Night Witches

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Terrific, fun piece of theatre. I laughed a lot, and shed a tear or two near the end. Well done. ... full review

Entertaining and delightful history lesson. Everyone shines. Thank you, Team Night Witches, for bringing this incredible story to life.... full review

fringereview.com In World War two, Russia had a secret weapon helping to stop the Nazi advance on the Eastern Front, an elite regiment of female pilots, Night Bomber Regiment 588. If the Cold War hadn’t happened, this story would surely have been a Hollywood movie. Will McMichael’s play has a cinematic feel, the scenes are all pretty short, some without any dialogue, and there are action sequences with planes, underscored with rock music. Devin Sidell plays the charismatic Marina, a decorated pilot tasked by Stalin to command a new all-female regiment. The girls under her command are young and rural, and unprepared for the realities of war. Heather Schmidt is Nina, a farm girl and amateur pilot who is the innocent through whom we meet the... full review

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This play provides an excellent example of using comedy to make a dire and very easily depressing story, fully accessible. Based on actual events, the Night Witches were a unit of female Russian bombers who terrorized the Germans. These women were often ridiculed by their male counterparts, and they were given barely adequate gear and machinery. Despite this, they courageously returned to the air again and again even as they watched their sister’s fall from the skies as the German’s unleashed everything they had in order to stop them. The production pays appropriate homage to these women. They set the mood with punk/metal music (I think that’s what it would be called?) and their staging of the witches’ flights is highly creative and effec... full review

Fantastic show! The story is beautiful, the script is smart and funny, compelling performances by the whole cast, with some sexy tech and sound design. Go see this show! You will thank yourself :)... full review

This stunning true story of the young women who risked and gave their lives to fight the Nazis by the cover of night is an absolute must-see.... full review

A solid dramatization of the Soviet Union's World War II female night bombing groups known by the Nazis as the "Night Witches." Strong ensemble work with many notable performances including Heather Schmidt as a neophyte teenager who becomes one of the unit's bravest pilots, and by Curt Bonnem who shuffles German, French and Russian accents as though they were a deck of playing cards. The production includes black light effects and a way cool glow-in-the-dark model of a German Messerschmidt 110.... full review

Wow- just wow. Incredible script. Great cast. Creative directing and design. Transitions flowed seamlessly from scene to scene and kept the story moving. If this gets extended-- GO SEE IT!! A truly fantastic piece of theatre. I appreciate that it was written for the stage and the scenes came to life with very little set elements and few props. ... full review