Currently, I am serving as Fight Choreographer for both spring productions at Emporia State University. Up first is Tough, by Margot Connelly.
Here's a quick marketing blurb for ya:
A troubled teen boot camp sells itself to parents as a behavior modification program that will help their daughters straighten out. The girls who have been sent here, however, learn it is a place of ever changing rules, harsh punishments, and ever-increasing desperation. When they hear a rumor that the program will be shut down if a camper dies, the girls plan their escape - by whatever means necessary. A staggering play that is unsentimental in its examination of the bonds between young women caught in an extreme set of circumstances, where cruelty and caring exist side by side. Despite its dark storytelling, it is never sensationalistic, and is always loving in how seriously it takes its characters
It's the "harsh punishments" that I've been called in to choreograph! One scene in particular requires 5 girls to thoroughly beat a defiant one. It is going to be gritty, dirty, and downright violent - complete with contact combat and tasty blood bags. This one should be fun to do!
Here's an update! video of the fight!