Past Fillets
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A Dreadful Day
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IN THE BUCKET
A DREADFUL DAY by BoyGirlBoyGirl
No good deed goes unpunished.
Solo performers: Susan McLaughlin Karp, David Kodeski, Stephanie Shaw, Diana Slickman & Edward Thomas-Herrera.
The show opens on July 11th at and closes Saturday July 19th. The show runs Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. |
| BoyGirlBoyGirl, Chicago's favorite solo performance ensemble, returns to the Live Bait Theater stage after a three-year hiatus with their new show: "A Dreadful Day." OK, let's see… how to explain this… "A Dreadful Day" is the name of this 19th-century children's book that Kodeski found in a bookstore in Evanston and it's pretty f***ed up. It tells the story of a single day in the lives of Millicent and Archie, two preternaturally well-spoken orphans whose best intentions have this funny way of paving the road to Hell. Well, not so "funny." More like "ominous." And not exactly the road to Hell inasmuch as a sure-fire way to catch scarlet fever. A cursory reading of the book will lead you to believe it's a warning against random acts of kindness towards others. An in-depth reading confirms it to be a more darkly misanthropic suggestion that we best mind our own business. Nice. Go to www.boygirlboygirl.org |
Potholes on the Path to Enlightenment
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ON THE MAIN STAGE
Live Bait Theater and Tellin’ Tales Theatre presents
POTHOLES ON THE PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT
Roads traveled. Lessons learned.
Solo performers: Tekki Lomnicki, Rob Schroeder, Matt Kerns & Maia Morgan.
The show begins with a preview on Thursday, July 10th at 8 p.m. and opens Friday, July 11th and closes Sunday, July 27th. The show runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m.
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| Tellin' Tales Theatre returns to Fillet of Solo for a sixth smash year with POTHOLES ON THE PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT, which will feature tales of saints, painful estrangements and 4 am bars. Tellin' Tales has been featured on the Live Bait stage with the critically-acclaimed BLURRED VISION, BODY LANGUAGE, SHRINK and 2001: A WEDDING ODYSSEY. www.tellintales.org for more info. |
Sampler Superstars |
Left to Right and down: Joe Steiff, Margot Bordelon, Gloria Coco,
Paul Thomas, and Rohina
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IN THE BUCKET
SAMPLER SUPERSTARS!
Joe Steiff, Rohina, Paul Thomas,
Gloria Coco & Margot Bordelon.
Over the past thirteen years we’ve had some cool, talented and memorable solo artists perform in our Solo Festival and we bring back some of our favorites ( and a few new up and comers) for an evening of the best of the best.
Fr 7/25, Sat 7/26 @ 7:30 and Sat 8/9 @ 7:30 pm |
Sweatilicious |
From left to right: Martie Sanders, Cindy Hanson, Clare Nolan, Dorothy Milne,
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ON THE MAIN STAGE
SWEATILICIOUS
Written and performed by the Sweat Girls
Performers: Cindy Hanson, Dorothy Milne, Clare Nolan, Martie Sanders & Pamela Webster.
The show runs August 8th to 10th, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m.
The Sweat Girls kiss and tell. This crew of cheeky females has been at the crux of the center-stage-soul-baring movement for 15 years. SWEATILICIOUS features tales of fantasy, desire, and hanky panky. From seducing a priest to kissing the whole baseball team, the Sweat Girls truly embrace their hot mama past and present. The Sweat Girls have been creating monologue shows since 1993.
For more info please visit www.sweatgirls.org. |
Missing Man |
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Live Bait is happy to announce that Mary Scruggs’s Jeff-nominated show MISSING MAN is going to New York!
MISSING MAN has been accepted into the prestigious New York Theater Fringe Festival in late August. Live Bait is hosting a special fundraiser to offset her expenses and to give you one last chance to catch her amazing performance. So let’s give Mary a royal send-off to the Big Apple and put a little cash in her pocket at the same time.
Join us on Friday, August 8 at 7:30 pm.
All tickets $25.
Post-show wine and cheese reception. |
Strip Mauled! The Musical! |
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ON THE MAIN STAGE
STRIP MAULED! THE MUSICAL!
Written and performed by Kristin Garrison
The show runs on August 1st and 2nd at 8 p.m. and August 15th and 16th at 8 p.m.
Kristin Garrison returns to Fillet of Solo with a world premiere that begs the following questions: how many Walgreens does one neighborhood actually require? And just how many support groups does a person have to join to make some friends around here anyway? Garrison turns her incisive, comic gaze to the search for community in our increasingly isolated, suburbanized and segmented society.
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| " The glue…. is Garrison's coolly righteous anger, right around the corner from lust... That's a real writer talking." Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune |
Me and My Dad Stories |
From left to right and down: Martie Sanders, Gerrit O'Neill and Tom McNamara
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IN THE BUCKET
ME AND MY DAD STORIES
Written and performed by Martie Sanders, Charlie Sanders, Tom McNamara, & Gerrit O'Neill
The show runs July 31st to August 2nd and August 15th to 16th at 7:30 p.m.
Some of Chicago’s best solo artists tell unforgettable stories about a wide assortment of fathers. An Irish boxer (McNamara), an optimistic gambler (O’Neill) and, last but not least, a 79-year-old Charlie Sanders who pulls out his tap shoes after 40 years and joins his daughter Martie on stage. Three striking monologues about three loveable yet complex dads. |
Live Bait is located at 3914 N. Clark.
773-871-1212
www.livebaittheater.org
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