The Good Night Ladies is a collective committed to empowering female artists by producing outstanding works by
women in a variety of media.

A still from ‘Thank You For Not Recording This’ a short film Written by Calamity West Directed by The Good Night Ladies Shot by Eric Miller Assistant Vanessa Riojas

A still from
‘Thank You For Not Recording This’
a short film
Written by Calamity West
Directed by The Good Night Ladies
Shot by Eric Miller
Assistant Vanessa Riojas

The Good Night Ladies are collaborating with The Arc Theatre on their production of Oedipus Rex. We will be rocking out Costume Design and Movement Direction. Learn more at http://arctheatrechicago.org/.

The Good Night Ladies are collaborating with The Arc Theatre on their production of Oedipus Rex. We will be rocking out Costume Design and Movement Direction. Learn more at http://arctheatrechicago.org/.

A few snaps from VAGINA II performances. Check out more pictures from the event here.

Photography by Vanessa Riojas

VAGINA II Artist Spotlight: The Ye-Ye’s

Music
These ladies sling instruments and sing 1960s pop gems to you in French. If you know them from their debut at The Fly Honey Show, you’ve probably been dreaming about them ever since.  A dream team indeed - Rachele Eve (singer/songwriter), Heather Perry (Bring Your Ray Gun), Erica Jaree (Vamos), Lindsay Weinberg (singer/songwriter), and Sierra Dufault (The Inconvenience) come from a variety of musical and artistic projects in the Chicago area. You’ll hear covers from around the globe, leaning heavily on famous ye-ye artists like Francoise Hardy, Sylvie Vartan, France Gall and more. Let The Ye-Ye’s sing your favorite songs to you in the world’s sexiest language, accompanied by go-go choreography from Erin Kilmurray. Ooh la la!

VAGINA II Artist Spotlight: Laura Dunne

Video

Laura Dunne is new to VAGINA, and in the midst of her third year of studying moving image at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her recent work has expressed an interest in the human spirit, and how this may enhance or cause conflict with the human mind. In prior works, she has also dealt with exposing what it means to be a woman within the various stereotypical molds of society, and how this is portrayed in facets such as religion and the media. She is thrilled to display her work in her first public exhibition. A strong believer in art and art making as the gateway to both spiritual oneness and mental enlightenment, Laura hopes to evoke a sense of mutual understanding between artist and viewer. Although laced with blatant examples of her own personal struggles with these issues, Lauraʼs work is ambiguous in a way that is relatable to both women and men of the world we live in today.

photo: Kyle La Mere Photography

VAGINA II Artist Spotlight: Natalie Krick

Photographer

http://nataliekrick.com

Natalie Krick grew up in Portland, Oregon and Fort Collins, Colorado.  She received her MFA in Photography from Columbia College Chicago in 2012 and her BFA in Photography from School of Visual Arts in 2008.  She is currently living and working in Chicago, Illinois. 

Natalie will be showing an except of ‘Natural Deceptions’. A collection of photographs of her mother she performs certain tropes used to visualize female beauty and sexuality. 

VAGINA II Artist Spotlight: Erin Kilmurray

Choreographer

www.theinconvenience.org

Erin Kilmurray is a dancer, choreographer, and facilitator of movement-centric events. She also bakes and bikes. Erin is the dance programmer for The Inconvenience, where she has devised and directed The Fly Honey Show and Standing Room Only, as well as choreographed various concert dance and theatrical works for the company, including Hit The Wall (Steppenwolf Garage).  She is one-third of The Open Space Project, and has worked with Same Planet Different World Dance Theater, The Moving Architects, and Kate Corby & Dancers, among others. Erin will be premiering a works-in-progress, “Dive, Baby, Dive” , featuring collaborative performers Lori Crosthwait, Jessie Young, Jillian Endebrock, and Sarah Gonsiorowski, at VAGINA II. The Fly Honey’s will also be making a cameo on the same night. Boom. 

photo: Kyle La Mere Photography 

VAGINA II Artist Spotlight: Shannon Matesky

Performer 


Shannon Matesky is an artist, activist, educator from Berkeley Ca. with a BFA from Depaul University’s Acting Program. Shannon is a national slam champion and an HBO Def Poet that has performed and led workshops around the country at numerous venues and universities. Select theatrical credits include Hit the Wall (The Inconvenience), Sonnets For An Old Century (UrbanTheater), Sophocles Seven Sicknesses (The Hypocrites) and The March (Steppenwolf). She has worked with many neighboring theatre companies including Victory Gardens, Remy Buumpo, and The Goodman Theatre.Invested in peer based pedagogy Shannon has worked in youth development for over 5 years with organizations such as Youth Speaks, Young Chicago Authors, Step-Up Women’s Network, Kuumba Lynx, Depaul University and many classrooms around the nation. She teaches poetry, performance, women’s empowement and youth engagement. Shannon also recently produced her first full length solo show entitled She Think She Grown.