“telling provocative stories about women to inspire the hand that rocks the cradle to rock the world”
My Left Breast
Bonnie Dangerously
Sonofabitch Stew
Woman Idiot Lunatic Criminal
Established in 1991, shameless hussy productions is a company of self-producing theatre, music, film and visual artists. The company’s purpose and mission are: “telling provocative stories about women to inspire the hand that rocks the cradle to rock the world”. Since 1995 shameless hussy productions has given over 300 performances of 5 shows, 4 of which were original; and this included 85 shows internationally. shameless hussy productions began developing original plays with Sonofabitch Stew: the drunken life of Calamity Jane. The company’s next show, bedtime stories for AMAZONS, earned two Jessie Richardson Award nominations in Vancouver, with two more nominations in 1998 for Bonnie DANGEROUSLY: fast times with that guy Clyde; and in 1999 the company’s production of Susan Miller’s play My Left Breast won the Vancouver Sun People’s Choice Award. Recent tours of Woman Idiot Lunatic Criminal and Marion Bridge have won high critical and popular praise. shameless hussy productions are available for touring with a selection of four exciting plays.
MY LEFT BREAST
Earning both an Obie Award and the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for the best play in the English speaking theatre written by a woman, My Left Breast is a passionate redefinition of self when “all definitions are off”. shameless hussy productions founder and Co-Artistic Director Deb Pickman stars in this one woman breast cancer experience. “Pickman is a fireball of energy…She gives her all in a performance of clarity and power.” The Vancouver Sun. With My Left Breast the hussies show you exactly what they’ve got.
Bonnie DANGEROUSLY:
fast times with that guy Clyde
Set against the backdrop of the “dirty thirties”, Bonnie DANGEROUSLY: fast times with that guy Clyde is a sizzling black comedy and a true crime adventure. Ride with the consummate bad girl, Bonnie Parker, and her lover, Clyde Barrow as they embark upon one of the most notorious and bloody crime sprees of the century. Bonnie DANGEROUSLY… is the portrait of a hellion and a revisionist look at her story. Company co-founder and Co-Artistic Director Renee Iaci stars as Bonnie Parker, the Dallas waitress turned gun moll, and Tom Jones stars as Clyde Barrow.
“THIS BONNIE REMINDS US OF A HURRICANE – Here’s a show that has it all: great performances, fine production, tight script… a whirling dervish of a show.” The Victoria Times Colonist.
Sonofabitch Stew: the drunken life of Calamity Jane
Truth is stranger than fiction. For the first time a play based on the electrifying true story of the woman behind the myth, Calamity Jane – Bullwhacker, Mule Skinner, Sharpshooter, Comrade of Will Bill Hickock, Legendary Hellraiser… and Mother?? Deb Pickman stars as a cussin’, fussin’, drinkin’, brawlin’, women’s studies professor who has become a legendary maverick by kissing off life’s middle-of-the-road for the rougher and more thrilling ride on the trail of her lifelong heroine Calamity Jane.
“A portrait of a hellion, a revisionist look at history, and a satire of academia rolled into one…Deb Pickman gives a riveting performance…so brilliantly conceived that every line warrants mention…the audience can’t help cheering and screaming with laughter.” The Georgia Straight.
Woman Idiot, Lunatic Criminal
This passionate play brings to life the dedication and courage of the women and men who worked shoulder to shoulder in the historic campaign for woman suffrage. International in its scope, Woman Idiot Lunatic Criminal highlights the long struggle to gain voting rights for women in Canada, the U.S. and Great Britain. These brave women fought to overcome the indignity and injustice of the time, confronting laws such as the Canada Elections Act which stated in part that “No woman, idiot, lunatic or criminal …shall have the right to vote.” Incorporating newsreels, speeches, poetry, songs, journals, letters and newspaper accounts of the suffragettes from the mid 1800s to the early 1900’s, Woman Idiot, Lunatic Criminal brings to life the front lines of a passionate battle for equality and justice and the women who triumphed to lead the largest social transformation in modern history.
“Funny while sensitive and utterly sincere…brings the past into the present.” The Globe and Mail
shameless hussy productions
RENEE IACI
Co-founder and Co-Artisitic Director Renee Iaci is an actress and award-winning director whose directing credits include PKF’s Bag Lady and Bed Among the Lentils; the hussy’s Lunch, Sonofabitch Stew, and My Left Breast; Horned Moon Theatre’s Starch! Girl Fabulous’ production of That Sweet Thief and Riverstone Entertainment’s The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s Production of A Christmas Carol. Among Ms. Iaci’s acting credits are Bonnie DANGEROUSLY, Bedtime Stories for AMAZONS, The Day Room and Woman Idiot Lunatic Criminal. A BFA Theatre graduate from UBC, Ms Iaci also teaches theatre at Arts Umbrella and Dramaworks.
DEB PICKMAN
A founding member of the shameless hussy productions, Deb Pickman has starred in such hussy favourites as Sonofabith Stew, My Left Breast, Bedtime Stories for AMAZONS and Woman Idiot Lunatic Criminal. Ms Pickman played London, and toured Sweden in Bukowski Double Bill with the Way Off Broadway Group. A veteran of the International Fringe Festival Circuit, she has over 400 festival performances behind her for several companies including her own. She also toured in five plays for Green Thumb Theatre, including New Canadian Kid at the Dublin International Theatre Festival. She has been nominated for a Jessie Richardson Award twice, and her performance in My Left Breast won her the Vancouver Sun People’s Choice award for best actor.
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