?

...oh, okay, fine, here's one for Henry...

Meet Aragon and Boelyn- Exclusive Interview

You've asked for exclusive interviews with the Queens, and we've delivered.  Rachel, the Queens' appointed videographer, managed to sit down with them for a bit and get some tidbits on camera.  Enjoy meeting Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn- candid and ridiculous!


Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Everything sounds better with an English accent...

Just in case you missed this series...we think you'll get a kick out of them!

Episode 1- Oh. The Chili.


Episode 2- Misbehaving Cat


Episode 3- Spending a Penny


If you noticed that two of the three videos take place outside of bathroom doors, it was no coincidence. Rachel, the Queens' delightful and creative videographer, could really only catch us for filming while we were on rehearsal breaks.

By the way, tickets are now available to see Piccolo's Queens on stage at the Greenhouse Theatre Center.  We have a full schedule of shows this weekend, so get your tickets today!

Monday, September 10, 2012

Opening Night Marquee!

Opening weekend just happened!!!!


Thursday, September 6, 2012

An Historicalish Account of Katherine the Quene



Once upon a time in Aragon, there was a beautiful auburn-haired princess named Katherine. One day, her father, the King of Spain, told her that when she grew up, she was to be married to a stranger in England, this bloke named Prince Arthur. 

“But Father,” protested Katherine, “I want to be married for love!”

“Tough titty,” declared Ferdinand. “You’re a princess, and live in the 15th century besides. Now let me get to work—I’ve got an Inquisition to run.”

Princess Katherine, tears in her eyes, rushed to her friend Flounder and told him everything. However, he was just a fish, and his first language was Urdu, not Spanish. So Katherine went to her older sister Isabella to tell her of her troubles, but she was completely unhinged by this time and sleeping with her dead husband. “Oh, why can I not unsee that?” poor Katherine cried, fleeing from her sister’s marital chamber. 

Resigned and tired, but excited to live in London, what with all the great museums, shopping, and theatre, Katherine, at age 15, was anticlimactically married to Arthur by proxy. They consummated their marriage by proxy as well, which is simply not very fun, and two years later, Katherine traveled to England just in time to finally meet her husband, marry him, and catch the plague with him. “Follow me into the dark!” Arthur cried as he kicked the bucket. “Um…” stammered Katherine, and promptly got well again. This angered King Henry #7, and she was cast out in nothing but rags, a Wonder Woman lunchbox, and mice for friends. After singing an expository song telling about her plight, Katherine ran into Henry #8 (8 also being very nearly his age at the time) at ye olde merry frat party and they hit it off, singing the romantic duet together as they rode a magical sled over England. Henry #7, on his deathbed, looked out the window and saw how in love they were, and his heart melted and grew three sizes bigger and he gave them his blessing before he died.
So that’s how Katherine, the spunky, stubborn princess from Aragon, got her wish to marry for love. And they lived happily ever after. 

…Until 5 out of six of her pregnancies failed, Henry schtupped a couple of peasant wenches, fell in love with that manipulative Boleyn bitch, wanted to divorce her so badly he created a new religion to do it, and kept her from seeing her daughter Mary for the last years of her life. But you know.

The End

-Amy

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

The making of....

No explanation is really needed...just watch.




Pretty exciting stuff.  Final tech rehearsal is tonight, final preview tomorrow night and opening on Friday!

As the Queens say, "You have no idea...."


Tuesday, September 4, 2012

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