The Bechdel Cast - Bechdel Cast Midwest Tour Alert!

Episode Date: July 29, 2025

We're going on a Midwest Tour soon and we're covering the STAR WARS PREQUELS! The intersectional feminist discourse you desperately need on Episodes I, II, and III, baby!!! We'll be doing shows in the following cities:Indianapolis - August 30 Chicago - August 31 Madison - September 4 Minneapolis - September 7 Tickets at linktr.ee/bechdelcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Awuga, awuga. It's happening. We're going on tour again, but this time it's a little different because we're not going to the four cities we usually go to. We're going to the Midwest. After nine full years of requests,

we've decided, sure, why not? We are heading to the Midwest at the end of August and the beginning of September. And we are so excited to see you and not just see you, but discuss something that we have been avoiding discussing for nearly a decade. And what is that, Caitlin? Oh, do you mean the Star Wars prequels?

Murder? Many have done it, but has anyone ever done it from an intersectional feminist perspective? No. No. And we're going to find out just why that is so ill-advised. We are so excited to be doing our prequel show on tour. If you've never been to a Bexel Cash show, here are some things you can expect.

You can expect the normal, the discussion that you love with the Bexel Cash. You can expect cosplaying. You can expect. erotic fan fiction. Yes, unhinged erotic fan fiction. You can expect, I mean, there's really no limit. You can expect a full explanation as to why Babu Frick is actually in charge of the entire Star Wars multiverse. Oh, and you can expect, which I'm most excited about, and I think we should rehearse, full reenactments of key scenes.

Okay, yes, yes. Yeah, so there's a lot going on. And as with every Bechdelcast show, there is exclusive merch, there's a meet and greet after, everyone's super nice, you're guaranteed to make a friend, and it's just a good vibe. It's a great vibe. But Caitlin, where the hell are these shows happening?

And when? I will tell you everything, Jamie. Okay. We are starting off the tour in Indianapolis as a part of Let's Fest. It's a Saturday, August 30th matinee, which leaves room for seeing my show that night. Yeah.

It's a new show I'm putting together starring me and my pet rock. Not to be missed. And it's at the same exact theater, which is Fountain Square Theater, see you there. See you there. Now the very next day, we are going to be in Chicago at the Den Theater.

That's a Sunday night, it's a seven o'clock show, question mark? 7 15 something like that. It's an evening show. Yeah. So come on down for that. Then we will be in Madison. We will be in Madison a couple days later on September 4th. That's going to be at the Burr Oak at 7 30 p.m. And we are bringing home, and by home, I mean to Minneapolis, Minnesota. That's gonna be on September 7th at Dudley Riggs Theater. So if you are a fan of the show, if you know someone who is a fan of Star Wars

or somehow the Star Wars prequels, expect the normal recaps, but it's going to be a silly one. It's going to be a fun one. We're going to figure out if the midichlorians make any sense. Consider this to be the final word. Is Jar Jar Binks going to be a special guest? Maybe.

There's of course going to be a lot of Jar Jar talk. There's going to be a lot of, you know, I'm sure that Padme's narrative is gonna do great by our metrics. Feminist masterpiece. Feminist icon Padme. And yeah, it's just gonna be a blast. Ask anyone who's been to our live shows in the past.

And we're also just so excited to come to the Midwest because we owe you one. We really do. So if you live in those cities, tickets are available. Now you can get tickets to all four shows at our Linktree, which is Linktree slash Bechtelcast. And also just a reminder, if you are a member of our Patreon, AKA Matrion,

you get an exclusive little button when you come and say hi to us after the show. So we like to think of it as like a community event as well because everyone is so nice and it's also easy to forget that people hear the show. Does that make sense? Sometimes you're like, oh, there you are. People listen to us. And you're all so hot.

It's great. So we're very, very excited to meet you and we hope to see you there. See you there.