A knock at the door followed by an accusation of an undisclosed crime forces Betty Bam to engage in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with her would-be pursuers. Charming Betty will take on many roles in a no-holds-barred attempt to escape her fate.  Daughter. Wife. Temptress. Actress. Cold blooded killer. But which is the real Betty Bam? Who killed Pyotr Nikolayevich? And isn’t that him standing right over there?

Follow the beguiling Betty through her many incarnations as she attempts to make meaning in a landscape of rapidly shifting genres and ever-present threat when the imaginary beasts return this spring with a play that defies classification. Betty Bam, Part Two of their lauded Daniil Kharms’ Project, is an original adaptation based on Kharms’ Elizaveta Bam


Betty Bam! performed at the Plaza Black Box Theatre

at the Boston Center for the Arts

539 Tremont Street, Boston MA


April 10 - May 2, 2015

The Ensemble...


Cameron Cronin

Sarah Gazdowicz

Molly Kimmerling

Amy Meyer

Beth Pearson

Kiki Samko

William Schuller


Written by

Daniil Kharms


Translated by

Zoya Derman


Adapted by

The Ensemble


Directed by

Matthew Woods, Joey C. Pelletier, & Michael Underhill


Costume Design by

Cotton Talbot-Minkin


Lighting Design by

Christopher Bocchiaro


Assistant Lighting Design

Emily Crochetiere


Sound Design by

Chris Larson


Set Concept / Design by

Candido Soares & Matthew Woods


Set Construction / Painting by

Bob Mussett, Joey C. Pelletier,

& Michael Underhill


Stage Managed by

Norma Heller


Dramaturgy by

Matthew McMahan

Photos by Roger Metcalf