Angelmakers: Songs for Female Serial Killers

"Holy sh*t. Pittsburgh. This is really, really awesome. Do not miss this amazing piece. It is one of the best things I have seen in Pittsburgh…"

Audience member

Everyone deserves one song.

Angelmakers: Songs for Female Serial Killers is RealTime’s popular true-crime cabaret concert that explores the moments and motives of female serial killers throughout history. With music ranging from post-punk to indie rock to country and beyond, this concert-play asks audiences: does our understanding of someone as both sufferer and perpetrator affect our ability to empathize?

Using the crack-you-open power of music and challenging notions of women as the more empathetic and nurturing gender, this piece asks audiences to simultaneously hold both their righteous anger at grievous destruction and an awareness of the humanity inside of each of us.

Co-conceived by Molly Rice & Rusty Thelin

Music & Lyrics by Molly Rice

Performances, Director, Cast

Angelmakers: Songs for Female Serial Killers was first performed at Aftershock Theatre in Pittsburgh (2017). Dir: Rusty Thelin. Cast: Milia Ayache (The Angelmaker, guitar), Michele Dunlap (drums), Zorahna (bass, keyboard).

Recording

The original cast recording of Angelmakers is available on Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music and most other streaming platforms.

Bill O’Driscoll, Pittsburgh City Paper

“If it’s provocative to have empathy for killers, the troupe pulls it off, thanks largely to Rice’s lyrical gifts.”

Sean Collier, Pittsburgh Magazine

“…Rice’s music does cartwheels to accommodate both the depicted killer and the angle of the lyrics. They should put out an album; if they sold CDs in the lobby after the show, audiences would undoubtedly line up for them.”