August 21-23, 2020
YippieFest Schedule
| Friday, August 21 | |||||
| 7:00 PM | Mike Felten Opening song | Music 5mins | Mike Felten sings a song from a fest long ago… | ||
| 7:05 PM | Trained Monkey Productions Brother Luther Powell Vs. The Tobacco Demons | Monolog 23mins | Steve Evans, as Brother Luther Powell, get the hob nailed of the oppressors of the working class of all of our necks with humor. | ||
| 7:28 PM | The Myths of Suburbia The Basement | Music 5mins | This is not really a show. No way to play a show in this new world forged by incompetence and indifference. This is a music video about the homeless that I remixed this morning. | ||
| 7:33 PM | wwsp lavender rays | Music 5mins | the world premiere of a new wwsp music video, "lavender rays" featuring carla hayden and james moeller. video conceived & edited by carla. web link | ||
| 7:38 PM | Dark Room Men Dark Room Men | Music 23mins | Two singing film critics simonize and garfunkel their way into your hearts, with a mixture of original songs and surprising covers. web link | ||
| 8:00 PM | Mike Felten Mike Felten, singer-songwriter | Music 11mins | "CHICAGO'S #1 SINGER/SONGWRITER 2016" -Reverbnation web link | ||
| 8:11 PM | Camilo Restrepo Camilo Restrepo | Music 38mins | Traditional Blues and American Music by solo singer/guitar player web link | ||
| 8:50 PM | Ovadya TC | Music 14mins | Wrap your head around this: Original, psychedelic/World influenced music web link | ||
| 9:05 PM | Uber Films Film Fest #1 - Asian minute shorts | Short Film 21mins | A short film festival featuring Asian minute shorts hosted by Uber Critic, Pat McDonald | ||
| 9:25 PM | The RUT music explosion | Music 50mins | We are a rock band and will play for you web link | ||
| 10:25 PM | Uber Films Film Fest #2 - Short Films | Short Film 22mins | A short film festival hosted by Uber Critic, Pat McDonald | ||
| 10:45 PM | PortmanteauZone Moose Cycle | Music 19mins | Moosecycletheaterspielgesamtkunstwerk A four-song cycle about an anarcho-syndicalist polyamorous team of five sock puppet superheroes, Task Force Moose, who customarily parachute out of their C-130 aircraft for deployment. Their contribution to a better world is to ultimately defeat the reactionary web link | ||
| Saturday, August 22 | |||||
| 3:40 PM | PortmanteauZone Moose Cycle | Music 19mins | Moosecycletheaterspielgesamtkunstwerk A four-song cycle about an anarcho-syndicalist polyamorous team of five sock puppet superheroes, Task Force Moose, who customarily parachute out of their C-130 aircraft for deployment. Their contribution to a better world is to ultimately defeat the reactionary web link | ||
| 4:00 PM | The RUT music explosion | Music 50mins | We are a rock band and will play for you web link | ||
| 4:50 PM | Ovadya TC | Music 14mins | Wrap your head around this: Original, psychedelic/World influenced music web link | ||
| 5:05 PM | Camilo Restrepo Camilo Restrepo | Music 38mins | Traditional Blues and American Music by solo singer/guitar player web link | ||
| 5:45 PM | Mike Felten Mike Felten, singer-songwriter | Music 16mins | "CHICAGO'S #1 SINGER/SONGWRITER 2016" -Reverbnation web link | ||
| 6:00 PM | Dark Room Men Dark Room Men | Music 23mins | Two singing film critics simonize and garfunkel their way into your hearts, with a mixture of original songs and surprising covers. web link | ||
| 6:25 PM | wwsp lavender rays | Music 5mins | the world premiere of a new wwsp music video, "lavender rays" featuring carla hayden and james moeller. video conceived & edited by carla. web link | ||
| 6:30 PM | The Myths of Suburbia The Basement | Music 5mins | This is not really a show. No way to play a show in this new world forged by incompetence and indifference. This is a music video about the homeless that I remixed this morning. | ||
| 6:35 PM | Amy Crider Some Insights About A Christmas Carol | Monologue 9mins | A monologue about growing up with the 1951 version of A Christmas Carol with a fresh take on the meaning of Scrooge's redemption. web link | ||
| 6:45 PM | Eileen Tull Mommy, Give Me Pills | Solo Show 49mins | Mommy, Give Me Pills is a mix of scripted and improvised material that is all (sort of) true. This piece traces an addict/alcoholic's struggle with pills. With medical use and beyond, she must navigate how much is too much and when is it okay to numb the pain like everybody else. web link | ||
| 7:35 PM | Collage Productions with Mobilewave Films Zoom Session | Theatre 49mins | In a contemporary reflection of Plato's "Symposium," an experimental theater company shifts its plan from an adaptation of Camus' "The Plague" to address race relations and the sustaining of social movements, revealing the relationship between its artistic director and her mentor. web link | ||
| 8:25 PM | Citizens' Relief Ashes to Ashes | Theatre 49mins | In this performance of "Ashes to Ashes" filmed by Jim Sikora, Devlin (Mike Driscoll) interrogates Rebecca (Simone Jubyna) about her former lover whom Rebecca reveals to have been an agent of atrocity. As Devlin questions the authenticity of her experience, Rebecca suffers a crisis of complicity. web link | ||
| 9:15 PM | Famous In The Future Screaming on the inside | Comedy 46mins | Sketch comedy group Famous In The Future presents our 2016 Best Of show from the last Abbie Fest | ||
| 10:00 PM | David Drazin David plays his songs! | Music/Comedy 39mins | David plays and sings his original songs, some of which were used by Famous In The Future, some about a dog, and some about 3 minutes long. | ||
| 10:40 PM | Shitter Critters Shitter Critters | Comedy 13mins | Animals doing what they do best, making public access TV web link | ||
| 10:54 PM | Jason Midas Introducing: The Plampetarium | Dance/Theater 6mins | The new vision for the pro wrestling scene, Jason Midas, introduces you to his indoor lounge and promo space, complete with dance number! web link | ||
| 11:00 PM | Industrial Gardens 2 Idiots in a Haunted House | Theater 20mins | A bumpkin turned boheme lures his friend and her fiance on a wild moosechase, attempting to steal a relic of their dead heroes. Can they attain the holy grail? | ||
| 11:20 PM | Michael Bratta Profiles of the Squared Circle | Theatre 10mins | Behind the scenes of professional wresting personalities. The dirt, the truth, the fable lore of men you want to know. Surprising stories you never knew. | ||
| 11:30 PM | Flower Shop Bangers Flower Shop Bangers | Improv 16mins | Two person, no suggestion improv that gets weird with it. web link | ||
| 11:46 PM | Ross Childs The Musical FUNSPLOSION Show! | Music/Comedy 7mins | For a virtual show, I try to keep it as simple as possible. I play several high-energy comedy songs of varying genres, both written and improvised, as well as a handful of solo characters. As long as the mic is hot and the lights are bright, I'll give one heck of a hell of a show. | ||
| Sunday, August 23 | |||||
| 3:05 PM | Flower Shop Bangers Flower Shop Bangers | Improv 16mins | Two person, no suggestion improv that gets weird with it. web link | ||
| 3:20 PM | Famous In The Future Screaming on the inside | Comedy 46mins | Sketch comedy group Famous In The Future presents our 2016 Best Of show from the last Abbie Fest | ||
| 4:05 PM | David Drazin David plays his songs! | Music/Comedy 39mins | David plays and sings his original songs, some of which were used by Famous In The Future, some about a dog, and some about 3 minutes long. | ||
| 4:55 PM | Ross Childs The Musical FUNSPLOSION Show! | Music/Comedy 7mins | For a virtual show, I try to keep it as simple as possible. I play several high-energy comedy songs of varying genres, both written and improvised, as well as a handful of solo characters. As long as the mic is hot and the lights are bright, I'll give one heck of a hell of a show. | ||
| 5:03 PM | Uber Films Film Fest #1 - Asian minute shorts | Short Film 17mins | A short film festival featuring Asian minute shorts hosted by Uber Critic, Pat McDonald | ||
| 5:20 PM | Michael Bratta Profiles of the Squared Circle | Theatre 10mins | Behind the scenes of professional wresting personalities. The dirt, the truth, the fable lore of men you want to know. Surprising stories you never knew. | ||
| 5:30 PM | Shitter Critters Shitter Critters | Comedy 13mins | Animals doing what they do best, making public access TV web link | ||
| 5:45 PM | Uber Films Film Fest #2 - Short Films | Short Film 20mins | A short film festival hosted by Uber Critic, Pat McDonald | ||
| 6:05 PM | Citizens' Relief Ashes to Ashes | Theatre 49mins | In this performance of "Ashes to Ashes" filmed by Jim Sikora, Devlin (Mike Driscoll) interrogates Rebecca (Simone Jubyna) about her former lover whom Rebecca reveals to have been an agent of atrocity. As Devlin questions the authenticity of her experience, Rebecca suffers a crisis of complicity. web link | ||
| 6:55 PM | Industrial Gardens 2 Idiots in a Haunted House | Theater 20mins | A bumpkin turned boheme lures his friend and her fiance on a wild moosechase, attempting to steal a relic of their dead heroes. Can they attain the holy grail? | ||
| 7:15 PM | Jason Midas Introducing: The Plampetarium | Dance/Theater 6mins | The new vision for the pro wrestling scene, Jason Midas, introduces you to his indoor lounge and promo space, complete with dance number! web link | ||
| 7:20 PM | Collage Productions with Mobilewave Films Zoom Session | Theatre 49mins | In a contemporary reflection of Plato's "Symposium," an experimental theater company shifts its plan from an adaptation of Camus' "The Plague" to address race relations and the sustaining of social movements, revealing the relationship between its artistic director and her mentor. web link | ||
| 8:10 PM | Eileen Tull Mommy, Give Me Pills | Solo Show 49mins | Mommy, Give Me Pills is a mix of scripted and improvised material that is all (sort of) true. This piece traces an addict/alcoholic's struggle with pills. With medical use and beyond, she must navigate how much is too much and when is it okay to numb the pain like everybody else. web link | ||
| 9:00 PM | Amy Crider Some Insights About A Christmas Carol | Monologue 9mins | A monologue about growing up with the 1951 version of A Christmas Carol with a fresh take on the meaning of Scrooge's redemption. web link | ||
| 9:10 PM | Trained Monkey Productions Brother Luther Powell Vs. The Tobacco Demons | Monolog 23mins | Steve Evans, as Brother Luther Powell, get the hob nailed of the oppressors of the working class of all of our necks with humor. | ||
| 9:33 PM | Pigasus Project Pigasus Project | Devised Theater 15mins | Visual Catalogue of Devised Projects under 9 Themes related to Abbie Hoffman and relevant social undertakings. web link | ||
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