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7:00 pm 15 mins | Chicks with Licks and a Dick with a Pic Opening ceremony |  | A little video, a little song, a little sing-a-long to kick it all off! |
7:15 pm 30 mins | Evergreen Arts 420 Shakespeare COMEDY/IMPROV |  | Five Shakespearean actors put on a play while one of them gets super baked. High-jinks ensue. It's time for 420 Shakespeare! website |
7:45 pm 20 mins | The Lightbulb Factory Slants of Light, very short pieces from The Lightbulb Factory SHORT PLAYS |  | The Lightbulb Factory and friends perform a small, curated collection of monologues and very short plays. website (only current CW would be explicit language, will update as CW present themselves) |
8:10 pm 15 mins | Karl Jackson One Hand Strum Man INSTRUMENTAL |  | One hand ukulele player performing 3 songs of varying degrees of difficulty with short storyboard in between songs. website |
8:25 pm 45 mins | Cafe Cabaret Cafe Cabaret VARIETY |  | A variety show featuring dance, music, comedy and monologue, etc. (adults only) |
9:15 pm 10 mins | Thee Courtesan Belle Weathers feat. The One Hand Sttumman Not Dead Yet BURLESQUE |  | A comedic singing burlesque with live ukulele accompanyment website (Suggestive movements, PG-13) |
9:25 pm 20 mins | Mabel Fleming Mayday Mayhaim life is comedy STAND UP |  | Stand up comedy show about how we can learn from life and still have the sense of humor to laugh about it. There is no nudity, only stand up comedy from real life situations and how I found the humor in it. website (My comedy is based on true events from my life!) |
9:45 pm 45 mins | Beast Women Performance Revue Beast Women Performance Revue VARIETY |  | We are delighted to be celebrating our 17th year as Chicago's Premier All Female Performance Revue. We strive to showcase phenomenal women and their powerful talent in the most entertaining, fun, positive, supportive, unique, and professional of shows. Beast Women Series is an invigorating and stimulating experience that operates on a concept of revolving individual performances. Every night is different, offering a new and personal experience. website (Adult language and some content) |
10:30 pm 60 mins | Nothing Without a Company World premier musical:Sofa King Queer: Pre-view Concert Performance (music only) MUSIC |  | Chicago, 2008: A group of LGBTQIA+ folks collide in this vibrant pop-punk musical about fu*king, family, and queer resistance. Through infectious tunes and heartfelt storytelling, these six people navigate desire, family bonds, and societal pressures amidst the backdrop of a rapidly changing world. website (Sex, Sexual abuse) |
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4:00 pm 45 mins | Top Banana Productions The O Ring PLAY |  | Four short comedies for adults: "Ovens and Gingerbread", "One Rule", "Objection Sustainable", and "Our Revels" (Adult material) |
4:45 pm 10 mins | Rotate Theatre Company Out PLAY |  | In this short play from Rotate Theatre (formerly Indie Boots Theatre), three friends debate their evening plans... and Queer history, and accessibility, and - well - capes. Featuring Ashely Bagot, Elana Elyce, and Cyra K. Polizzi with direction by Breahan Eve Pautsch. website (Adult language. Reference to violence.) |
5:00 pm 40 mins | Michael Bratta Ernie: Televison's Original Genius PLAY |  | A look at the comedy of early television innovator Ernie Kovacs through video clips and live stage reenactments. |
5:40 pm 10 mins | Margy Harrell Scattered, Smothered, and Covered STORY/MONOLOGUE |  | A glimpse into the world of one of the most revered institutions of culinary delights in the US! Welcome to the most HSHB (holy sanctuary of hash browns)...Waffle House!! (You WILL get very, very hungry!) |
6:00 pm 40 mins | David Drazin The Misfit Melodies of David Drazin KEYBOARD&VOCAL |  | Using only a keyboard, his voice, his tattered manuscript, and his alleged sense of humor, Mr. Drazin will attempt to demonstrate why comedy (though his ideal) has been less viable than social security. website |
7:00 pm 30 mins | Minimalist Productions Sweatpants, Episode 2 SITCOM |  | Back after 5 years, the second episode of Swestpants has arrived. Join Nate as he negotiates life, love and friendship while being as comfortable as possible. (Rated R for sexual content and language) |
7:30 pm 50 mins | Famous In The Future The Chicago Seven (sketches) SKETCH COMEDY |  | Famous in the Future presents seven sketches and songs guaranteed to be a laugh riot website |
8:30 pm 55 mins | El Bear The Walnut Creek Decapitation PLAY |  | Former Chicago comedian Abby Thurman is broke. Credit Cards. Car Loans. Student Debt. You know the drill. In a last desperate attempt at stardom, she decides to relaunch her defunct podcast, a true crime show that focused on a particularly grisly murder from the 90's. The studio space is rented, her co-host (and ex) Jake has arrived from L.A., the mics are prepped. Everything should be perfect.. But then there's a knock at the studio door. What follows is a spook-a-blast descent into madness as Jake and Abby (and the audience) take a hilariously scary ride to hell and back...and back again. Written and Directed By John Fisher website (Some foul language and risky themes. Possible blood effects.) |
9:30 pm 40 mins | Fractal Fractal IMPROV |  | We are a group of Fractalogists from Milwaukee Wisconsin on the cutting edge of reality bending longform improv. Explore a multiverse of probability and laughs in every possible reality. |
10:10 pm 20 mins | Jack Allen Jack Allen STAND-UP COMEDY |  | Jack Allen is a delightfully strange and lovably absurd up-and-coming comedian and writer. Born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma and now based out of Chicago, has spent years developing and smart, clever, silly, and sometimes surreal comedic voice entirely his own. website (Mature audiences) |
10:30 pm 45 mins | Masters Of Sketch Back to School Special SKETCH/IMPROV |  | Perennial Yippie Festers Masters of Sketch returns with an all-new hour of sketch comedy (dirty words, mature sitcheashins, possibly a puppet or two) |
11:15 pm 20 mins | El Bear The Willoughby House PLAY |  | After an attempted suicide Mr. Garcia wakes to find himself in The Willoughby House, a mental hospital between this world and the next one. He encounters the Nurse and Doctor team of El Enfermo and El Medico, two spirits looking to find the root of Mr. Garcia's problems, and offering an oh so simple solution. Written and Directed by Rauly Luna, starring Chandler Omar Escobedo, Logan Branam, and Shaun Rosten. website (Violence, Suicide, General Malaise.) |
11:35 pm 50 mins | Ross Childs Thousand Pears ONE-MAN SHOW |  | Join me in a musical journey discussing fatherhood, eating the rich, and emotional safety. Through songs, sketches, and stories, I Ross Childs shall get help the audience laugh, cry, sing along & go, 'Awwwe!' loudly & proudly.
Let's explode with joy at THOUSAND PEARS! website |
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3:30 pm 20 mins | Collage Productions/Jeff Helgeson A Last Lecture ONE PERSON SHOW |  | 'A Last Lecture' by Jeff Helgeson, directed by McKenna Liesman, and featuring Howard Raik presents a university professor's thoughts about life and learning during a 'terminal talk' for the final class of his career. Devoted to teaching and sustained by the unfolding of his students' lives, David Burke faces his own future with courage and resolve while seeking to share a lifetime of acquired personal knowledge. website |
4:00 pm 40 mins | Collage Productions/Jeff Helgeson The Gospel According to Mark . . . Twain COMEDIC MONOLOG |  | Composed, edited, and performed by Jeff Helgeson presents thoughts related to 'the deity,' the Bible, mankind, and the meaning of life as derived from observations made by the author of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. website |
4:40 pm 50 mins | Bonnie Bagdon Mrs. President MONOLOGUE |  | 'Mrs. President': Mary Todd Lincoln's campaign to make her husband President. In her own words. At last. . . Written and performed by Bonnie Bagdon. |
5:30 pm 25 mins | Lynx Productions (formerly CRCtheatricals) While Making Other Plans (working title) NON-TRAD PLAY |  | A short play that explores identity and hay in a performances art inspired style that includes video, music and song- but not a musical (Some language (swearing) and adult themes- discussion of violence, abuse, alcohol, taces and debt) |
6:00 pm 45 mins | Mike Felten Band Mike Felten Band MUSIC |  | He learned his first chords at Chicago's venerable Old Town School of Folk Music back when it was a little operation the second floor near North Avenue and Sedgwick. It was just down the street from where Paddy Bauler (below) had his joint. WIN STRACKE, FRANK HAMILTON, JO MAPES and VALUCHA were around back then. Mike was introduced to a world of Big Bill Broonzy and Merle Travis and a Chicago that was a little bit different than the hard working blue collar neighborhood he was born into. website |
6:45 pm 60 mins | J.B. Pariah & the No Tone Ditties Bob Dylan & the Litarary Tradition ROCK/LIT HYBRID |  | Come hear in live rock & mini-lecture how Bob Dylan connects to literary roots from Allen Ginsberg to T.S. Eliot and the Bible and why former G.B. Poet Laureate Andrew Motion called Visions of Johanna the 'greatest pop lyric ever written.' The set list includes early Dylan classics. website |
7:45 pm 15 mins | Wet Pizza Wet Pizza IMPROV COMEDY |  | The wettest, greasiest slice of improv in town! Topped with characters so rich, they'll give you heartburn. website |
8:00 pm 20 mins | Dark Room Men DARK ROOM 10 ACOUSTIC MUSIC |  | Two film critics Simon and Garfunkelize into your hearts. website (Old man singing.) |
8:25 pm 10 mins | Christine Marie Bea Reddy PUPPET MYSTERY |  | Arm Chair Detective Cozy Mystery con PUPPETS |
8:35 pm 20 mins | Fat Theatre Project Too Fat To Run SOLO SHOW |  | Three weeks before the Chicago Marathon, Eileen Tull got a 'concerned' email from a 'concerned' acquaintance who is very 'concerned' that she, fat as she is, plans on running the marathon. 'What are you trying to prove?' they ask. This is an excerpt of a larger show that will premiere in September. website (Fatphobia, discussion of eating disorders) |
9:00 pm 45 mins | Hooked Up: The Improvised Musical About YOUR Love Life Hooked Up: The Improvised Musical About YOUR Love Life IMPROV MUSICAL |  | Hooked Up is a long-form narrative music improv show about YOUR love life. Bad breakups, dubious dates, holiday hijinks, and more! website (Adult themes, relationships, swearing, drug and alcohol references, intimacy references) |
9:45 pm 10 mins | TG Jamroz The Platinum Tears MUSIC/FILM |  | TG Jamroz performs music with the aid of projected visuals, backing tracks, and an occasional guest. Part performance art, part musical in progress. The show has been performed with projected experimental films by TG Jamroz, to backing 16mm film loops and other machinations. website |
10:00 pm 60 mins | RPG-13 RPG-13: A Role Playing & Improv Comedy Show IMPROV COMEDY |  | Hello Travelers! Welcome to RPG-13, the comedy company from Chicago, IL, that combines role playing games with improvisation: where fate and funny collide! Come see how the dice roll, and enjoy your adventure! website (PG-13) |
11:00 pm 10 mins | YippieFest Players Closing |  | A short sing-a-long to close the weekend |