Humboldt Park Residents Featured in “Anatomy of a Suicide” Produced by Metal Shop Performance Lab & JunkHeart

Humboldt Park residents, Taylor McWilliams-Woods and Laila Malak, are featured in Anatomy of a Suicide, produced in partnership with The Metal Shop Performance Lab and JunkHeart, August 12 - 30, at Redtwist Theatre, 1044 W Bryn Mawr Ave, Chicago, written by Alice Birch and directed by Alex Mallory. McWilliams-Woods is the understudy for “Anna” and Malak plays “Young Daisy/Young Anna/Child.”

Anatomy of a Suicide follows three generations of women; a mother, a daughter and a granddaughter, whose individual stories are being told simultaneously. For each, the pain and chaos of the women who came before them force them to question whether they will be able to escape this deeply rooted legacy and instead make their own. Alice Birch's Susan Smith Blackburn Prize-winning play is an intimate exploration of inter-generational trauma, told across three interlinking narratives.

The regular performance schedule is Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 3:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 - $35 and may be purchased starting June 1 by visiting TheMetalShop.org.