Death & Pretzels

12/23/2022

Crawling out of hibernation to wish a happy holiday season from all of us to you and yours! 🎄✨🦌

12/20/2021

Popping out of hibernation to say, from all of us, to you and yours, wishing you Happy Holidays and maybe we'll see you in 2022!

10/10/2021

We're crawling out of our dusty hibernation crypt to wish a Happy Stage Manager Day to our own Lili Björklund and every other SM, ASM and PM who show up very early and stay very late to make the rest of us look good. We love you!

04/04/2021

From all of us to you and yours, Hoppy Easter and Merry Spring. We have some irons in the fire and hope to see you soon!

03/28/2021

A little late, but we're feeling nostalgic. Happy - we've had a lot of good times over the years, we can't wait to get backstage again soon. Thanks and love to all the incredible casts and creative teams through the years. We miss you all!

12/20/2020

From all of us, to you and yours, wishing you happy holidays and thankfully an end to this year. We hope to see you all in 2021!

With love, the D&P Team

10/10/2020

We're wishing a very special Stage Management Day to all of our friends in the industry, and especially our very own Lili Björklund. She doesn't just manage our stages and spaces, she's always available to lend a hand and offer advice and all of us at D&P would be lost without her.

It's been quite a year and we're all feeling that itch to return to the stage, we can't wait until it's safe to do so. In the meantime, think about all the ways a Stage Manager has touched your lives, we'd love to hear your stories!

09/14/2020

We're sad to announce the closure of our beloved black box theater. D&P plans to hold on, ride this out and see you all on the other side. We're not dead, just sleeping.

06/01/2020

D&P stands with our BIPOC friends and family, we've made a donation to the Chicago Community Bond Fund and would encourage you to do the same if you're looking for a place to donate at this time

There is an uprising happening across the country following the murders of George Floyd by the Minneapolis Police Department, Breonna Taylor by the Louisville Police Department, and Tony McDade by the Tallahassee Police Department and decades of police violence against Black, Native, Brown, and othe...

05/19/2020

Our theater is still dark, but we've got a special treat to share - check out this link to our radio play murder mystery comedy, A MURDER MOST NOVEL, written by Alex Butschli, featuring the voice talents of Guy Wicke, Elaina Henderson, Nick Strauss, Taylor Toms, Steve Bryant, Elliot Lerner, Katie Incardona, Grant Alsup, Original music and Foley by Andrew Milliken and Lili Bjorklund.

https://soundcloud.com/death-pretzels/a-murder-most-novel

Hop over to SoundCloud and give it listen! If you feel so inclined, D&P is accepting donations through Venmo () - we're hoping to be back as soon as possible to a theater near you!

From the case files of the brilliant and handsome detective, Max Forthright comes… A MURDER MOST NOVEL! The legendary gumshoe and his tenacious partner in crime-stopping, Bernadette Hargreaves, will e

04/30/2020

With the extension of Illinois's Shelter in Place order, D&P will unfortunately have to postpone their upcoming production of Adam Szymkowicz's THE BOOK STORE - we're hopeful we'll be able to mount the production this fall instead, once we've received the all-clear to move forward.

In the meantime, keep your eyes peeled for the digital release of our most recent production, A MURDER MOST NOVEL, a radio play murder mystery comedy, streaming from a computer near you soon!

04/14/2020

D&P's homebase Nox Arca Theatre has launched a fundraising campaign to help tide them over until they can reopen their doors after the citywide shut down - check out the campaign and share if the mood strikes you. We can't wait to get back to work for you all soon!

Nox Arca Theatre is black box studio theatre in the Ravenswood neighborhood of Chicag… Madison Smith needs your support for Keep the Ghostlight Burning at Nox