ChiFringe 2012 Festival Program

Pilsen

August 30 - September 9

Performances to delight and inspire you.

Fringe Central and Main Box Office: 600 W. Cermak

This fall, elect to Fringe!

Artwork by Andrew Gen, Maschell Maschell Cha, Cha, and Richard Hibbert Hibbertv

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The Third Annual Chicago Fringe Festival:

Elect to Fringe

August 30 - September 9 50 Uncensored Acts in 5 Unique Venues CFF 2012 in a nutshell:

The 2012 Chicago Fringe Festival features 50 performance groups selected by lottery.

Our shows include comedies, dramas, dance pieces, musicals, performance art, and the unclassifiable. All shows run between 45 and 60 minutes. All shows are uncensored. Shows run from 7-11pm on weekdays, from noon-11pm on weekends and Labor Day. Fringe Central, the #1 spot for patrons and artists to buy tickets, network, and relax, is also open the entire time. Stop by and rub some shoulders! All our venues are within walking distance of each other. More info about our shows and Fringe Central is available in this program. Enjoy!

Ticket reservations and packages available online at www.chicagofringe.org or by phone: 866-811-4111.

• Single Show: $10 • 10 Show Pass: $80 • 5 Show Pass: $45 • Unlimited Pass: $175

Artists receive 100% of the ticket sales.

A one time purchase of a $5 commemorative Chicago Fringe Button is required for entry to any Fringe Show. Buttons are available at all Fringe Venues and Fringe Central.

Main Box Office/Fringe Central:

600 W. Cermak, Chicago, IL 60608 Hours: Weekdays 6-11pm Weekends and Labor Day: Noon-11pm Credit cards and cash sales accepted at all venues.

Contents:

Fringe Central and Special Events.................................................................................7 Show Information...........................................................................................................8 Master Schedule..........................................................................................................14 Special Thanks............................................................................................................23 Map............................................................................................................... Back Cover

Welcome to the 2012 CHICAGO FRINGE FESTIVAL A very fringey welcome to the 2012 Chicago Fringe Festival! On behalf of the staff and board of Directors, we are thrilled to be back in Pilsen showcasing the best of Fringe theatre from Chicago and around the world.

Fringe has gone through some ch-ch-ch-changes, some big and some small over the past year. We’ve upgraded our lighting here and there. We will be featuring new partners to create our one-of-a-kind artistic venues. We’ve expanded our reach with international artists. We’ve added new special events at Fringe Central--and stay on the lookout for those spontaneous afterparties.

Behind the scenes we remain a close knit group of believers in the Fringe Festival concept. We love that we get to put all this creative energy into two weekends. It’s a culmination of our hard work and dedication all year long. And we couldn’t do it without all the people who love fringe theatre right back--our patrons, our friends, our backers and supporters. Thank you for making this possible 3 years and counting. We invite you to take that energy and spread it around the neighborhood. Make new friends. Have an emotionally-invested conversation. Laugh, cry, and mix the two together. From the staff to the artists to the volunteers, it’s people (not corporations!) that make this whole thing possible. And we love that.

This election year is all about choice, and at Chicago Fringe we say: Why limit it to two? Elect to Fringe. Flip through this program, find shows that pique your interest, grab a seat and take a chance. In the seconds, minutes, and hours that art comes to life right before your eyes, we are also making history.

Fringe on, Vinnie Lacey Executive Director, Chicago Fringe Festival

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Chicago Fringe Festival 2012

About the cover: The winning design team includes

Andrew Gen from El Segundo, California; Maschell Cha from Portland, Oregon and Richard Hibbert from Eugene, Oregon.

They are junior graphic design students at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. The collaboration on the poster started in their graphic design course titled “Collaborative Processes” and the design was conceived after the group looked at previous designs and the Chicago Fringe Festival’s history and aesthetic.

Connect During the Festival:

Download our free iPhone app to stay on top of the schedule and upload photos for all to enjoy. Go to the app store and search for “Chicago Fringe” (developed by FeltPad).

Follow us on Twitter @ChicagoFringe and direct mentions about shows and your experiences by tagging #CFF2012 Like us on Facebook for news, updates and more: Facebook.com/ChicagoFringe

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Food Trucks New for 2012:

we will be visited by two food trucks during the festival, to be located near Fringe Central.

TRUCK

Aug. 30

Baby Cakes

6:30pm -8:30pm

Curried

6-11pm

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Sept. 3

Sept. 6

Sept. 7

Sept. 8

6:30pm -8:30pm 6-11pm

6-11pm

6-11pm

Sept. 9 11am -12pm

11am -11pm

11am -11pm

Chicago Fringe Festival 2012

Fringe Central: 600 W. Cermak

Weekdays 6-11pm, Weekends Noon-11pm

Stop by Fringe Central for all things Fringey!

• Buy packages and tickets, merchandise, or snacks • Network with artists and learn about the shows • Vote for your favorite show at Audience Choice polling station • Check in for a volunteer shift, or learn about volunteering • Come by Central at the end of the night to learn where our after party will be!

• Parking lot available!

Fringe Central is also home base for all your Festival needs. Learn about shows and beat the crowds by reserving your tickets early. Staff and volunteers will always be on hand during the Festival’s operating hours. Come in and say hi--we don’t bite. Unless that’s your thing.

Special Events at the Chicago Fringe Festival Opening Reception

Pilsen will be on hand to eat, as well as music and drink, plus the ceremonial signing of the bench! Tickets available at the door.

Join us for an opening reception at Fringe Central with appetizers and drinks and then head out to see a show!

Brunch with Fringe Artists

Thursday, August 30 at 6 PM at 600 W. Cermak (free)

VIP Party

Saturday, September 1 at 7 PM at 600 W. Cermak (free to donors by invitation, otherwise $50)

Donors (by invitation) are invited to a special VIP Party at Fringe Central. Local flavors of

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Saturday, September 8 at 11:30 AM at Decolores Restaurant, 1626 South Halsted Street ($25)

Come meet and hang with the 2012 Fringe Artists. Patrons will be able to mix and mingle with the performing artists from the 2012 Fringe Festival over a special brunch. Tickets available at the door.

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Dream theatre: 556 W. 18th Street Performance SCHEDULE Thurs, Aug. 30

SUN, Sept. 2

Thurs, Sept. 6

7:00p

As We Like It

1:00p

Put It In the Scrapbook

7:00p

Put It In the Scrapbook

8:30p

Put It In the Scrapbook

2:30p

Demain L’Aurore

8:30p

They Call Me Q!

4:00p

Dawn on a Splintered Heart

10:00p As We Like It

5:30p

The Alembic

7:00p

Lady Love

8:30p

As We Like It

10:00p 55 Minutes of Sex,

Drugs, and Audi ence Participation

Fri, Aug. 31 7:00p The Alembic 8:30p

Demain L’Aurore

10:00p As We Like It

Sat, Sept. 1

Fri, Sept. 7

10:00p The Roast of Cinderella

MON, Sept. 3 1:00p

As We Like It

2:30p

55 Minutes of Sex, Drugs, and Audience Participation

4:00p

The Roast of Cinderella

5:30p

As We Like It

1:00p

The Alembic

2:30p

As We Like It

4:00p

Demain L’Aurore

5:30p

Put It In the Scrapbook

7:00p ella

The Roast of Cinder-

7:00p

Dawn on a Splintered Heart

8:30p

55 Minutes of Sex, Drugs, and Audience Participation

8:30p

The Alembic

10:00p Lady Love

10:00p Dawn on a

Splintered Heart

7:00p

Modal Kombat

8:30p

Put It In the Scrapbook

10:00p The Alembic

Sat, Sept. 8 2:30p

Put It In the Scrapbook

4:00p

The Roast of Cinderella

5:30p

They Call Me Q!

7:00p

The Alembic

8:00p

Lady Love

10:00p Modal Kombat

SUN, Sept. 9 2:30p

The Alembic

4:00p

Put It In the Scrapbook

5:30p

Modal Kombat

7:00p

They Call Me Q!

8:30p

The Roast of Cinderella

dream theatre Show Descriptions 55 Minutes of Sex, Drugs and Audience Participation

Howard Lieberman and Loren Niemi present a Jaded Optimist Production Minneapolis, MN When the fishbowl stops, you choose one of the nervous-making topics, and we tell fast, funny, emotionally honest stories of the pleasures of forbidden love, wretched excess, reckless living and making a good confession. And for the brave or foolish, you become part of the story...

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The Alembic

Terra Mysterium Chicago, IL The clockwork of fate is a tricky matter. In this musical, Steampunk tale an alchemist undertakes the work of transmutation. A Goddess responds to his call.

Within the realm of humanity, she forgets that she is a Goddess and will pay the ultimate price for her innocence.

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Dream theatre: 556 W. 18th Street As We Like It

Put It In the Scrapbook

Messenger Theatre Company New York, NY A two-woman adaptation of Shakespeare’s As You Like It, As We Like It features music, puppetry, dance and wrestling. Celia and Rosalind devise sports and play pretend. They take on all the roles, including themselves, as they work through love and their Daddy issues. These rich girls play games.

Dawn on a Splintered Heart

Revision Theatre Chicago, IL

Three couples/Three moments/ Three short plays.

Test what you’re willing to say to put your heart at ease. Confronting betrayal, death, and fear –Dawn on a Splintered Heart dives into how triviality and mortality affects family and romance.

DEMAIN L’AURORE

La Petite Famille Lavaur, France

More than a show, an adventure! Lively, funny, sparkling, sensitive, sometimes delirious, this french musical will make you travel in the meanders of the adolescence. By a young and so likeable team!

Lady Love

Amrita Dhaliwal / Dal Vivo Chicago, IL Lady Love has traveled the world with the sole mission to find love for all. Dating online? Forgo your monthly fee and come see Lady Love. Join her in Chicago and walk away with a fuller understanding of love. Divorcees, hopeless romantics, ice cream pint eaters, widows, etc welcome. http://meetamrita.com/ladylove

George Contini Lawrenceville, GA

A MAN-ACTRESS WITH AMBITION! Actor George Contini brings to life the forgotten legend Female Impersonator Julian Eltinge. Facing debt and obscurity, an aging Eltinge recalls his fame in Vaudeville, Broadway, and Silent Film while the world begins to view him more as a Perversion than an Artist.

Presenting the first re-creation of Eltinge’s stage routines and rare archival footage, this multi media performance examines the dark fluidity of Eltinge’s sexual persona and its ability to ultimately offer him salvation.

The Roast of Cinderella

The League of Miscreants Forest Park, IL

The Chicago Fringe Festival is a noble and heroic effort to provide artists with a platform. To truly shine, to reach full potential, every hero needs a villain.

The Miscreants are that villain.

They Call Me Q!

Qurrat Ann Kadwani New York, NY Who is Q? Why do they call her Q? Travel with Q as she goes on a journey to find herself amidst her traditional Indian parents, Caucasian teachers, Puerto Rican classmates, African-American friends and an Indian girl she meets in India. Life wasn’t easy growing up in the Bronx but will Q be able to reconcile being Indian and American?

Modal Kombat

Modal Kombat New York, NY

*** THE FIRST EVER GUITAR CONTROLLED VIDEO GAME BATTLE *** Guitarists Play Real Video Games Using REAL Guitars as controllers LIVE in a hybrid video game battle/concert.

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Black Cloud Gallery: 1909 S. Halsted Street Performance SCHEDULE Thurs, Aug. 30 7:00p

Breaking Rank!

10:00p Anonymously Yours

Fri, Aug. 31

Fri, Sept. 7

5:30p

The Tipped & The Tipsy

7:00p

The Unmasking

8:30p

Crash Stories

10:00p CRAZYTOWN:

my first psychopath

7:00p

CRAZYTOWN: my first psychopath

MON, Sept. 3

8:30p

Ashes to Ashes

2:30p

The Unmasking

4:00p

Ashes to Ashes

5:30p

Anonymously Yours

7:00p

Crash Stories

8:30p

The Adventures of Skater Girl

Sat, Sept. 1 1:00p

Anonymously Yours

2:30p

Breaking Rank!

5:30p

CRAZYTOWN: my first psychopath

7:00p

The Tipped & The Tipsy

8:30p

The Granny Diaries

10:00p Crash Stories

SUN, Sept. 2 2:30p

Ashes to Ashes

4:00p

Anonymously Yours

10:00p The Tipped &

The Tipsy

Thurs, Sept. 6 7:00p

Beneath the Zipper

8:30p

Breaking Rank!

10:00p The Adventures of

Skater Girl

7:00p

OCCUPY THIS! Tales of an accidental activist

8:30p

Anonymously Yours

10:00p Breaking Rank!

Sat, Sept. 8 2:30p

Beneath the Zipper

4:00p

The Granny Diaries

5:30p

The Adventures of Skater Girl

7:00p

Anonymously Yours

8:00p

The Unmasking

10:00p OCCUPY THIS! Tales

of an accidental activist

SUN, Sept. 9 2:30p

Anonymously Yours

4:00p

OCCUPY THIS! Tales of an accidental activist

5:30p

Breaking Rank!

7:00p

The Granny Diaries

8:30p

Beneath the Zipper

Black Cloud Gallery Show Descriptions The Adventures of Skater Girl

Small Fish Radio Theatre and Thespinarium - Chicago, IL Small Fish Radio Theatre and Thespinarium presents curated programs of original theatre, music, poetry, and storytelling. Here at the Fringe we’ll record our latest podcast featuring new work from playwrights Walt McGough, Lauren Haines, and Trina Kakacek, poet Will Cooper, and storytellers Janna Sobel and Lisa Scott. What is a Thespinarium? Come give us your two cents on that score and perhaps we’ll feature it in our show!

Anonymously Yours

Wyatt Kent Chicago, IL

The smash hit from last year’s fringe returns! A brand new barrage of hilarious raw emotion, harvested from the depths of anonymous boards of the web. From

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Rants and Raves to Random, come see more of the desire and rage of the internet, unapologetic and uncensored. We didn’t write it. Did you?

Ashes to Ashes

Twilight Productions Indianapolis, IN A man returns to his childhood lake house a year after his mother’s death to help his ex-trucker/Deadhead father spread her ashes, but is distressed to find him living with another woman. When a secret is revealed about the mother’s death, both men must confront the truth--and lies--of their colorful yet troubled past.

Breaking Rank!

Howard Petrick San Francisco, CA

The autobiographical story of a Vietnam-era draftee who fights against the military bureaucracy for his right to organizing his fellow GIs against the war. “Petrick

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Black Cloud Gallery: 1909 S. Halsted Street delivers…he has you laughing through the fear…”

- Winnipeg Uptown “It’s a dazzling display with a selfdeprecating honesty.” – Kings River Life “Fascinating…engaging.” - CBC

Crash Stories

Kim Morris Chicago, IL

They say, “Get up one more time than you get knocked down.” So after a while, when you realize you’re still standing, you look back and you wonder how. This is the how.

CRAZYTOWN: my first psychopath

Jude Treder-Wolff Smithtown, NY How do you know that nice, helpful guy in the next cubicle is a psychopath? You don’t. Jude Treder-Wolff takes you down the rabbit hole of belief in a comic take on an over-eager therapist getting over herself (when nothing else seemed to be working).

beneath the zipper

Robert JM Productions Edmond, OK

Penis! That’s right, it’s an all male theatrical celebration of the penis told through monologues, sketches and audience participation. From sizes to shapes to first times plus fun with condoms. A little naughty adult comedy written and directed by Robert Matson. “Think Vagina Monologues for men.”- Eric Webb, Oklahoma Gazette

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The Granny Diaries

Mary Redmon Willow Springs, IL

I may have gray hair, but it doesn’t mean i don’t swing!

The teeter-totter ups and downs of a grannie to 11 kids. Slide into my experience trying to keep all these kids straight!

OCCUPY THIS! Tales of an accidental activist

Reverend Nuge Dearborn Heights, MI Comedic monologist Tommy “Reverend Nuge” Nugent went to Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Detroit just to carry funny signs. But a funny thing happened on the way to the Revolution...he started to believe in it. (“Nugent makes it look easy and fun.” - Cincinnati Citybeat)

The Tipped & The Tipsy

Jill Vice San Francisco, CA

Come join us at “Happy’s” where the beer is cold and the bartender’s hot. You may have experienced bars from the patrons point of view. This show takes you to the other side of the bar and beyond. Sit down with the regulars of “Happy’s” and enjoy a shot of satire.

The Unmasking

Allen Green Oak Park, IL

What would happen if you looked deeply into your soul to uncover your angers? unmask yourself..be vulnerable...give thanks for the Buddhas into your life....who would you be? Allen’s wife of 25 years dies suddenly and he ‘s forced to face the shadows of his nature...

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Chicago Art Department: 1932 S Halsted Street, #100 Performance SCHEDULE Thurs, Aug. 30 7:00p

No Stopping, No Warping, No Dying

8:30p

Kinetic Connection

10:00p The War to End War

Fri, Aug. 31 7:00p Bruiser: Tales From

4:00p

No Stopping, No Warping, No Dying

5:30p

The War to End War

8:30p

Hunting Middle Class

Fri, Sept. 7

10:00p The Space/Movement

Project: A Retro spectacle

7:00p

The War to End War

8:30p

No Stopping, No Warping, No Dying

10:00p Lie Light

Sat, Sept. 8

MON, Sept. 3

1:00p

The War to End War

2:30p

No Stopping, No Warping, No Dying

a Traumatized Tomboy

2:30p

Hunting Middle Class

8:30p

Lie Light

5:30p

No Stopping, No Warping, No Dying

4:00p

Hunting Middle Class

7:00p

Shadows and Lust

5:30p

Lie Light

8:30p

The War to End War

7:00p

The Space/Movement Project: A Retrospectacle

8:00p

The Last Sleepover

10:00p Kinetic Connection

Sat, Sept. 1

10:00p Bruiser: Tales From

a Traumatized Tomboy

1:00p

No Stopping, No Warping, No Dying

2:30p

Kinetic Connection

4:00p

Bruiser: Tales From a Traumatized Tomboy

Thurs, Sept. 6

5:30p

Shadows and Lust

7:00p

Hunting Middle Class

7:00p

Lie Light

8:30p

No Stopping, No Warping, No Dying

10:00p Hunting Middle Class

10:00p The Last Sleepover

SUN, Sept. 2 2:30p

The War to End War

10:00p Shadows and Lust

SUN, Sept. 9 2:30p

Lie Light

4:00p

The War to End War

5:30p

The Space/Movement Project: A Retrospectacle

7:00p

The Last Sleepover

Chicago Art Department Show Descriptions Hunting Middle Class

SilverAro Saint Paul, MN

Hunting Middle Class is a hilarious story, about two misguided tramps and a mad billionaire. When Felix Nebikanezer makes a bet with a fellow billionaire he is forced to trap two hobos and make them kill for him. What will the two tramps do when forced into this corner? Watch and find out.

Kinetic Concoction

SHARP Dance Company Philadelphia, PA

Addictive and thought provoking, SHARP Dance Company will present a night of very different pieces ranging from: the humorous “Rollercoaster Rules” to

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a woman trapped in a straight-jacket on pointe shoes in “Unguarded Moment.” And don’t forget the 34ft long skirt?? Come enjoy a night of SHARP’s “Meaning Behind Movement.”

The Last Sleepover

Eleusis Chicago, IL

Will Magdalena become Magdalena? Sixteen-year-old Magdalena loves Sarah without hesitation. But on the eve of entering adulthood, outside forces—parents, boys, and society—threaten to tear them apart. Most menacing, Magdalena realizes she will need to disentangle herself in order to find her own way. The Last Sleepover asks the question: Do we lose ourselves in the process of finding “the One”?

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Chicago Art Department: 1932 S Halsted Street, #100 Lie Light

Kate Healy Chicago, IL You are a liar. So is everyone else. If that wasn’t true, we’d be honest, and therefore brutal. Lie Light is a game of ropes, where every lie becomes a physical constraint, and conversation degenerates into battle. Watch literal bindings illuminate the emotional bonds we fight for and against.

the sex-drenched atmosphere of college and the allure of the Internet, he realizes that taming his addiction may be more difficult than he thought.

The Space/Movement Project: A Retrospectacle

The Space/Movement Project Chicago, IL Retrospectacle is a suite of three dances that span the company’s recent collaborative creative efforts: a full company piece, a trio, and a quartet.

No Stopping, No Warping, No Dying

1-UP Productions Chicago, IL This powered-up ride through a thirty-year friendship promises laughs that far exceed an 8-bit pixel count as Player 1 and Player 2 navigate the challenge of leveling up through the stages of their lives, all the way from World 1-1 to World 8-4. But will they save the princess?

Shadows and Lust

Bruiser: Tales From a Traumatized Tomboy

Kelsie Huff Chicago, IL Some girls dream about their wedding day. Others long to play with ponies. Only a select few name and collect their scabs, speak to imaginary rodents in their minds, and make mortal enemies out of cute yellow doggies.

Kelsie Huff brings to the Chicago stage the true story of how a misplaced tomboy blossoms into an even more awkward adult.

Strangeloop Theatre Chicago, IL

For 18 year-old sex addict Cal, moving to Chicago was supposed to offer an opportunity to break his destructive habits. But between his girl-obsessed roommate,

w r i t t e n by j o e l k i m b o o s t e r & d i r e c t e d by k a t e a d a m s

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Master Schedule: August 30 - September 3

T i me

AM ERI CANA STAGE

BL ACK C LOU D GALL ERY

BOT H SIDE S ART G ALL ERY

Thursday, August 30 7pm 8:30pm 10pm

Cathedral City

Scientist Turned Comedian Tim Lee

Breaking Rank!

Where Is My Mind?

Moksori/Voice

Handshake Uppercut

Anonymously Yours

Storms Under Her Skin

Friday, August 31 Pink Milk

CRAZYTOWN: my first psychopath

Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-Latino

8:30pm

In My Own Defense

Ashes to Ashes

A Day for Grace

10pm

Where Is My Mind?

7pm

Scientist Turned Comedian Tim Lee

Saturday, September 1 1 pm 2:30pm 4pm

Where Is My Mind?

Anonymously Yours

Pink Milk

Breaking Rank!

Scientist Turned Comedian Tim Lee Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-Latino

Handshake Uppercut

Moksori/Voice

En El Corazon

CRAZYTOWN: my first psychopath

A Day for Grace

In My Own Defense

The Tipped & The Tipsy

Storms Under Her Skin

8:30pm

Cathedral City

The Granny Diaries

UnMasked

10pm

The 3 Citrons

Crash Stories

Sorry to Disappoint Me

5:30pm 7pm

Sunday, September 2 1 pm

Handshake Uppercut

Storms Under Her Skin

Where Is My Mind?

Ashes to Ashes

Scientist Turned Comedian Tim Lee

Pink Milk

Anonymously Yours

UnMasked

In My Own Defense

The Tipped & The Tipsy

Moksori/Voice

7pm

The 3 Citrons

The Unmasking

Sorry to Disappoint Me

8:30pm

En El Corazon

Crash Stories

Cheater

Cathedral City

CRAZYTOWN: my first psychopath

A Day for Grace

2:30pm 4pm 5:30pm

10pm

Monday, September 3 1 pm 2:30pm 4pm 5:30pm 7pm 8:30pm 10pm

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The Unmasking

Sorry to Disappoint Me

En El Corazon

Ashes to Ashes

Scientist Turned Comedian Tim Lee

Handshake Uppercut

Anonymously Yours

Storms Under Her Skin

Where Is My Mind?

Crash Stories

Cheater

Pink Milk

The Adventures of Skater Girl

UnMasked

In My Own Defense

The Tipped & The Tipsy

Chicago Fringe Festival 2012

Master Schedule: August 30 - September 3

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CHI CA GO ART DEPARTMENT

DR E AM T H E ATR E

Thursday, August 30 7pm

No Stopping, No Warping, No Dying

8:30pm

As We Like It

Kinetic Connection

Put It In the Scrapbook

10pm

The War to End War

55 Minutes of Sex, Drugs and Audience Participation

7pm

Bruiser: Tales From a Traumatized Tomboy

The Alembic

Lie Light

Demain L’Aurore

Kinetic Connection

As We Like It

Friday, August 31

8:30pm 10pm

Saturday, September 1 1pm

No Stopping, No Warping, No Dying

The Alembic

Kinetic Connection

As We Like It

Bruiser: Tales From a Traumatized Tomboy

Demain L'Aurore

Shadows and Lust

Put It In the Scrapbook

Lie Light

The Roast of Cinderella

2:30pm 4pm 5:30pm 7pm

55 Minutes of Sex, Drugs and Audience Participation

8:30pm 10pm

Hunting Middle Class

Dawn on a Splintered Heart

Sunday, September 2 1 pm

Put It In the Scrapbook

2:30pm 4pm

The War to End War

Demain L'Aurore

No Stopping, No Warping, No Dying

Dawn on a Splintered Heart

The War to End War

The Alembic

5:30pm 7pm

Lady Love

8:30pm 10pm

Hunting Middle Class

As We Like It

The Space/Movement Project: A Retrospectacle

The Roast of Cinderella

Monday, September 3 1 pm

As We Like It

2:30pm

Hunting Middle Class

4pm 5:30pm

The Roast of Cinderella No Stopping, No Warping, No Dying

As We Like It

7pm

Shadows and Lust

Dawn on a Splintered Heart

The War to End War

The Alembic

Bruiser: Tales From a Traumatized Tomboy

Lady Love

8:30pm 10pm

55 Minutes of Sex, Drugs and Audience Participation

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Master Schedule: September 6 - September 9

T i me

A MERI CA N A STAGE

BL ACK C LOU D GALL ERY

BOT H SIDE S ART G ALL ERY

Thursday, September 6 7pm

Handshake Uppercut

Beneath the Zipper

Feel the Power of the Dork Side

Where Is My Mind?

Breaking Rank!

Storms Under Her Skin

10pm

The 3 Citrons

The Adventures of Skater Girl

Sorry to Disappoint Me

7pm

The Comic Thread (sketch comedy)

OCCUPY THIS! Tales of an accidental activist

#1 Besties With Boy Trouble

The 3 Citrons

Anonymously Yours

Scientist Turned Comedian Tim Lee

Pink Milk

Breaking Rank!

Feel the Power of the Dork Side

8:30pm

Friday, September 7

8:30pm 10pm

Saturday, September 8 1 pm

Pink Milk The Comic Thread (sketch comedy)

Beneath the Zipper

#1 Besties With Boy Trouble

4pm

Cathedral City

The Granny Diaries

Storms Under Her Skin

5:30pm

The 3 Citrons

The Adventures of Skater Girl

Scientist Turned Comedian Tim Lee

Where Is My Mind?

Anonymously Yours

UnMasked

Handshake Uppercut

The Unmasking

Sorry to Disappoint Me

OCCUPY THIS! Tales of an accidental activist

Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-Latino

2:30pm

7pm 8:30pm 10pm

Sunday, September 9 2:30pm

Cathedral City

Anonymously Yours

Feel the Power of the Dork Side

In My Own Defense

OCCUPY THIS! Tales of an accidental activist

Cheater

Pink Milk

Breaking Rank!

UnMasked

Handshake Uppercut

The Granny Diaries

Storms Under Her Skin

The Comic Thread (sketch comedy)

Beneath the Zipper

#1 Besties With Boy Trouble

4pm 5:30pm 7pm 8:30pm

B L A C K C L O U D

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G A L L E R Y

9/6 7pm, 9/8 2:30pm, 9/9 8:30pm

Robert Matson’s

tarsplace.com

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Chicago Fringe Festival 2012

Master Schedule: September 6 - September 9

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DRE AM T H E ATR E

Thursday, September 6 7pm 8:30pm

Hunting Middle Class

Put It In the Scrapbook

No Stopping, No Warping, No Dying

They Call Me Q

The Last Sleepover

As We Like It

10pm

Friday, September 7 7pm 8:30pm

The War to End War

Modal Kombat

No Stopping, No Warping, No Dying

Put It In the Scrapbook

Lie Light

The Alembic

10pm

Saturday, September 8 1pm 2:30pm

The War to End War No Stopping, No Warping, No Dying

Put It In the Scrapbook

Hunting Middle Class

The Roast of Cinderella

Lie Light

They Call Me Q

The Space/Movement Project: A Retrospectacle

The Alembic

The Last Sleepover

Lady Love

Shadows and Lust

Modal Kombat

4pm 5:30pm 7pm 8:30pm 10pm

Sunday, September 9 2:30pm

Lie Light

The Alembic

The War to End War

Put It In the Scrapbook

The Space/Movement Project: A Retrospectacle

Modal Kombat

The Last Sleepover

They Call Me Q

4pm 5:30pm 7pm 8:30pm

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The Roast of Cinderella

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Americana Stage: 600 W Cermak road, Basement Performance SCHEDULE THURS, aug 30

SUN, SEPT 2

FRI, SEPT 7

7:00

Cathedral City

1:00

Handshake Uppercut

8:30

Where Is My Mind?

2:30

Where Is My Mind?

7:00

The Comic Thread (sketch comedy)

10:00

Handshake Uppercut

4:00

Pink Milk

8:30

The 3 Citrons

5:30

In My Own Defense

10:00

Pink Milk

7:00

The 3 Citrons

8:30

En El Corazon

10:00

Cathedral City

1:00

Pink Milk

MON, SEPT 3

2:30

The Comic Thread (sketch comedy)

4:00

Cathedral City

5:30

The 3 Citrons

7:00

Where Is My Mind?

8:30

Handshake Uppercut

FRI, AUG 31 7:00

Pink Milk

8:30

In My Own Defense

10:00

Where Is My Mind?

SAT, SEPT 1 1:00

Where Is My Mind?

2:30

Pink Milk

4:00

Handshake Uppercut

5:30

En El Corazon

7:00

In My Own Defense

8:30

Cathedral City

10:00

The 3 Citrons

SAT, SEPT 8

4:00

En El Corazon

5:30

Handshake Uppercut

7:00

Where Is My Mind?

8:30

Pink Milk

10:00

In My Own Defense

THURS, SEPT 6 7:00

Handshake Uppercut

8:30

Where Is My Mind?

10:00

The 3 Citrons

SUN, SEPT 9 2:30

Cathedral City

4:00

In My Own Defense

5:30

Pink Milk

7:00

Handshake Uppercut

8:30

The Comic Thread (sketch comedy)

Americana Stage Show Descriptions The 3 Citrons

The Hollow Tree Chicago, IL w r i t t e n by j o e l k i m b o o s t e r & d i r e c t e d by k a t e a d a m s

Prince Tomás seeks desperately to find his true love.

With the help of his step-brother and sister, the Prince intends to woo three princesses, each procured from a magic orange, or “citron.” There’s only one problem.

These “princesses” aren’t staying at the castle of their own volition and they might not have even gotten there by the magical means Tomás believes.

Cathedral City

Too Much Free Time Productions Brookyln, NY Well, hello! I am, ahem, a time traveler. I have commuted forth and back to the future, abducting my front row seat for every performance of this solo sketch show! I enjoyed each immensely, and laughed until my suspenders broke. Singing trees, mechanical cats, WHIMSY about horrific loneliness, and me!

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The Comic Thread (sketch comedy)

Bitter Jester Creative Chicago, IL Sketch comedy not born of the Second City school of thought, TCT has been performing since 1998. TCT has been banned from some festivals and has won awards at others. This is not the sketch comedy you take home to your mother. Your aunt, on the other hand, loves us.

En El Corazon

Wishbone Theatre Collective Chicago, IL EN EL CORAZON is a devised play, based on interviews of people who have been displaced from their homes. Specifically, these people are from Columbia, South America and are now living as refugees because of U.S. actions in their country. The play will explore these events from many perspectives and includes actors and artists of Caucasian, African American, and Latino descent.

Chicago Fringe Festival 2012

Americana Stage: 600 W Cermak road, Basement Handshake Uppercut

Where is my mind?

Jay Dunn & John Leo Brooklyn, NY

Two gentleman brawlers drag each other through eternity with only each other’s courtesy and cruelty to keep them alive. A hysterical, brawling clash of 1920’s silent film and rock n’ roll vaudeville, Handshake Uppercut is an unabashedly dark, erotic, edgy and super-funny experience. Oscillating between gleeful savagery and seething politesse, Fringe circuit veterans John Leo (Best of Fringe, SF: ‘03/’08) and Jay Dunn (Edinburgh & Philly ‘10) take silent comedy to its outer limits in this hilarious Beckettian duel.

In My Own Defense

Schedule C Productions Anderson, IL

Mesmerizing mind reading, crazy karaoke, vindictive ventriloquist figures, and even a soulful song are par for the course as Jackie Strait attempts to escape the one man show in his mind. Is he merely mad, or is there something more? In the end, only Jackie’s imagination…and yours…can set him free.

The Granny Diaries

Social Paraphernalia Chicago, IL

What happens when an ‘80s divorced disco diva marries a man with 3 kids.........

I can accept that I’m crazy because that doesn’t definitively prove that I’m insane. Here’s the moral of the story. If going against the norm automatically equates to being crazy, we all are in a losing battle.

Pink Milk

White Elephant Evanston, IL Pink Milk is based on the life of Alan Turing: lonely, gay, a genius. He talks to inanimate objects. He feeds apples to robots. A talking glass of milk kills his lover Christopher. There are movement sequences. There is electronic music. At one point, Snow White runs through a forest.

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Saturday, September 1st @ 8:30 pm Saturday, September 8th @ 4:00 pm and......

GRANDPARENTS DAY! Sunday, September 9th, @ 7:00pm

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The Granny Diaries

#CFF2012

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Both Sides Art Gallery: 1838 S Halsted Street Performance SCHEDULE THURS, aug 30

SUN, SEPT 2

FRI, SEPT 7

1:00

Storms Under Her Skin

7:00

#1 Besties With Boy Trouble

8:30

Scientist Turned Comedian Tim Lee

10:00

Feel the Power of the Dork Side

7:00

Scientist Turned Comedian Tim Lee

2:30

Scientist Turned Comedian Tim Lee

8:30

Moksori/Voice

4:00

UnMasked

10:00

Storms Under Her Skin

5:30

Moksori/Voice

7:00

Sorry to Disappoint Me

8:30

Cheater

10:00

A Day for Grace

FRI, AUG 31 7:00

Do-Re-MiFa-So-Latino

8:30

A Day for Grace

10:00

Scientist Turned Comedian Tim Lee

SAT, SEPT 8 2:30

#1 Besties With Boy Trouble

MON, SEPT 3

4:00

Storms Under Her Skin

2:30

Sorry to Disappoint Me

4:00

Scientist Turned Comedian Tim Lee

5:30

Scientist Turned Comedian Tim Lee

7:00

UnMasked

SAT, SEPT 1

5:30

Storms Under Her Skin

8:30

Sorry to Disappoint Me

1:00

Scientist Turned Comedian Tim Lee

7:00

Cheater

Do-Re-MiFa-So-Latino

UnMasked

Do-Re-MiFa-So-Latino

2:30

8:30

10:00

4:00

Moksori/Voice

5:30

A Day for Grace

7:00

Storms Under Her Skin

8:30

UnMasked

10:00

Sorry to Disappoint Me

SUN, SEPT 9

THURS, SEPT 6 7:00

Feel the Power of the Dork Side

8:30

Storms Under Her Skin

10:00

Sorry to Disappoint Me

2:30

Feel the Power of the Dork Side

4:00

Cheater

5:30

UnMasked

7:00

Storms Under Her Skin

8:30

#1 Besties With Boy Trouble

Both Sides Art Gallery Show Descriptions A Day for Grace

Doug Vincent, Music by Sam Llanas (formerly of BoDeans) Erie, CO Music by Sam Llanas (formerly of BoDeans) Directed

by Tanya Taylor Rubinstein‘ A Day for Grace’ follows the adventures of a father-to-be chasing parental shadows to find the light for his unborn daughter. “ ‘A Day for Grace’ is one of those shows that is so human that it’s both hysterically funny and very painful. It’s brilliantly hilarious and, at the end, completely transcendent of all the experiences”.- Tanya Taylor Rubinstein

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UnMasked

Curt...from Detox Cincinnati, OH DETOX IS COMING!!! The extraordinary actor, writer, spoken word artist and phenomenal story teller, Curt…from Detox, has been freed and is bringing, “UnMasked” to Chicago. Said to be the love child of William Shakespeare and Richard Pryor; 1 man, 8 characters and 56 minutes brutal honesty. See you there!

Chicago Fringe Festival 2012

Both Sides Art Gallery: 1838 S Halsted Street Feel the Power of the Dork Side

Dr. Pete Marietta, GA Dr. Pete Ludovice, engineering prof. by day and stand-up comedian by night, leads a roller-coaster ride through the lighter side of science math and technology. Who thought learning could make you wet your pants? It’s like your H.S. science class on nitrous oxide.

Scientist Turned Comedian Tim Lee

Liquid Desert Productions Los Angeles, CA “Very cerebral comedy” - NY Times A creative blend of stand up comedy and science.

Moksori/Voice

The Interpreters Seoul, South Korea “I was no longer human...” T wo South Korean women explore womanhood and heritage through channeling the forgotten “comfort women,” East Asian women forced into brutal sexual slavery during WWII. How do we come face-to-face with our own traumatic history? Will we be able to articulate their stories – and what about our own?

Chicago,IL Join BFFs Liz & Anda in a show proven by Science to build self-esteem in teens. Prom! Parents! Bullies!

Drama! Vampires! Gossip! Recycling!

Cheater

Natalie Shipman Chicago,IL Natalie grew up an overweight, Catholic girl - an unlikely formula for a future philanderer. Cheater is a true story told through monologue and music of a girl’s struggle to be faithful, one guy at a time, all the while keeping a serious sense of humor about her potentially life-destroying missteps.

Storms Beneath Her Skin

Rebecca Kling Chicago,IL

The person standing next to you, are they a boy or a girl? What about you? Are you a boy or a girl? You can only pick one, obviously, and you had better get it right. I’m transgender, which complicates things. This show is about that – my identity and experience as a transgender woman – but it’s about other things, too: apologies, surgery, the equations of sex, the weather (metaphorically speaking), boobs, and more.

Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-Latino

Yes Theatre Co. Indianapolis, IN

Do Re Mi Fa So Latino is an Hispanic re-imagination of American pop culture. Meet President Rodriguez (the first openly non-American citizen President), and Mexican Harriet Tubman, smuggling hard working Hispanics out of Arizona to the less oppressive north.

A fun, and slightly offensive romp, with no Spanish speaking skills necessary!

Sorry to Disappoint Me

Eric Bjorlin Chicago,IL

A house, a spouse, a baby and a mouse. For eric growing up, it seemed like a reasonable expectation for life on his 30th birthday. But when the day finally hits, he must reconcile his past dreams with his current reality. It’s not always pretty.

#1 Besties With Boy Trouble (U.S.)

Lizanda

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@chicagofringe

#CFF2012

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Chicago Fringe Festival 2012

The Chicago Fringe Festival warmly thanks the following for the generous donations that have made this festival possible.

Acting Up (in Acadiana)

Iain Collins

Nick Gruszauskas

Alan Brouilette, Sr

Jack Rubin

Noah Drewke

Alex Peurye

Jacqueline Aicher

Nora Hennessy

Allen Kodish

Jake Lasseigne

Oracle Productions

Alyson Lyon

Janet & Jeremy Gruenwald

Paige Krause

Amanda Dodge

Jason Lord

Palma Lacey

Audible Odyssey

Jennifer Hamilton

Randall Carpenter

Becca Kitelinger

John and Leslie DeAngelis

Rissa

Beth & Aub Spreen

Johnny Knight Photo

Robert Matson

Brendan O’Toole

Anonymous

Samay Gheewala

Brian Loevner

Joshua C. Markou

SarahMikayla Brown

Bridget Hennessy

Jude Treder-Wolff

Sarah Reynolds

Carl Robertson

Justin Fyala

Sean Ewert

Caroline Richard

Katie Baudouin

Sheldon Patinkin

Chris Krogsgard

Kimberly

Sophie Dye

Christine Plautz

Kiri Palm

Stacey Schriber

Colleen Gilbertson

Laura Palombi

Stephanie Miller

Danielle Boyke

Cookie “Conson” Bouillon

Stephanie Sutton

Daryl Hogg & Adrienne Guldin

Lois Stedl

Stephen B. Starr

David Helgerson

Marguerite Harmon

Steve Benelli

Dean Everett

Maria Zeringue

Steven R. Landry

Derek Dombrowski

Mark and Jennifer Yonally

Susan and Ernest Brown

Duncan Thistlethwaite

Matt Lang (aka Harrison Ford)

Susan Brien-Adams

Edward Paliatka

Meredith Baron

The Kleinmans

Elaine K.

Michael J. Hennessy and Susan D. Tilka

The Vijuks

Eleannor Maajid Elizabeth Boettcher Erica Pothier Feltpad, Inc Gina DiPonio

Michelle Swanner

Timothy Lyman

Tina Jackson Millie Hurley & Chuck Spencer Tracy Wray Monte Vincent Lacey Morris and Linda Hoagland Nan Brouilette

Zachary Schuessler

A BIG HUMONGOUS THANKS to all the fantabulous

fringe-tastic festival volunteers!!!!

And for anyone we forgot – it was certainly unintentional! Let us buy you a drink!

chicagofringe.org

@chicagofringe

#CFF2012

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This project is supported by a Community Arts Assistance Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

CFF would like to thank the following persons and organizations for the invaluable insight and help that they have provided.

Ian Knox

Jen Dorman, Graphic Design

Our Artist’s Host Families

Chrisopher Tysh and Feltpad, iPhone App Developer

Brian Loevner The Members of USAFF

Will and Lana Staelens

Deb and Ben and the League of Chicago Theatres

Lesbian Lounge and Girlstown

Daryl Hogg

Thank you to our business partners:

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Chicago Fringe Festival 2012

Elgin Community College Arts Center

CenterStage

LEO Produced and Created by Circle of Eleven Based on an Original Idea by Tobias Wegner Performed by Tobias Wegner Directed by Daniel Brière Creative Producer Gregg Parks

Friday, October 26 and Saturday, October 27 7:30 p.m. $33 adults $20 children 12 and under

Winner of the Best of Edindburgh Festival Fringe Award!

Magical, hilarious, surprising, quirky, inventive, fascinating, moving — this acrobatic show is about a man who literally loses his sense of gravity and departs on a logic-defying adventure, exploring his dreams and desires through astounding physical feats.

“LEO soars!”

— The New York Post

“Absolutely brilliant”

— Three Weeks

“Utterly delightful”

— Theatermania

“Astonishing!”

— The Village Voice

Purchase your tickets today!

1700 Spartan Drive Elgin, IL 60123

847-622-0300 elgin.edu/arts chicagofringe.org

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Chicago Fringe Festival 2012

about the chicago fringe festival Our Mission:

The Chicago Fringe Festival (CFF) unites daring theatregoers with emerging and boundary-pushing performing artists from around the world at an annual festival in Chicago. CFF also seeks to engage nontraditional audiences through a commitment to low ticket prices and outreach into artistically underserved communities.

Our People:

the chicago fringe Festival is produced by an all volunteer staff.

Producing Staff Sarah Mikayla Brown

Katie Brown

Vincent Lacey

Erik Tylkowski

Anne Cauley Amanda Dodge Samay Gheewala Adrienne Guldin Luke Harmon Rachel Staelens Tracy Wray Tim Mullaney

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Stacey Schriber Production Technicians Catherine Davis Maggy Grossbart Interns Liren Shi

Board of Directors Emily Brouilette Sarah Mikayla Brown Anne Cauley Amanda Dodge Justin Fyala Adrienne Guldin Bridget Hennessy Josh Markou

Andrew Stawick

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Getting Around CTA: www.transitchicago.com, 24 hour train: Red Line 24 hour bus: #8 Halsted Daytime bus: #21 Cermak, #18 16th-18th Driving: From the Loop– Take I-90/I-94 E, take18th Street Exit to merge onto S. Union Ave. Turn left onto W 18th St, turn right at the 3rd Cross Street (S. Jefferson St). Slight Right onto S Lumber St. Destination will be on the right at Cermak– Fringe Central, 600 W Cermak

Parking: Generous free parking in a lot outside of Fringe Central (600 W Cermak) Cab: Flash cab: (773) 561-4444 Safe bike route websites: ridethecity.com/Chicago goroo.com