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7:00 pm 15 mins | Opening Ceremony |  | Opening Ceremonies with Chicks with Picks and Licks, readings, and Mike Felton (with special guest) |
7:15 pm 70 mins | Rush Pearson Diary of a Madman PLAY |  | The story of a man which raises the question, 'when does positive thinking become denial?'. |
8:25 pm 30 mins | Mike Felten Mike Felten SONG AND STORY |  | A lot of gunshots, raised fists and shouting in the street. Whoops, that's my dating profile. . . WEBSITE |
9:00 pm 30 mins | Amber Nettles Haunted: The Improvised Ghost Hunters LONGFORM IMPROV |  | Haunted: The Improvised Ghost Hunters brings you a brand new, never-before-seen "episode" every show! "Haunted" is a longform improvised comedy show in which a group of "hunters" investigates the "haunted person, place, or thing" suggested by the audience. WEBSITE (we can be up to R but are comfortable at pg 13) |
9:30 pm 20 mins | Dark Room Men Dark Room Men LIVE PERFORMERS |  | 20 minutes of Simon and Garfunkeling with two singing film critics WEBSITE |
9:50 pm 40 mins | Dakota Pariset The Survivalist PLAY |  | Calvin Renner is THE SURVIVALIST, a 'survival engineer,' a doomsday prophet/profiteer with a very special pitch for surviving. Don't be the last on your block. (some imagery that audience may be triggered by(ie guns)) |
10:30 pm 5 mins | Thee Courtesan Belle Weathers Roses and Rainbows BURLESQUE |  | One woman's journey from an unhealthy relationship to finding herself again (Striptease, 18+ only) |
10:35 pm 50 mins | Industry Darlings Industry Darlings: The Improvised Industrial Musical MUSICAL IMPROV |  | The Industry Darlings perform a fully improvised industrial musical - never seen before, never to be seen again - about a made-up product and a made-up company based on audience interviews at the top of the show! (Adult language; occasional references to drinking, smoking, drugs, and sexual situations) |
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5:00 pm 15 mins | Philip D. Clarke Can't Help but Think . . . MONOLOGUE |  | Ophelia is closing up; an article of snail mail has got her thinking about evangelical ministers while doing side work. |
5:20 pm 30 mins | Lisa Zane Sleeping Beauty a short story A READING |  | Lisa Zane will read an original short story which is a macabre fable (not for kids) |
5:50 pm 30 mins | Collage Productions/Jeff Helgeson The Gospel According to Mark . . . Twain COMEDIC MONOLOG |  | "The Gospel According to Mark . . . Twain" provides a monologue derived from public domain material regarding the topics of creation, the nature of mankind, biblical narratives, The Ten Commandments, and various divine character traits represented in both the Old and New Testaments. WEBSITE (Could be challenging to some commonly held beliefs.) |
6:20 pm 50 mins | Shawn Wickens Time Machine Blueprints (the theatrical experience) COMEDY |  | True Story. Shawn Wickens got stoned off a weed brownie. The next morning he realized he had bought the domain name: TimeMachineBlueprints.com.
The rest is history. WEBSITE (pretty PG-13. If even.) |
7:15 pm 14 mins | David Drazin The Belligerent Sayings of David Drazin MONOLOGUE |  | Chicago's only stand up comedian on full social security. (Language) |
7:35 pm 5 mins | Perceptual Motion, Inc. Cleanlines is Godliness MODERN DANCE |  | Come see this lighthearted dance with some rather unorthodox cleaning ladies. Their trusty brooms turn into canoe paddles, curling stones and salsa partners while they work to get that very last speck of dirt off the floor. WEBSITE |
7:40 pm 30 mins | Black Forest Wonders & Woes PLAY |  | |
8:10 pm 60 mins | Famous In The Future Thwarted Optimism SKETCH COMEDY |  | Famous In The Future bring back some bits from past shows.. WEBSITE |
9:10 pm 20 mins | AP US History AP US History IMPROV |  | Welcome to AP US History Class! We are here to take events and years from US History and tell you, our students, 'exactly' how they happened. WEBSITE (Language) |
9:30 pm 45 mins | Masters of Sketch Attack of the 50ft Comedy Sketch SKETCH COMEDY |  | Like MadTV but good (Language and unpredictable content) |
10:15 pm 15 mins | Angie McMahon Stand Up STAND UP |  | Angie McMahon is a faculty member at The Second City where she has worked for the past 10 years. She has been seen at Laugh Factory, Riddles, Zanies (Rosemont), House of Blues and Red Room Comedy Club to name a few WEBSITE (Rated R) |
10:30 pm 30 mins | Amber Nettles Take Two: The Improvised Movie IMPROV |  | Give us a song, we'll give you a movie! Based on a song lyric supplied by the audience, this group of movie buffs use their knowledge of cinema and genre to create a sometimes-logical 30 minute film making fun of the tropes found in your favorite genres: Romcoms, horror, action, holiday, and more! WEBSITE (typically stick to PG 13) |
11:00 pm 20 mins | Jack Allen Stand-up Comedy STAND-UP COMEDY |  | Jack Allen is a one-of-a-kind up-and-coming comedic talent. Originally from Oklahoma and now based out of Chicago, Jack is infamous for his original, clever, and delightfully absurd style of joke telling. He regularly performs at a variety of venues thoughout the midwest. WEBSITE (Some adult content/language) |
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4:05 pm 60 mins | Our Lake is an Ocean Unplanned Obsolescence SKETCH/IMPROV |  | Planned obsolescence refers to the practice of designing objects or products to be quickly abandoned and replaced with newer, sleeker models. This show explores unplanned obsolescence, the unexpected degradation of equipment and in some cases people (Adult language) |
5:05 pm 30 mins | Top Banana Productions Fasting Cougars - Redux PLAY |  | Three 10 minute plays: Blood of the Refurbished Virgin, Pulling My Leg, Don't Judge a Book by Its Coverture. |
5:35 pm 50 mins | Roberto Del Rio Roberto Del Rio ONE PERSON SHOW |  | Bold brash and bitchy the only fool Roberto suffers these days are themselves from the singular they to the plural he become a fly on the wall or a scrunchie on the bedpost and be witness to the emotional highs and lows that happen after he's left. (Mature contact, sexual themes, adult language) |
6:30 pm 30 mins | Continuous Dream Theater The False Years MONOLOGUE |  | A man on the eve of coming home from a psych ward tries to work out when it all went wrong. Starring Pete Blatchford. By award-winning writer Amy Crider. |
7:00 pm 40 mins | Hooked Up Hooked Up: The Improvised Musical About Your Love Life MUSICAL IMPROV |  | Hooked Up is a fully improvised original musical about YOUR love life. We interview audience members about their bad breakups, dubious dates, holiday hijinks, and more, and then create a fully improvised show on the spot - never seen before, never to be seen again! (Adult language; occasional implied smoking, drugs, drinking, and relationships) |
7:45 pm 5 mins | John Lattuada / Proles the Clown Impermanence and Animal Balloons CLOWN |  | A performative exploration of the impermanence inherent within our own existence and that with one another - plus, animal balloons! WEBSITE |
7:50 pm 10 mins | Noel & Mick D A Scene from PROMISES PROMISES SHOWCASE ACT |  | Desiree Burcum and Pat McDonald do a scene and a song from the 1968 Broadway musical PROMISES PROMISES, book by Neil Simon, music/lyrics by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Based on the 1960 film THE APARTMENT, directed by Billy Wilder. |
8:00 pm 25 mins | Roberta Miles Roberta Miles MONOLOGUE |  | Roberta Miles present iconic moments of flickering light, which she refers to as her life. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, Miles always delivers with brutal honesty. WEBSITE |
8:25 pm 25 mins | John Francis Klingle Perverse Virgin - Songs of Longing and Heartache MUSIC |  | John Francis Klingle, a singer-songwriter with a semi-authentic claim to southern heritage, sings songs of longing and heartache in a collection of acoustic folk/country tunes. |
9:00 pm 60 mins | RPG-13 RPG-13 IMPROV |  | Hello travelers! Welcome to RPG-13, the comedy company that combines role playing with improvisation: where fate and funny collide! Join our Tavern Keeper, Game Master, & Adventurers as we invite you onstage to help us create whatever story you want and/or whatever the fate of the dice roll allows. WEBSITE |
10:00 pm 30 mins | El Bear ANOMALIES BEYOND PLAY |  | Two soldiers begin to question their orders and their sanity as something from beyond reality begins to creep into their minds in this psychological thriller from writer/director John Fisher. (Some foul language and risky themes) |
10:30 pm 10 mins | Closing Ceremony |  | Closing sing-along |