Posted by Diana on May 31, 2013
After School Program
How the time flies! After a quick and intense four-day rehearsal process, the inaugural Teaching Lab Collaborations show is being performed tomorrow morning at the Logan Center in Hyde Park, at the crack of 9am! The whole Monkeys cast was amazingly impressed with the stories from the students at TLC… the humor (the comedic rule of three, for instance), variety of style (horror, fantasy, mystery) and imagination (too many examples to mention) in these stories are all fantastic, not to mention their impressive use of vocabulary and idiomatic expressions (our audience can look forward to hearing about a “newfangled motorcycle” and “eyes that pierce your heart.”)
Join us in Hyde Park tomorrow morning, everyone!
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A run of the first story in our show, Frank the Comedian and Joe by Siah B
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Posted by Joe on May 31, 2013
Celebration of Authors
THIS SPECIAL PERFORMANCE HONORS STUDENT AUTHORS AND CELEBRATES BOM’S PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ENTIRE CPS COMMUNITY.
CELEBRATION OF AUTHORS 2013
June 11th, 2013 / 11 de junio, 2013
6:30 PM Reception and Activities / fiesta y actividades para los niños
7:30 PM Showtime / el espectáculo
University of Chicago: Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Admission is free!
¡Costo: Gratis!
Call For Reservations! 312-409-1954
¡LLAMA PARA RESERVACIONES! 312-409-1954
The show with feature the following stories:
THE FLOWERS AND THE “OCEANO” by Diana Elies, from Avondale-Logandale School
THE GHOST OF THE OLD TIME COUNTRY by Devion Pettis and Darrin Jones, from Chalmers Specialty Elementary School
MY BIRTHDAY PARTYby Graciela Vasquez, from Columbia Explorers Academy
CANDY MAN by Temo Almanza, from Dawes Elementary School
BUBBLES DIALOGUE by Sarronda Leachman, Jaleesa Ward, and Anaya Green, from Dewey Elementary Academy of Fine Arts
WANTING MEATLOAF by Montez Phillips, Jayzoun Neal, James McChristine, Emmanuel Lofton, Kristyle Young, Reyna Johnson, and Fayome Minett, from Dixon Elementary School
MYSTIC FACE by Kristian Whitfield, from LEARN Campbell Campus Elementary School
CHICKEN!!! by Danielle Sachez, Leo Berg, Maggie Job, and Shantelle Gallimore, from Lincolnwood Elementary School
JOHN CENA MAKES BREAD by Ivan Montes, from Lorca Elementary School
MY SONG by Nia Horvath, from Loyola Park After-school Program
THE WORLD’S BEST SONG IN THE UNIVERSE OUT OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM THAT PEOPLE WILL EVER HEAR by Nivea Shepherd, from Loyola Park After-school Program
TACO VS SQUASH by Jose Perez, Jared Nieves, Jeremiah Paez, Matthew Hill, and Kymira Stockstill, from Marquette School of Excellence
EL VIAJE A MEXICO by Rudy Martinez, from Marquette School of Excellence
HOMELESS by Antonio Robinson, from Morton School of Excellence
RAP ARGUMENT by Marquez Sims, from Morton School of Excellence
ALIENS ON THE MOON STORY by D’Angelo Jenkins,from New Sullivan Elementary School
THE ZOO by Nakevia Murray,from Paderewski Elementary Learning Academy
SABRINA STAR by Annika Ludwig, from Teaching Lab Collaborations After-school Program
THE STORY OF THE SMART PRETTY SKUNKS by Lanesha Robinson, Daisha Scott, and Shari Silas, from Willa Cather Elementary School & Super 7 After-school Program
Get your Tickets Today!
Posted by Diana on May 28, 2013
After School Program
We’re so excited to be starting work on the end-of-the-year show for Barrel of Monkey’s brand new after-school program in conjunction with Teaching Lab Collaborations at the Logan Center in Hyde Park. Today’s rehearsal was filled with feuding French mimes, slapstick jokes on the street, a mega wrestling match, a spy with a sweet tooth, and (as you’ll see in the video clip bellow) space horses, in space. What will tomorrow bring?!
TLC Show Rehearsal from Barrel of Monkeys on Vimeo.
Posted by Carly on May 20, 2013
School Shows
Hello Monkey friends! Hello blogosphere! Hello world!
Carly here, blogging for the upcoming MORTON SCHOOL SHOW!!!
Here’s the deal - I moved to Philadelphia a year ago, but I came back to town for a week because I heard the kids at Morton were writing incredible stories and I said to myself “girl, you need to put on your Monkey Wings and fly back to Chi-town.” So that’s what I did. I feel very very lucky that I get to play this week because these stories are no joke, they are SERIOUSLY awesome.
Wait until you hear about the character Kammarre, Jakylah and Jaquez created: Wrinkle the non-dragon, portrayed by the transformative Zoe Schwartz…and if you’ve always wanted to throw a wedding at the MALL, Linsey the hip-hop DJ has you covered (and so does Dataevia, who wrote an awesome story!)...and let’s talk about my new Monkey friends I met today. I don’t know where we found Gwen, but she is a magical wizard of song and instruments!!! She brought a MELODICA in today for a rocking polka number she adapted from Amata M’s story “The Rock Band.” Diego sings it, and he sings it WELL. (Diego is also a new Monkey, but he and I are old friends, so I didn’t have to shake his hand today). My new Monkey friend Greg wrote a beautiful beautiful rap (yes, rap can be BEAUTIFUL!! Beautiful poetry!) based on a piece by Antonio R., I don’t want spoil any surprises, but it’s quite moving and Amanda and Jeff helped us nail down some lovely choreo to match.
AND DID I MENTION JEFF TRAINOR IS MAKING HIS MONKEY DIRECTORIAL DEBUT? It’s true and boy is he a pro! Right from the start, this dude knows how to lead a pack of Monkeys into the light for thunder-bringing epicness. Really excited to see him wearing this new hat, it looks REALLY good on him.
That’s all for now folks, tomorrow: more news on the rest of the awesome cast AND hopefully some photos. How’s that sound? Does it sound awesome and delicious? Great.
CARLY OUT!!!! [mic drop]
Posted by David P on May 16, 2013
School Shows
Hey peeps! David (dahveed) here!
Guess how many stories we used for the
Marquette School of Excellence show?
10 you say?...pfft,nah…
20 you say?...Monkeys taught in 11 classrooms! 20 is not enough, not enough!
37! What!? Yes, 37 stories!
That’s like more fingers than I and you and you have on your hands!
It’s a super action packed show with big bold characters like jacuzzi loving alligators, Donkey hunters, baby werewolves, a fire fighting water girl, a fighting Taco, a lonely boy, lazy pigs, new born babies, grandmas, cousins, remorseful scissors,a whole universe and cats and aliens and cats and aliens and dogs and aliens and alien dogs and aliens lots of aliens!
AHHH!
You know when you say a word lots of times and it starts to sounds funny and alien to your mouth? That just happened to me! They say the cure for that is a good sing-along to ‘I will always love you” Why even mention that particular song? Because James and Marla jam to it live, in the show!
