In Battle of the Bards, three plays enter and one play leaves with a slot in Ghost Light Theatricals 2018-2019 season. Your ticket comes with one vote for your favorite show and additional votes are $1 apiece. 

This year's contestants are:

The Salem Witch Orgasms

By Ali Davis

Directed By Lia Fakhouri

The Salem Witch Orgasms is a story within a story; think Salem Witch Trials meets The Princess Bride. Or, The Crucible 2018. Given, a pre-teen boy, somewhat-willingly settles in for a night of storytelling by his Grandma, Carol. The topic? The truth behind the Salem Witch Trials. The Salem Witch Orgasms is a sex-positive, dark comedy about self discovery that sheds light on injustices against women. Featuring angry townspeople, a witch cake, and chickens. 

The Tragical Historie of Dr. Dites, DDS

By Olivia Sterne 

Directed By Steven Sterne

Meet Dr. Dites (pronounced Die-Teez), an average American dentist with big dreams, struggling to make enough money to satisfy his family.

Meet Dr. Gottseidist, the orthodontist who is so rich, he buys his receptionist mink coats and Cadillacs. 

Can Dr Gottseidist help Dr. Dites? Find out in “The Tragical Historie of Dr. Dites, DDS”

the sky is on fire 

By Lauren Rekhelman

Directed By Laura Shearer

Orpheus, the world’s greatest musician, had a wife named Eurydice. Or so it goes. Set in a strange yet unsettlingly familiar underworld, the sky is on fire is a feminist re-imaging of the classic Orpheus and Eurydice myth. Equal parts funny, sad, and eerie, this play takes on questions of agency, healing, and the fragments of a too-short life. 

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