Belle Gunness killed more than two dozen men as well as a handful of women and children at the turn of the twentieth century. But did she get away with it? Her story is as ridiculous as it is captivating. Join the infamous black widow of LaPorte, Indiana, her sister Nellie, and the men she loved and killed along the way in this wild ride of a true crime dark comedy.
Our fourth show for season 5 will be the winner of our Making History Contest, Hell’s Belle: The Unbelievably True Tale of Indiana’s First Serial Killer by Amalia Howard. Congratulations Amalia!
Amalia Howard is an Indianapolis-based theatre and visual artist who is breaking into the writing world. She loves history and stories that center women in the narrative, either for good or ill. She graduated from Butler University’s Theatre Program in 2011, before taking a long break from the stage. Since 2023, she’s been back in full force with wide-ranging roles, recently appearing as Elisabeth in Seeking Nietzsche, Regan in King Lear, Gabrielle in The Dinner Party, Paidagogos in Euripedes’s Medea, Maria in Man of La Mancha, and Cressida in Troilus and Cressida: The Musical, among others.
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