Theatre of the imagination! Join us for four tales of mayhem, murder, and mystery in Mobtown. Five radio plays set in Baltimore performed and recorded LIVE!
The Baltimore Bazaar of the Bizarre audio dramas are:
~ FRANK, THE BODY SNATCHER
by Tony Tsendeas
In the 1830s, Baltimore was one of the first cities in America to establish medical schools, and doctors needed dead bodies for the students to dissect and study. And so they turned to ‘Resurrection Men’ like Frank for a steady, fresh, supply. This is his story…
~ EDGAR ALIEN POE
by Mark Redfield
Poe died in Baltimore in 1849. One of the poet’s last great works was “Eureka”, on the very nature of our universe…But did he write it? Somewhere in the wilds of Perry Hall, Maryland, a group discovers the truth the night a silver saucer crashes in their neighborhood…
NOW THAT'S FUNNY
by Tony Tsendeas
~ ONE NIGHT AT THE GRINDHOUSE
by Mark Redfield
For decades, Mobtown has long been notorious for “The Block” on Baltimore Street, a collection of sex shops, porn theaters, and ancient burlesque houses. What happens when two enterprising entrepreneurs decide to cut-out-the-middle-man and make their own films in 1968? Why, murder, of course!
~ EVERY THEATRE HAS A GHOST
by Mark Redfield
It’s a fact that all theaters are haunted, and the Baltimore Theatre Project is no exception. But who puts on a better show in 2024? A traveling group of players opening a new play on Preston Street, or the spirits that haunt the theatre, and claim the opening night date for themselves?
Stage Manager Kris DiBastiani
Sound Engineer Bill Dickson
Original Music and Sound by Jennifer Rouse
Directed by Mark Redfield
The Cast includes: Tony Tsendeas, Mark Redfield, Jamie Virostko, Amari Chambers, Julia Gayden Nelson, and Noah Silas.
Showtimes:
March 8 @ 8pm
March 9 @ 8pm
March 10 @ 4pm
March 15 @ 8pm
March 16 @ 8pm
March 17 @ 4pm
Tickets:
General Admission: $25
Student/Artist/Military: $20
A traveling Shakespearean company puts down their rehearsal sides of “King Lear” and curiously take up those of a new play entitled “Moby Dick”. On the rehearsal stage of platforms, the teasers overhead suddenly become yardarms with sails and a tall ladder becomes a mast. The platforms become the decks of the ship on which the cast sails through the storms and tribulations of the Pequod hunting for white whale, Moby Dick.
Orson Welles created this bold, imaginative and Epic Theatre telling of Melville’s famous story in 1955, premiering it in London. Welles’ magic trick was to tell the tale of obsession and madness by way of the compulsions and folly of an actor-manager, Shakespeare’s Lear, and Melville’s mad Captain Ahab, and the actors, crew, and fools who follow.
Mark Redfield captains a diverse crew of actors in Industrial-Strength Theater’s exciting new production, under the direction of Tony Tsendeas.
Showtimes:
April 11 @ 8pm
April 12 @ 8pm
April 13 @ 8pm
April 14 @ 4pm
April 18 @ 8pm
April 19 @ 8pm
April 21 @ 4pm
April 25 @ 8pm
April 26 @ 8pm
April 27 @ 8pm
April 28 @ 4pm
Tickets:
General Admission: $25
Student/Artist/Military: $20
Witness the terrifying and tragic downfall of Dr. Henry Jekyll, whose experiments with the human soul – to find a biological basis for morality in mankind – has unleashed a demon upon the face of the earth in the form of his truer self, Edward Hyde. From London’s fog shrouded back alleys to the palaces of the rich, Jekyll’s obsessions and Hyde’s destructive lusts combine to make a cocktail of mayhem, madness, murder, and unspeakable horror.
Cast: Mark Redfield, Kosha Engler, Elena Torrez, Carl Randolph
Director: Mark Redfield
There will be a Q&A after the film with Mark Redfield and cast members
“Redfield in a tour-de-force performance. DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE also features an excellent ensemble cast, airtight direction, baroque studio sets, and majestic lighting, fashioning an early 20th century England full of magic, trepidation, violence, and horror…this rare treat comes recommended.” ~ Rue Morgue Magazine
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (2002)
Not Rated. 1hour 50minutes
A Mark Redfield Studios Production
Associate Producers Tom Brandau & Thomas E. Cole
Music by Nalin Taneja
Edited by Sean Paul Murphy
Make-Up Effects by Robert Yoho
Director of Photography Karl E. DeVos
Based on the novella by Robert Louis Stevenson and a play by Mark Redfield and Stuart Voytilla
Executive Producer Terry Woods
Written and Produced by Mark Redfield and Stuart Voytilla
Designed and Directed by Mark Redfield
Showtime:
April 20 @ 8pm
Tickets:
General Admission: $20