![]() Kill the Ripper - Photo: Mark Williams Hoelscher He did very disgusting things to their bodies. “He also gutted them, for lack of a better word. “He’s called the Ripper because he didn’t just kill them,” Behm says. The murders were attributed to the infamous Jack the Ripper, whose victims were all women. Kill The Ripper is an imaginative work of historical fiction focusing on a gruesome spree of murders in London during the fall of 1888. But it does have that slightly Tarantino vibe, in a more women-centered way.”Īnti-Gay Pastor John Hagee Speaks at Pro-Israel Rally in D.C. It’s not taking down Nazis, it’s taking down toxic male serial killers. It’s sort of Inglourious Basterds but with corsets. It’s funny, it’s smart, it’s unexpected, it’s unapologetically feminist, it’s unapologetically pro-sex and pro-LGBTQ. “I haven’t seen a lot of shows like it in D.C.,” Behm says of Fairlith Harvey’s play. On the flip side, she adds, “it has meant that people have had to get more creative, and there’s something to be said for that.” In that regard, it’s hard to imagine a more creative team for the theater than the one Behm has headed up for Kill The Ripper. We had to special order stuff from California.” You used to be able to go to a place in Takoma Park, and it’s gone now. As one specific example, Behm cites the extra steps and costs involved in procuring special effect makeup for the production of Kill The Ripper she’s directing for We Happy Few at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop. ![]()
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