THE WINDING SHEET OUTFIT IS BLOODY EXCITED TO BRING
THE LADY OF CACHTICE BACK TO THE STAGE
The Twin Cities Horror Festival is in its tenth season and TWSO is honored to be a part of it!
After our virtual offering of When Your Love Sets You On Fire in 2020, we're raring to get back to the stage
like we did for our 2019 production of ...And What Alice Saw There.
This time we bring the return of an old favorite.
Blood Nocturne is an award-winning show first mounted for the 2018 Minnesota Fringe Festival.
After our virtual offering of When Your Love Sets You On Fire in 2020, we're raring to get back to the stage
like we did for our 2019 production of ...And What Alice Saw There.
This time we bring the return of an old favorite.
Blood Nocturne is an award-winning show first mounted for the 2018 Minnesota Fringe Festival.
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BLOOD NOCTURNE ~ Emily Dussault: Erzsébet Báthory Amber Bjork: Dorka/ensemble (bowed psaltry, percussion) Kayla Dvorak Feld: Kata/victims/ensemble (french horn, percussion) Derek Lee Miller: Ficzko/Thurzo/ensemble (balalaika, accordion) Boo Segersin: Anna Darvolya/ensemble (percussion) Joshua Swantz: Illona Jo/ensemble (flute, accordion, mellophone, percussion) ~ Amber Bjork (Director) André Johnson, Jr (Stage Manager) Scott Pakudaitis (Marketing Photographer) Kris Heding (Graphic Designer) |
Perhaps you've heard the story of the Blood Countess, the most prolific murderess in history, the woman who bathed in the blood of 650 virgins. So they say.
Erzsébet Bathory's story is...complicated. And dark. Full of holes and covered in layers of historical question marks. We are going to give her music and make her fight for her life. We're not out to exonerate her, the lady was no saint. But she's not the real villain here. We must examine the ways human history chooses to present itself.
THANK YOU:
Jonathan Feld, Kristina Fjellman, Mandi Johnson, Boo, Kayla, Josh, Derek, Emily, André, The TCHF technicians, volunteers, staff, and you.
Erzsébet Bathory's story is...complicated. And dark. Full of holes and covered in layers of historical question marks. We are going to give her music and make her fight for her life. We're not out to exonerate her, the lady was no saint. But she's not the real villain here. We must examine the ways human history chooses to present itself.
THANK YOU:
Jonathan Feld, Kristina Fjellman, Mandi Johnson, Boo, Kayla, Josh, Derek, Emily, André, The TCHF technicians, volunteers, staff, and you.
Cherry And Spoon Reviews Blood Nocturne
"The ensemble tells the story in a non-linear fashion, with charming and creepy original music."
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Rohan Preston of the Star Tribune Reviews Blood Nocturne
"Emily Dussault plays the countess with stateliness in a handsome show
with striking period costumes and live music played by the actors."
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Jay Gabler of CityPages Reviews Blood Nocturne
"this ambitious and complex postmodern musical"
"a play that sounds and looks stunning"
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Selected Fringe Audience comments:
"Beautiful, Dark, Complex"
"Gorgeously Dark"
"Stunningly good"
"Beautiful, charming, haunting, wonderful show!"
"Great Historical Horror"
"Chilling Theater at Its Finest"
"Brilliant!"
"Captivating and Richly Appointed"
"W0W, just Wow! Absolutely Perfect!"
"Masterfully done"
"Deliciously creepy in all the right ways"
"The Winding Sheet Outfit is phenomenal."
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"The creators of this show firmly put their tongues in their cheeks, and then bit them off." - MJ Marsh
"The ensemble tells the story in a non-linear fashion, with charming and creepy original music."
~
Rohan Preston of the Star Tribune Reviews Blood Nocturne
"Emily Dussault plays the countess with stateliness in a handsome show
with striking period costumes and live music played by the actors."
~
Jay Gabler of CityPages Reviews Blood Nocturne
"this ambitious and complex postmodern musical"
"a play that sounds and looks stunning"
~
Selected Fringe Audience comments:
"Beautiful, Dark, Complex"
"Gorgeously Dark"
"Stunningly good"
"Beautiful, charming, haunting, wonderful show!"
"Great Historical Horror"
"Chilling Theater at Its Finest"
"Brilliant!"
"Captivating and Richly Appointed"
"W0W, just Wow! Absolutely Perfect!"
"Masterfully done"
"Deliciously creepy in all the right ways"
"The Winding Sheet Outfit is phenomenal."
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"The creators of this show firmly put their tongues in their cheeks, and then bit them off." - MJ Marsh
Cast RECORDING on bandcamp
about the cast and crew
Emily Dussault: Báthory Erzsébet
Emily Dussault is an actor/singer/theatre-maker based in Minneapolis. She has performed with many local theatre companies, including Savage Umbrella, Transatlantic Love Affair, Artistry, Theatre Pro Rata, Gremlin Theatre, MN Jewish Theatre Company, Theatre Elision, and The Moving Company, among others. She is also half of the musical duo The Champagne Drops, and is a co-host of the podcast Hypotheticast. She is excited to be remounting this show, and to be a part of the Twin Cities Horror Festival.
Kayla Dvorak Feld: Kata/victims/ensemble (french horn, percussion)
Kayla is quite excited to be working with The Winding Sheet Outfit again and to remount Blood Nocturne for the Twin Cities Horror Fest. She has also worked with companies including Daleko Arts, Theatre Pro Rata, Hero Now Theatre, Theatre Unbound, Theatre in the Round, among others. When she's not making theatre, Kayla enjoys reading, sleeping, being outdoors with her husband, and looking lovingly at her perfect dogs Mira and Peewee Herman.
Derek Lee Miller: Ficzko/Thurzó/ensemble (balalaika, accordion)
Derek is an actor, writer, puppeteer, designer, builder and musician. This is his third time performing at the Horror Fest, having previously been onstage with The Vincent Hovis Experience in A Morbid History of Sons and Daughters and streaming with The Winding Sheet Outfit's When Your Love Sets You on Fire. Other shows with Winding Sheet include the stage play You Are Cordially Invited to the Life and Death of Edward Lear, the audio play Midnight Mass of the Dead and the video productions That Time Napoleon Was Attacked by Bunnies and The Darger Project. Derek is also a founding ensemble member of Transatlantic Love Affair, and he edited the recent horror video Brig, which you can watch at papersoul.org/brig.
Boo Segersin: Anna Darvolya/ensemble (percussion)
Boo is a Twin Cities actor! You're gonna see her act. Yay! You may have also seen her act in other TWSO productions such as The Darger Project aka The Darger Project, ...And What Alice Found There, You Are Cordially Invited to the Life and Death of Edward Lear, Blood Nocturne (hey that's this show!), and The Memory Box of the Sisters Fox. Other companies she has worked with include Theatre Pro Rata, Transatlantic Love Affair, Nimbus Theater, Stages Theatre Company, Theatre Unbound, Collective Unconscious, Impossible Salt, Swandive Theatre, Ghoulish Delights, and others. She studied her theatre skills at Augsburg University and likes cats. And Tom. Upcoming: The Red and the Bright, Nimbus Theatre, Dec 2021.
Joshua Swantz: Ilona Jó/ensemble (Flute, Accordion, Alto horn, Percussion)
Josh is a Twin Cities based Jack-of-all-Trades and Master-of-None. He is happy to be working with the Winding Sheet Outfit on Blood Nocturne after having previously working with them on Birds of Passage. When not performing or writing music he can often be seen playing pub-trivia or wandering the streets with his pooch Clark.
André Johnson, Jr: Stage Manager
André Johnson Jr. is a theatre artist in the Twin Cities stage managing, designing, acting, and creating works. He usually has a few strange and unusual ideas for shows kicking around in that head of his. He excited to work again with Winding Sheet and the lovely people that have created this show.
Amber Bjork: Dorka/ensemble/director (bowed psaltry, percussion)
Amber is the founding member of The Winding Sheet Outfit and director of most of its productions. A Twin Cities-based director and actor, she has worked with Theatre Pro Rata, Transatlantic Love Affair, Sandbox Theatre, Savage Umbrella, Tedious Brief Productions, Theatre Unbound, Freshwater Theatre, Nimbus Theatre, Guthrie Theatre, and others.
Emily Dussault is an actor/singer/theatre-maker based in Minneapolis. She has performed with many local theatre companies, including Savage Umbrella, Transatlantic Love Affair, Artistry, Theatre Pro Rata, Gremlin Theatre, MN Jewish Theatre Company, Theatre Elision, and The Moving Company, among others. She is also half of the musical duo The Champagne Drops, and is a co-host of the podcast Hypotheticast. She is excited to be remounting this show, and to be a part of the Twin Cities Horror Festival.
Kayla Dvorak Feld: Kata/victims/ensemble (french horn, percussion)
Kayla is quite excited to be working with The Winding Sheet Outfit again and to remount Blood Nocturne for the Twin Cities Horror Fest. She has also worked with companies including Daleko Arts, Theatre Pro Rata, Hero Now Theatre, Theatre Unbound, Theatre in the Round, among others. When she's not making theatre, Kayla enjoys reading, sleeping, being outdoors with her husband, and looking lovingly at her perfect dogs Mira and Peewee Herman.
Derek Lee Miller: Ficzko/Thurzó/ensemble (balalaika, accordion)
Derek is an actor, writer, puppeteer, designer, builder and musician. This is his third time performing at the Horror Fest, having previously been onstage with The Vincent Hovis Experience in A Morbid History of Sons and Daughters and streaming with The Winding Sheet Outfit's When Your Love Sets You on Fire. Other shows with Winding Sheet include the stage play You Are Cordially Invited to the Life and Death of Edward Lear, the audio play Midnight Mass of the Dead and the video productions That Time Napoleon Was Attacked by Bunnies and The Darger Project. Derek is also a founding ensemble member of Transatlantic Love Affair, and he edited the recent horror video Brig, which you can watch at papersoul.org/brig.
Boo Segersin: Anna Darvolya/ensemble (percussion)
Boo is a Twin Cities actor! You're gonna see her act. Yay! You may have also seen her act in other TWSO productions such as The Darger Project aka The Darger Project, ...And What Alice Found There, You Are Cordially Invited to the Life and Death of Edward Lear, Blood Nocturne (hey that's this show!), and The Memory Box of the Sisters Fox. Other companies she has worked with include Theatre Pro Rata, Transatlantic Love Affair, Nimbus Theater, Stages Theatre Company, Theatre Unbound, Collective Unconscious, Impossible Salt, Swandive Theatre, Ghoulish Delights, and others. She studied her theatre skills at Augsburg University and likes cats. And Tom. Upcoming: The Red and the Bright, Nimbus Theatre, Dec 2021.
Joshua Swantz: Ilona Jó/ensemble (Flute, Accordion, Alto horn, Percussion)
Josh is a Twin Cities based Jack-of-all-Trades and Master-of-None. He is happy to be working with the Winding Sheet Outfit on Blood Nocturne after having previously working with them on Birds of Passage. When not performing or writing music he can often be seen playing pub-trivia or wandering the streets with his pooch Clark.
André Johnson, Jr: Stage Manager
André Johnson Jr. is a theatre artist in the Twin Cities stage managing, designing, acting, and creating works. He usually has a few strange and unusual ideas for shows kicking around in that head of his. He excited to work again with Winding Sheet and the lovely people that have created this show.
Amber Bjork: Dorka/ensemble/director (bowed psaltry, percussion)
Amber is the founding member of The Winding Sheet Outfit and director of most of its productions. A Twin Cities-based director and actor, she has worked with Theatre Pro Rata, Transatlantic Love Affair, Sandbox Theatre, Savage Umbrella, Tedious Brief Productions, Theatre Unbound, Freshwater Theatre, Nimbus Theatre, Guthrie Theatre, and others.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
WE CONTINUE TO BE STRANGELY BEMUSED
BY YOUR PRESENCE, YOUR VOTES, AND YOUR FAVORABLE MENTIONS.
WE CONTINUE TO BE STRANGELY BEMUSED
BY YOUR PRESENCE, YOUR VOTES, AND YOUR FAVORABLE MENTIONS.
