August 16-18, 2019
Prop Thtr
3502 N Elston, Chicago 
YippieFest Schedule
| STAGE A/FRONT - Friday, August 16 | |||||
| 7:00 PM | Mike Felten - Opening Ceremonies featuring Mike Felten | Music-10mins | |||
| 7:10 PM | Sandy Lee - Sandy Lee | Stand up-10mins | |||
| 7:20 PM | Huck Poe - Don't Eat The Popcorn | Comedy/theatre-40mins | |||
| Huck Poe is a one-man unruly mob - he's got music, comedy, yelling, and special guests you might not be ready for! | |||||
| 8:00 PM | Rush Pearson - Diary Of A Madman | stagecraft-65mins | |||
| The story of a man which raises the question, "when does positive thinking become denial?". | |||||
| 9:10 PM | Ron Ervin - Ron Ervin | Stand up-20mins | |||
| Ron Ervin is a Chicago based comedian and actor. He can be seen regularly on the NBC program Chicago Med and in the upcoming film "workingman" web link | |||||
| 9:30 PM | Eileen Tull - Discovery 7 | Theatre/solo -45mins | |||
| A new solo play about outer space and loneliness through the eyes of humans and robots alike. web link | |||||
| 10:15 PM | Christine Marie - AstroLogical | Theater-30mins | |||
| Christine Marie is an astrologer, has been the premier fortune teller on Beale Street in Memphis, has debuted this show at Sparkle Dragon's Magical Emporium in Pittsburgh and Crystal Lake, Brooklyn. With 20+ years of study and experience, this show is all about YOU. | |||||
| 10:45 PM | Jack Allen - Jack Allen | Stand up-15mins | |||
| Known for his awkward and theatrical persona and cleverly absurd ramblings, Jack Allen is from Tulsa, Oklahoma and now lives in Chicago. Being only 22, Jack has already received acclaim as a comic, playwright, and actor. He is thrilled to be returning to YippieFest! | |||||
| 11:00 PM | Mayday Mayhaim & Seizure Chic - M & C Unrated | Theater-10mins | |||
| Chic can tell you anything about a neighborhood by the inventory of their dollar tree, Mayhaim will send you to the hospital with any item there. We all have things to learn. | |||||
| 11:15 PM | Nitty Gritty - N/A | Burlesque-7mins | |||
| Nitty Gritty is a Fuzzy Orange Mascot who's ditching the ice rink & zamboni for a stage near you! She's a silly, sexy, and body-positive take on the orange, googley-eyed Philadelphia Flyers mascot. #itme web link | |||||
| 11:30 PM | M.C. Steffen - Doing Honest Drugs in College | Storytelling-60mins | |||
| How did storyteller M.C. Steffen get through college? Lots of drugs. And a lot of lies. An odyssey from an Evangelical small town to the halls of an elite college to the world of professional pill-testers that explores the drugs we all use and the lies we all tell to get by in an exploitative world. | |||||
| STAGE B/BACK - Friday, August 16 | |||||
| 7:30 PM | Michael Steven Cohen - Michael Steven Cohen - Voice and Guitar | music-30mins | |||
| Michael Steven Cohen has been singing for audiences with bands Nobody Moves, The Abbeys, & Everly Hillbillies. He has taken his love for classic melody and has put together a reimagining of The Great American Songbook with voice & guitar. He's been described as "Michael Buble-meets-James Taylor"! web link | |||||
| 8:00 PM | Emma Grace - Emma Grace Sings Peach Tree Live | music-30mins | |||
| Emma Grace is a queer singer-songwriter and ukulele player from Chicago, IL. Her music is driven by her bold alto voice and fierce strumming on her baritone ukulele, which pairs to create a new powerful meaning to folk/punk. She just released her first album Peach Tree on Spotify, iTunes, & more. web link | |||||
| 8:30 PM | Mike Felten - Mike Felten | Music-45mins | |||
| Mike's latest CD Diamonds and Televisions won ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2017 from Rural Roots and CHICAGO'S #1 SINGER/SONGWRITER 2016 from Reverbnation web link | |||||
| 9:15 PM | Killer Robots - Killer Robots | Music-40mins | |||
| Killer Robots have broken free from the government agency that controlled them. They have gone rogue to save the human race with their music. Join the Killer Robots revolution! | |||||
| STAGE A/FRONT - Saturday, August 17 | |||||
| 12:30 PM | Avalon von Sturm - 30-year-old Widow: A Comedy | 1woman variety -45mins | |||
| 2:00 PM | Hawkeye Plainview - CHOPS | Theatre/Play-30mins | |||
| Jones has a grand plan to propose to his girlfriend Mary at CHOPS, an exclusive and eccentric Chicago restaurant. However, a succession of obstacles ranging from manic pixie servers to meatball sandwich balloons complicate the otherwise simple task. | |||||
| 2:30 PM | Christine Marie - AstroLogical | Theater-35mins | |||
| Christine Marie is an astrologer, has been the premier fortune teller on Beale Street in Memphis, has debuted this show at Sparkle Dragon's Magical Emporium in Pittsburgh and Crystal Lake, Brooklyn. With 20+ years of study and experience, this show is all about YOU. | |||||
| 3:30 PM | Phil Burns - Phil Burns | Stand-up-30mins | |||
| 4:00 PM | Lele Mason - Lele Mason | Stand-up-30mins | |||
| 4:30 PM | The Laser Comedy Show - The Laser Comedy Show | Comedy-50mins | |||
| "The Laser Comedy Show" is a one-of-a-kind storytelling/art show by Chicago comedian Chris Fair. Fair hand-illustrates characters and worlds in real time while voice-acting the characters -- It's like a live comic-book-meets-puppet show. web link | |||||
| 5:30 PM | Mike Felten - Mike Felten | Music-45mins | |||
| Mike's latest CD Diamonds and Televisions won ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2017 from Rural Roots and CHICAGO'S #1 SINGER/SONGWRITER 2016 from Reverbnation web link | |||||
| 6:15 PM | Jack Allen - Jack Allen | Stand up-15mins | |||
| Known for his awkward and theatrical persona and cleverly absurd ramblings, Jack Allen is from Tulsa, Oklahoma and now lives in Chicago. Being only 22, Jack has already received acclaim as a comic, playwright, and actor. He is thrilled to be returning to YippieFest! | |||||
| 6:30 PM | Crystal Rae - Lions | Theatre-45mins | |||
| In a one woman jaunt, Pharaoh's Daughter recounts what is was like to raise the most famous adoptee the world has ever known, Moses. web link | |||||
| 7:20 PM | David Drazin - Original Songs | Musical Comedy-40mins | |||
| Consists mainly of world of silent film accompaniment, and instrumental performances of jazz and blues. It links to our You Tube channel which has 35+ videos including silent film accompaniment. web link | |||||
| 8:00 PM | Famous In The Future - Getting drunk on gender fluid | Sketch Comedy-60mins | |||
| Nine new and original sketches and songs from Famous In The Future. Our special guest musician is Dave Drazin. web link | |||||
| 9:00 PM | DarrickJ - Getting Things Off My Mind | Stand up-15mins | |||
| Chicago StandUp Comadian web link | |||||
| 9:15 PM | Mayday Mayhaim & Seizure Chic - M & C Unrated | Theater-10mins | |||
| Chic can tell you anything about a neighborhood by the inventory of their dollar tree, Mayhaim will send you to the hospital with any item there. We all have things to learn. | |||||
| 9:30 PM | Minimalist Productions - Sweatpants: Episode 1 | Comedy/theatre-30mins | |||
| The first episode of a sitcom about a middle-aged man of leisure and sweatpants advocate. | |||||
| 10:00 PM | DB Comedy - The Best of DB Comedy | Sketch Comedy-30mins | |||
| Chicago's only theatre company dedicated to political sketch comedy and satire presents material from its Election Watch Parties, and NEW LIVE sketches inspired by its Podcasting series THE ELECTABLES and The Political News O' The Day | |||||
| 10:30 PM | Clown House - The Anxiety Variety Show | solo show-40mins | |||
| A vaudevillian variety show featuring someone named Cal, their crippling anxiety, and YOU! web link | |||||
| 11:15 PM | The Laser Comedy Show - The Laser Comedy Show | Comedy-30mins | |||
| "The Laser Comedy Show" is a one-of-a-kind storytelling/art show by Chicago comedian Chris Fair. Fair hand-illustrates characters and worlds in real time while voice-acting the characters -- It's like a live comic-book-meets-puppet show. web link | |||||
| 11:55 PM | El Bear - Only 90s Kids | Theatre-25mins | |||
| A husband is calling friends on the phone and yelling about pop culture, while his wife is madly ripping out magazine pages, a mailman is constantly bringing them the mail. Why? web link | |||||
| 12:20 AM | Dylan Burke - Stand | Stand up-15mins | |||
| 12:45 AM | PS...Burlesque - PS...We're Nerds! (title pending) | Burlesque-45mins | |||
| PS...Burlesque is a nerd based burlesque troupe here in Chicago. Founded in 2017, this troupe has produced several themed shows as well as their first full length parody show "Dorothy Does Oz". web link | |||||
| 1:30 AM | Both - Both Do Their Little Skits For You | Sketch comedy-45mins | |||
| Infamous Chicago comedy duo "Both" brings a night of absurd sketches, outrageously silly bits, and convoluted jokes to YippieFest. Written and performed by young but experienced funny fellows Jack Allen and Dylan Burke. web link | |||||
| 2:15 AM | Joe Chazaray - Too woke to care, too broke to dare | Stand up-25mins | |||
| Joe Chazaray is a stand up comedian originally from the suburbs of Chicago now living and performing comedy all over the Midwest and select parts of the country. He loves exploring topics and ideas through the lens of comedy in an attempt to monetize his inability to take anything seriously. web link | |||||
| STAGE B/BACK - Saturday, August 17 | |||||
| 5:00 PM | Rob Steinberg - Yesterday Diet | video/comedy-5mins | |||
| A look at how to afford meals in time of financial struggle as well as a modern retelling of Chris Marker's "La Jetee" web link | |||||
| 5:05 PM | Crash of Rhinos - Sunrise | Short Film-6mins | |||
| Loosely based on a true story, Sunrise tells the tale of Kimberlee who, after a night out with her boyfriend, gets into an argument over another woman. The relationship ends abruptly and Kimberlee has to decide whether to fight back or fly. This story of domestic abuse is happening every day. | |||||
| 5:15 PM | The Waiting Room Magazines - Good Samaritans | Short Film-5mins | |||
| Two good samaritans stop to help a poor boy. The Waiting Room Magazines are a Chicago based short film and sketch duo | |||||
| 5:20 PM | Multiple Hats Productions - Love at First Like | short film-15mins | |||
| Official Instagram for Love at First Like web link | |||||
| 5:45 PM | Famous In The Future - Do The Trump | Short Film-5mins | |||
| 9:15 PM | The Dark Room Men - The Dark Room Men | music-30mins | |||
| 9:45 PM | Black Forest - Black Forest Presents whitewolfsonicprincess | music, etc.-87mins | |||
| Black Forest Presents whitewolfsonicprincess - music, moving pictures, and so much more. How much more? You will have to come over to Stage B to find out! web link | |||||
| 11:00 PM | Flapunco - Flapunco | music-40mins | |||
| Flapunco is a Chicago based hard rock band founded by actress Lisa Zane guitarist Bucephalos web link | |||||
| STAGE A/FRONT - Sunday, August 18 | |||||
| 12:00 PM | Ross Childs - The Musical Funsplosion Show | Musical Comedy-20mins | |||
| Ross Childs will melt your heart and your face with these hilarious quality jams. He'll have you craving human meat as he kazoos his way into your soul. Come and have a funsplosion of a time with Ross Childs. web link | |||||
| 12:30 PM | M.C. Steffen - Doing Honest Drugs in College | Storytelling-60mins | |||
| How did storyteller M.C. Steffen get through college? Lots of drugs. And a lot of lies. An odyssey from an Evangelical small town to the halls of an elite college to the world of professional pill-testers that explores the drugs we all use and the lies we all tell to get by in an exploitative world. | |||||
| 1:50 PM | Paul Barile - Paul Barile - She Felt Crooked | Story telling-10mins | |||
| A found document pays tribute to a lovely life. web link | |||||
| 2:00 PM | Solo Crowd - You Only Live Once More | Theatre-90mins | |||
| Solo Crowd's bi-monthly salon, You Only Live Once More, is a solo performance show happening in theatres across Chicago. We are a collective of writers, performers, & artists performing personal, true-life stories. We are us, you are you, and there is no fourth wall -- so come live with us once more! web link | |||||
| 3:30 PM | Collage Productions - From A Different Place | theatre-25mins | |||
| The apparent victim of spousal abuse, an unemployed mother of two comes to the apartment of her financially successful, unmarried, former college roommate, and the truths below the surface for each of them progressively emerge. web link | |||||
| 4:00 PM | Victoria Fombelle - Victoria Fombelle | Stand up-20mins | |||
| Victoria Fombelle is a stand-up comedian, writer, and social media manager living and working in Chicago. She has performed at Zanies, Second City, The Annoyance, and more venues around the city. She is the 2018 Women In Comedy Up All Nite Stand-Up Competition Winner. | |||||
| 4:30 PM | Flower Shop Bangers - Flower Shop Bangers | improv-20mins | |||
| Two-person improv that gets weird with it. web link | |||||
| 4:50 PM | Your Silent Partner - Help Me Help You Help Yourself | comedy/clowning-60mins | |||
| Help Me Help You Help Yourself is an interactive experience provided by the clown Your Silent Partner. This year at YippieFest, Your Silent Partner will be presenting everything that he has discovered and collected during his time on Earth. However, he cannot do it all on h | |||||
| 6:05 PM | Citizens' Relief - Beth In July | theatre-60mins | |||
| BETH IN JULY by R.J. Tsarov, an x-acto slice of sweet Americana carved into the urban twilight of the Super Blood Moon Eclipse. Join Beth and Jim on their fascinating journey through Tsarov's hilarious and harrowing horror rom-com. web link | |||||
| 7:15 PM | Clown House - The Anxiety Variety Show | solo show-40mins | |||
| A vaudevillian variety show featuring someone named Cal, their crippling anxiety, and YOU! web link | |||||
| 8:00 PM | Mike Begra - Joke Concert | Musical comedy-45mins | |||
| The rock star is no longer exclusive to musicians with tight pants and mascara. It's now for comedians fusing the energy of a rock and roller with comedic knowledge. Joke Concert sets new expectations of what a comedy show is. Blending music, lights, sound effects and audience participation into the web link | |||||
| 8:45 PM | The Act Pack Collective - Tax Time | Comedy Skit-30mins | |||
| Tax Time is the story of a day at Lewitt Jackson Tax Service. There are a hilarious cast of characters and scenarios that will have you crying with laughter. | |||||
| 9:15 PM | Eduardo Soto - Lalo Laughs | Stand up-15mins | |||
| Stand up by Lalo where I talk about growing up in single family household and how my mother made my childhood memorable. A mother's love. | |||||
| 9:30 PM | Uncle bobo - Sneeze blood eyeball | Improv-25mins | |||
| 10:00 PM | James Gordon - James Gordon | Storytelling-15mins | |||
| 10:15 PM | The Courtesan & The Cabin Boy - TBA | Musical Theater-40mins | |||
| Tbd web link | |||||
| 11:00 PM | YippieFest - Closing Sing-along | Theatre-10mins | |||
| STAGE B/BACK - Sunday, August 18 | |||||
| 1:00 PM | Eric Peter Schwartz - Eric Peter Schwartz | music-30mins | |||
| An acoustic singer-songwriter and my original music is best described as pop-laced folk-rock. If you squeezed Bryan Adams, The Indigo Girls and Warren Zevon into one person, it might sound something like this. web link | |||||
| 1:30 PM | Matt Griffo - Matt Griffo | music-30mins | |||
| Matt Griffo from Chicago is an internationally touring musical comedian, combining music with comedic lyrics. Griffo's show is what you get if Ben Folds and Flight of the Conchords had a lovechild. Griffo sings and plays piano and ukulele. His performances are "both toe-tapping and rib-tickling" web link | |||||
| 2:00 PM | The Telepaths - The Telepaths | music-30mins | |||
| 2:30 PM | The Rut - Rut play Rock | Music-30mins | |||
| We play original rock music! | |||||
| 3:15 PM | PortmanteauZone - Moose Tryptych and more | music-30mins | |||
| Sound Sculpture Trio web link | |||||
| 4:00 PM | !Ex Maquina! - Sonic Explorations of the third mind! | Music-40mins | |||
| The sonic explorations of 5 post.punk.jazz.reggae improvisors! !Ex Maquina! Perform a wealth of original material and choice covers that reflect their sense of social justice. Features: TV/guitar-voice, Aurora/voice-engineering, James Kirk/bass-voice, Sky Lofton/voice-sonics, Mandingo/drums-voice. web link | |||||
| 5:00 PM | Co-co-cola and the Fizzies - Co-co-cola and the Fizzies | music-30mins | |||
| Original Americana music informed by the amazing diversity of cool stuff from back in the day web link | |||||
| 5:30 PM | Baby No Name - Psycho Pomp and Circumstance! | music -40mins | |||
| ceremonial music making celebrating the dark goddess. take you down to bring you up! eradicating barriers to unity with smashing lyrics keening wailing wondering guitar licks thumpa bumping bass lines &drumming hierophony! experimental everything! evoking beginning of the end to start all over!! web link | |||||
| 6:30 PM | Ovadya - Ovadya | music-40mins | |||
| Wrap your head around this: Original, psychedelic/World influenced music web link | |||||
| 7:30 PM | The Remember Knots - The Remember Knots | Music-40mins | |||
| The Remember Knots- earthy; funk; chaotic finish; blend of ambient and crunch; overtones of weird. Best served at room temp. web link | |||||