Thank you to the Monkeys
Posted by Amanda Farrar on December 15, 2010
Company Members School Residencies
We thought you would enjoy this note written to the Monkeys from Catlalli R. from Columbia Explorers Academy.
Happy Holidays!
Playmakers Blog
The BOM holiday season officially begins Monday at TWG
Posted by Luke on December 12, 2010
That's Weird Grandma TWG Weekly Update
The brand sparklin’ new cast of the HOLIDAY ROUND of TWG is attractive, talented and already in the holiday spirit. A while back, an informal tradition of having a snack table at rehearsals started wherein people bring munchies or baked goods to share. This morning for our 10am-1pm rehearsal Brandon, frequent provider of baked goods for the snack table, brought in a whole delicious ham! Erick brought pastrami, cheese, coffee, cookies and elaborate holiday decor. It was the best snack table we’ve ever had.
The ham was so delicious/distracting that I would wander over, starting picking at it and then think, “oh wait, I should probably be watching this show I’m directing.” For a moment, I understood the protagonist’s struggle in The Girl That Wants to Eat Turkey But Cannot Reach.
This holiday show is going to be one for the ages.
Celebration of Authors favorite, The Time We Had a Snowball Fight, is joining the (already powerhouse) run. A story from this year’s Avondale show Santa and Taco Bell also makes it’s premiere.
Many more new and instant classics are waiting to be experienced by YOU.
You simply must come.
$2 off at the box office when you say “The Big Prom”.
Stories in the show with links below!
Teleportation
Posted by Luke on December 5, 2010
That's Weird Grandma TWG Weekly Update
This week, largely due to the talents of resident advanced visual trickery consultant Matt Miller, TWG is able to present advanced visual trickery. The piece in question is entitled, What I Believe In, and it makes a persuasive case for investing in an “Up and Gone” (a teleportation device). I was in dire need of an Up and Gone this morning, for example, when I was running late for rehearsal. The Android app Taxi Magic proved to be the next best thing.
Anyway, we will also feature an adventure story this week where our own Ricky Harris attempts to survive a taxing overland journey and a bear mauling. This piece is entitled Ricky’s Travel.
This is the last show of this round. If, like me, you sometimes feel saturated in holiday schmaltz, you can come this week and see a lot of stories that DON’T have to do with the holidays, before they get replaced by stories that do.
Incentives abound.
One more! If you say ‘Ricky’s Travel’ to the box office people, they will not hand you an itinerary, but rather, two dollars.
Running order below.
See you above the funeral home!
I am Thankful for TWG on Nov. 29
Posted by Luke on November 29, 2010
That's Weird Grandma TWG Weekly Update
We’re back on tonight!
The current running order is off the chain!
Good times guaranteed.
Password for $2 off at the box office is ‘Konut’ (rhymes with ‘donut’). (BTW, Konut is the featured, tragic character in Dancing Donut Diaries part 2.)
Running order below!
It’s the day of the show!
Posted by Roger on November 22, 2010
School Shows After School Program
One last blog entry for today, the day of the Loyola Park show!!
Here’s our talented actor/artist Brandon Cloyd, creating props with help from the also talented Jenny Weiner.
Directed by our brilliant Oona Kersey Hatton and starring an amazing cast, this show is going to be fantastic and I can’t wait for it. Just four short hours away!
More pics:
Caleb tickles the plastic.
We love puppets! Some of the cast rehearses for a story about a rock band. Music for this created via GarageBand by the stupendous Anthony Courser.
Tai and Levy find each other hilarious
Jason does not like to be interrupted when he’s working!
Artistic director Luke Hatton steps in to show us all the choreography for the closing number.