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Posted by Heidi on June 1, 2008
It’s our last show before Celebration of Authors!
We’re adding one brand-new stories from this school year. In fact, it’s from last week’s Orchard place show. Amazing.
We’re pretty sure the action packed “Attack of the Russian Army” could go head-to-head with any of those summer blockbusters at the movie theaters.
Full running order after the jump.
Posted by Lacy on May 25, 2008
If When you come see That’s Weird Grandma (this Monday or next Monday, then we’re on a tiny hiatus, so get on it! The show ROCKS right now), the first story you will see is a true story about a thoroughly horrifying trip to Six Flags.
I get to take an actual picture during the story, which is producing no end of prize-winning photos.
A little context - John Dixon is the hapless child who is terrified out of his mind. Everyone else is a collection of miserable and angry clowns/pirates/who-knows-what-else who are both intent on consuming John’s soul AND seriously stoked about getting a novelty keychain with their picture in it, in approximately 2-3 hours.
As you can see, despite playing Angry Clown, in every photo Dixie is delighted that she will be featured on the blog yet again.
SEE THE SHOW! Seriously, it’s exceptionally good right now.
Posted by Heidi on May 24, 2008
Only two more performances before Celebration of Authors! That has almost nothing to do with this post, your weekly update of what will be in TWG this coming Monday.
This week we say goodbye to two stories that have been in for a long time (one of which you can still see live on WTTW if you missed in Grandma or at Wilmette), and welcome two new ones that make their TWG debut—Keys and The Dumb Lepercon, both sure to become favorites.
Full running order after the jump.
Posted by Heidi on May 16, 2008
Two new stories!
The Haunted Piano
and
When I went to Six Flags.
They Will delight you.
full running order after the jump.
Posted by Lacy on May 13, 2008
That's Weird Grandma School Shows
Monkeys is a big company. Not all of us can be in the same show at the same time, so a lot of times we’ll end up hearing about characters and sketches we don’t actually get to see in person.
Last night after “That’s Weird, Grandma,” Donnell and Tai spent a good ten minutes losing their minds laughing and trying to explain how hilarious Laura McKenzie is in the [currently in rehearsal] Chalmers show.
Donnell: She does this thing like THIS…
Tai: Yeah - yeah, but then it’s THIS thing…
Donnell: No, and then she’s ... [incoherent laughter] ... hang on… okay THIS…
Tai: And then she…
They finally gave up.
Now we GOTTA go see whatever it is that Laura does in the Chalmers show.