Saturday, April 22, 2006

IC Order, 4/21/06

Chubsy Chub Theatre, 4/21/06

There were some announcements, which Adam has. To the best of my memory:

  • There are several theatrical events going on soon, including the New Play Festival and Cabaret. For Cabaret details, see http://www.citycircle.org.
  • Yes, Shame happens every other week at City High. There is no show this coming Tuesday, but the one after that there is.
  • No Shame will be performing at Riverfest at two different times. See previous post on this blog for details.
  • Eric Landuyt has a PATV show you might enjoy.
  • Next week is Dead Week, which means pieces performed next week will not be eligible for the semester's Best Of. We will announce the Best Of order next week. PLEASE POST YOUR NOMINATIONS (I'll make a post that you can comment on with your nominations).
  • Aprille is retiring from No Shame after this season, which makes next week her last non-BONS show. If you are so inclined, she would feel happy if you'd cast her in your piece.
1. "The Return to Pants Manor II: The Hauntening," by Jonathan Shelton (Man finds love with ill-fated tent)
2. "I Don't Know," by Eric Landuyt (A capella musical performance)
3. "Improper Flag Use by Bobby Evers," by Bobby Evers (Bobby don't know crap about American flag etiquette)
3.5. "From the Archives, 2003: Compromised Condiments," by Aprille Clarke (Man passes off laundry detergent for cheese)
4. "You Were a Falling Star, But You Didn't Fall for Very Long," a song by Dillion Sunshine (Patrick, in a funny beard, plays power bass and sings us a song)
5. "Not a Real Comic Book," by Evan Schenck (Does Jesus count as a superhero?)
6. "She Never Really Did Love Me, OR Basket Full of Easter Eggs," by Patrick Ashcraft (Hector solves his love problems through violence)
7. "Possible a Rhythm," by Cool Jesse (poetry performance)
8. "A Modest Proposal," by Mortimer Snert (who's stalking whom?? Who's suiciding whom??)
9. "Old School Christianity Today, OR Why the Fight to End Poverty is Going Nowhere," by Eli Wilkinson (Christians are jerks who are mean to starving Africans)
10. "A Feminist Deconstruction of Golf," by Dick Roberts (a treatise on the phallocentric nature of golf)
10.5. "From the Archives, 2003: Dangerously Close," by Aprille Clarke (Woman hates racism, eating fingernails)
11. "Everybody Is Gay for Someone," by Nick May (Nick comes out, selectively, romatically)
12. "Endless Bummer," by Tim Busse (Tim recounts his fellow rehabbers' letters to their drugs of choice)
13. "The Tragic Tale of Haystack Calhoun and Dirty Slug McGee," by Eric Landuyt (An old-timey tale of sheep-flipping and Mexican-hating)
13.5. "A Hilarious Prank," by Lilly Richard ("Wait for it...wait for it..." but it's not what we thought!)
14. "Ecuse to Be Loud at You," by Sean Shatto (Noise art in the dark)
15. "Time Goes By So Slowly," by Aprille Clarke (Woman unknowingly does it with an 8-year-old)
15.5. "Jenga! Jenga! Jenga! Jenga!" by Katy Baggs (A loss at Jenga cuts Katy deeply)
16. "Battory Overpass," by Adam Hahn (a discarded car battery sparks a string of troubles for our narrator)
17. "Teapot Bob," by the Touchdowns (musical performance featuring drum, ukelele, banjo, and trombone)

12 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Correction: My show is on UITV, not PATV. That's UITV, channel 4 in the dorms and channel 17 elsewhere. It should be starting at 8:05 pm on Sunday. I hope you all tune in.

4/22/2006 9:04 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This show is an example of what No Shame should be like. This was like the shows of old (which, for newcomer me, was the earlier part of last semester), except that, I think, it had a very nice mixture of serious and hilaous. Speaking of which, Adam has had some really awesome serious pieces of late.

4/23/2006 12:35 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Emmanuel Lewis Might at No Shame!

To add to the announcements:
-Paper Back Rhino improv show this Thursday, 9 PM at the Airliner. There is cheap food and beer, which will allow you to generously tip the performers.
-Betty's Summer Vacation by Chris Durang. Mabie Theatre. $8 students/$1700 adults. Today (Sunday) at 2 PM is your last chance.

4/23/2006 10:07 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I meant, "Emmanuel Lewis Night," but what I typed was even better.

4/23/2006 10:08 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

1. "The Return to Pants Manor II: The Hauntening," by Jonathan Shelton
Glorious. Jon disassembling the tent and discovering his pants were as touching of moments as we’ve seen all year.
2. "I Don't Know," by Eric Landuyt
I wish now I’d put some music with it. But can you pick out all the songs I referenced? (Hint: there are four)
3. "Improper Flag Use by Bobby Evers," by Bobby Evers
Bobby, you know you have to burn that flag now, don’t you?
3.5. "From the Archives, 2003: Compromised Condiments," by Aprille Clarke
I liked how her insides were now 40% cleaner.
4. "You Were a Falling Star, But You Didn't Fall for Very Long," a song by Dillion Sunshine
The encores were a nice touch.
5. "Not a Real Comic Book," by Evan Schenck
This was so much like a conversation I would actually have with my friends.
6. "She Never Really Did Love Me, OR Basket Full of Easter Eggs," by Patrick Ashcraft
We hadn’t heard from Hector in a while, and it was good to see him again. Too bad that he’ll now be on the run for double murder.
7. "Possible a Rhythm," by Cool Jesse
I liked it.
8. "A Modest Proposal," by Mortimer Snert
A clever piece. Juxtaposing the writing of the letters was a nice touch. The ending was funny.
9. "Old School Christianity Today, OR Why the Fight to End Poverty is Going Nowhere," by Eli Wilkinson
In case anyone was wondering, Eli asked me to really spit on him. However, banging his head on the floor was neither intentional nor planned. But it did make my character seem even more like an asshole. I know that was the intent of the piece, but I think it could have used something more than just “Hey, look how cruel and sanctimonious Christian missionaries are.”
10. "A Feminist Deconstruction of Golf," by Dick Roberts
I enjoyed this one. I never knew the true meaning of “Titleist.”
10.5. "From the Archives, 2003: Dangerously Close," by Aprille Clarke
The eating toenails thing was out of nowhere, which is not necessarily bad, just very random.
11. "Everybody Is Gay for Someone," by Nick May
Very interesting. It took some guts for Nick to do this.
12. "Endless Bummer," by Tim Busse
Pretty good. If those letters are actually what real people in Tim’s rehab group said, that makes it even better.
13. "The Tragic Tale of Haystack Calhoun and Dirty Slug McGee," by Eric Landuyt
I actually take a bit of issue with the description of this piece. Dirty Slug McGee’s hatred of Mexicans was a minor character trait and a random sidenote to the larger story. Definitively describing this piece as being about hating Mexicans is inaccurate.
13.5. "A Hilarious Prank," by Lilly Richard
Oh, so good. Very clever.
14. "Ecuse to Be Loud at You," by Sean Shatto (Noise art in the dark)
I could’ve done without this piece.
15. "Time Goes By So Slowly," by Aprille Clarke
A very original idea. Eight-year-olds are sneaky little devils.
15.5. "Jenga! Jenga! Jenga! Jenga!" by Katy Baggs
I already knew the punchline because Katy had shared her idea with me earlier in the day, but it still worked. Someone taking a game of Jenga that seriously is darkly funny.
16. "Battory Overpass," by Adam Hahn
Another great story by Adam. I wonder, are his pieces just accounts of events that actually happened to him? If so, wow.
17. "Teapot Bob," by the Touchdowns
Unbelievably catchy.

This was a really good show and a return to form for No Shame. I do think we overcrowded the order a little bit (says the man who did two lengthy pieces), but there was a lot of variety and creativity. Good show, everyone.

4/23/2006 2:18 PM  
Blogger evan schenck said...

1. "The Return to Pants Manor II: The Hauntening," by Jonathan Shelton

This was a good piece and a solid conclusion (?) to the saga of Pants Manor. Katy Baggs' performance was undoubtedly the highlight of it. Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure that the single Twix bar was eaten by the nefarious lawyer some time ago.

2. "I Don't Know," by Eric Landuyt

This was okay but perhaps it seemed a little derivative of other songs.

3. "Improper Flag Use by Bobby Evers," by Bobby Evers

I'm sorry I laughed during the part where I was explaining how to properly fold the flag. The essential absurdity of the piece hit me and I lost it for a few seconds. I really liked the way this was written.

3.5. "From the Archives, 2003: Compromised Condiments," by Aprille Clarke

I'm pretty sure that laundry detergent is poisonous.

4. "You Were a Falling Star, But You Didn't Fall for Very Long," a song by Dillion Sunshine

The best part of this piece was the way that D. Sunshine stopped, and then started playing again. After Patrick left the stage I wasn't sure whether I should start my piece or not.

5. "Not a Real Comic Book," by Evan Schenck

The reason, Eric, that this sounded like a real conversation you might have with your friends is because it is, in fact, mostly a real conversation I hand with my friend. I liked how the audience kind of gasped when I said that Citizen Kane wasn't the best movie ever, and I also appreciated the one guy in the audience who cheered for the film "M".

6. "She Never Really Did Love Me, OR Basket Full of Easter Eggs," by Patrick Ashcraft

(1) Aprille open-mouth kissing Hector = hilarious (2) Hector's positioning of the corpses on the couch and such = creepy but hilarious.

7. "Possible a Rhythm," by Cool Jesse

Interesting.

8. "A Modest Proposal," by Mortimer Snert

I didn't enjoy this piece very much for some reason. All of the elements were there to produce something good but I don't think I "got" it.

9. "Old School Christianity Today, OR Why the Fight to End Poverty is Going Nowhere," by Eli Wilkinson

I didn't know that Eric was actually going to spit all over Eli, but then he did and it was a little surprising.

10. "A Feminist Deconstruction of Golf," by Dick Roberts

This was funny but I think he deserved the D+.

10.5. "From the Archives, 2003: Dangerously Close," by Aprille Clarke

Gross.

11. "Everybody Is Gay for Someone," by Nick May

This was a very interesting piece and it's good of Nick to break the mold and put on a really thought-provoking piece.

12. "Endless Bummer," by Tim Busse

This was a funny slice of life indeed.

13. "The Tragic Tale of Haystack Calhoun and Dirty Slug McGee," by Eric Landuyt

This was, in fact, my favorite piece of the night. I thought it was hilarious from every angle. My favorite parts were how the backwoods narrator used the word "irreperably," and how flipping sheep and goats over logically leads to being called "Haystack."

13.5. "A Hilarious Prank," by Lilly Richard

Excellent punchline.

14. "Ecuse to Be Loud at You," by Sean Shatto

I liked this one a lot, actually. It reminded me of the scene at the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey that represented consciousness expansion at the breaking of the light barrier, I guess because it sounded similar. On the other hand, it gave my girlfriend a headache.

15. "Time Goes By So Slowly," by Aprille Clarke

This was a very good piece and I thought it was most interesting how the woman was determined to have sex with an eight-year old body without actually being a pedophile.

15.5. "Jenga! Jenga! Jenga! Jenga!" by Katy Baggs

Oh, Katy Baggs, you might be a horrible person for doing this but it was still funny.

16. "Battory Overpass," by Adam Hahn

This was an interesting, funny story, with an uplifting moral.

No, wait, it had a highly negative moral! Good point, though.

17. "Teapot Bob," by the Touchdowns

The performance was solid but the song was just a little too simple for my taste.

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