Posted by Julia on October 21, 2013
Touring Performances
October 28 is the first of six “Chicago’s Weird, Grandma” performances, and our guest company will be Manual Cinema!
(They clearly have great taste in hats.)
Manual Cinema is a collaboration between puppeteers/graphic artists Julia Miller, Drew Dir and Sarah Fornace, with musician/composers Kyle Vegter and Ben Kauffman. Their process combines handmade shadow puppetry, cinematic motifs, and live sound manipulation to create immersive theatrical stories. Their tools are paper, acetate, ink, light, air pressure, and overhead projectors. They love dreamscapes, landscapes, sound-scapes, feet, hands, space, small delicate sounds, and animating the inanimate.
Manual Cinema will be adapting “Hair Fear!!!!!” by Sheriff N., from Dixon Elementary.
HAIR FEAR!!!!! By Sheriff N., Dixon Elementary
Once upon a time their was me so then I start growing hair I was mad so I went to the shop so I cut it off and it came back so I cut it it got bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger so I cut it off so I couldn’t so that’s how I got hair!
Intrigued and craving more Manual Cinema? Ada/Ava is their current project. Check out more info here.
Posted by Molly on October 21, 2013
That's Weird Grandma
TWG Weekly Update
We are hard at work getting together the 2nd Annual “Chicago’s Weird, Grandma”, which will feature one guest theatre artist a week adapting a Barrel of Monkeys story, nestled in the usual awesome Grandma runlist!
To tide you over, here is “Chicago Fire” actor William Smillie reading “The Fight Between Franklin and the Mouse.”
Here is the story:
The Fight Between Franklin and the Mouse
By Mae O, Kai C, Ben W, Molly Jo K, Rashele O, Linda L, Jahnese A, 3rd Grade, Lincolnwood Elementary
There was once a fat eagle named Franklin. Franklin was running away from a giant mouse who was trying to eat him. They were in a junkyard filled with gold. One of the eagles from Franklin’s group gets lost in the mouse’s mouth. Fortunately, the mouse burped, and the eagle flew out. Franklin goes back to save his friend while the rest of the group flies away. Franklin distracts the mouse by dancing the Irish jig, so his friend can get away. The mouse does the jig too! But then they start fighting again about who dances the best. The smallest eagle says “You’re both great dancers! Now let’s get out of here!” But he secretly tells Franklin that he is really the best. Finally, a giant spaceship falls on the mouse. The eagles get into the spaceship and go to Mars.
Join us October 28 for the first show of “Chicago’s Weird, Grandma”, featuring Manual Cinema!
Posted by Molly on October 7, 2013
That's Weird Grandma
TWG Weekly Update
Friends!
The “Back to School” Edition of Grandma comes to a close tonight. Please join us!
We are excited to add Jaden K’s “3 Poems” to tonights lineup:
3 Poems by Jaden K., Loyola Park After School Program
Crazy is Lazy!
Crazy is Bazy!
Lazy is baley!
Baby is saily!
Saily is gaily!
Gaily is faily!
Wuzzah!
Luzzah!
Guzzah!
Buzzah!
Zebra
Zeba
Zing
Zang
Zope
Zall
Say “Zebra Zeba Zing-Zang Zall” at the Box Office for discounted tickets.
We will take a short break from “That’s Weird, Grandma” for a few weeks, but will return on Monday, October 28 with “CHICAGO’S WEIRD, GRANDMA”!!!!!
Posted by Molly on September 23, 2013
That's Weird Grandma
TWG Weekly Update
We invite you to watch for two clever props designs in this week’s “Grandma”, as we add two stories from two different years at Dewey Academy:
CAN I LOOK AT YOU by Ashaureah R
A Man was looking at tv. A Big Box could talk he side don’t look at me I’m green, red, blue, yellow. I will pay you 1,000 Dollars to not look at me. Now we can play together we will have fun playing can we keep the peace and eat pizza. The End
and
THE DAY I WAS CATCH LIGHTNING BUGS by Antonio L
Last night I was going to catch lightning bugs. I got a jar out of the refrigerator and poured out the orange juice, and went out the door. I saw the lightning bugs lighting up and I started catching them. I caught 13 and then I take them in the house for a few minutes in then I came back out and let them out the jar in they start flying away in I went back in the house that is how my day went. The end.
Company Member and prop designer Brandon Cloyd created the “cube” costume for “CAN I LOOK AT YOU”, which features Company Member Tai Palmgren as the strange and shy Cube. This story was originally directed by Founding Artistic Director Halena Kays. Company Manager Maggie Fullilove-Nugent designed the lightning bug effect props for “THE DAY I WAS CATCH LIGHTNING BUGS”, which was the inspiration of Company Member Mary Winn Heider.
Enjoy these and other stories tonight, and get discounted tickets when you say “Don’t Look At Me!” at the Box Office.
Posted by Molly on September 16, 2013
That's Weird Grandma
TWG Weekly Update
This week in That’s Weird, Grandma, we have two stories that have something in common:
PERSONIFICATION: The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
The new stories are…
The Magical Hat by Casey S., Little Village Academy
Once upon a time there was a dog who had a fancy hat with a tuxedo. That hat that he
bought was magical. That hat granted all wishes. His first wish was to have all the wishes he
wants. The second wish was to live in the city of Chicago. The third wish was to have 8
pieces of meat. Then the rest of his wishes were to get some more pieces of meat. Then
when it was his millionth time eating the pieces so every single time he eat 8 pieces of
meat he got fatter and fatter. One day he couldn’t stop eating that he couldn’t fit in his own
house. He was perfect for King Kong, Big foot or even Godzilla. His very last wish was to
have more wishes and to be just like when he bought that black hat. By the way when he
bought the hat he was skinny. The End.
...and…
Taco vs Squash by Jose P, Jared N, Jeremiah P, Matthew H, and Kymira Stock, 212, Marquette Academy
We believe that tacos are better than squash. Our first reason is that tacos have more delicious meaty flavor than squash. Our second reason is that tacos are crunchier than squash and eating crunchy things makes us feel good. Our third reason is that you can customize them, you can add vegetables, meat, whatever you want. Also, we think tacos would definitely beat squash in a fight or boxing match-the tacos are faster at punching. In conclusion, we believe that tacos are better than squash.
Come and enjoy food and clothing have thoughts and ideas in tonight’s enchanting episode of “That’s Weird, Grandma”.
Say: “FINISH HIM” at the Box Office for discounted tickets.
