IC Order 4/7/06
Iowa City order, 4/7/06
1. "Tender Young Age," by Robert LaCross and Danielle Santangelo (Little Robert gets his finger comforted sex-style by mommy)
2. "Stop Being Sad or I'll Beat You Up," by King Sophie (guitar song about a sad alien)
3. "A Piece for Eli," by Dick Roberts (Eli chooses prospective colleges based on funny names)
3.5. "From the Archives, 2002: Mean Lady Stage Cross #1," by Aprille Clarke (Woman wants to hurt a salesman)
4. "Carrie's Father," by Adam Hahn (monologue about a dying man and the narrator's relationship with his daughter)
5. "Long Story," by Evan Schenck (How'd those human heads get in Evan's backpack?)
6. "Act II, Scene 7 of Whatever I Title It (OR It's a Writer's Forum, so Suck It!" by Eli Wilkinson (I'm sorry, I don't remember. It helps to have a title that somehow relates to your piece, people!)
6.5. "From the Archives, 2002: Mean Lady Stage Cross #2," by Aprille Clarke (Lady puts razor blades in cheesecake)
7. "CareBears Live in Care-a-Lot," by Matt Benyo (the true story of the misunderstood love of Christopher Robin and Pooh, which ends in tragedy)
8. "Thanksgiving 2000," by Adam Hahn (a man's plan to get love by trapping himself and a lady in a Y2K shelter ends up crappy)
9. "Four Instant Cures for Depression: Beer, 'A' Raisin in the Sun, Twister, and No Gays," by Patrick Ashcraft III" (Patrick and Mecial speculate on different ways to escape from their ennui)
10. "Hot Stone Hypnotherapy," by Aprille Clarke (A guy helps a lady find her past lives, and she's not who she thought she was)
11. "Vampire," by Eric Landuyt (First-person account of what it feels like to be a vampire and how he relates to his victims)
11.5. "From the Archives, 2002: Mean Lady Stage Cross #3," by Aprille Clarke (Little girl loses her teeth. Was it from the candy??)
12. "Questionable Taste," by Jon Shelton (Jon and Eli have an ambiguous exchange centered around Skittles)
13. "Alligators in the Sewers!" by The Return of Sid Glissen (Patrick squats on a table and performs a poem about alligators)
1. "Tender Young Age," by Robert LaCross and Danielle Santangelo (Little Robert gets his finger comforted sex-style by mommy)
2. "Stop Being Sad or I'll Beat You Up," by King Sophie (guitar song about a sad alien)
3. "A Piece for Eli," by Dick Roberts (Eli chooses prospective colleges based on funny names)
3.5. "From the Archives, 2002: Mean Lady Stage Cross #1," by Aprille Clarke (Woman wants to hurt a salesman)
4. "Carrie's Father," by Adam Hahn (monologue about a dying man and the narrator's relationship with his daughter)
5. "Long Story," by Evan Schenck (How'd those human heads get in Evan's backpack?)
6. "Act II, Scene 7 of Whatever I Title It (OR It's a Writer's Forum, so Suck It!" by Eli Wilkinson (I'm sorry, I don't remember. It helps to have a title that somehow relates to your piece, people!)
6.5. "From the Archives, 2002: Mean Lady Stage Cross #2," by Aprille Clarke (Lady puts razor blades in cheesecake)
7. "CareBears Live in Care-a-Lot," by Matt Benyo (the true story of the misunderstood love of Christopher Robin and Pooh, which ends in tragedy)
8. "Thanksgiving 2000," by Adam Hahn (a man's plan to get love by trapping himself and a lady in a Y2K shelter ends up crappy)
9. "Four Instant Cures for Depression: Beer, 'A' Raisin in the Sun, Twister, and No Gays," by Patrick Ashcraft III" (Patrick and Mecial speculate on different ways to escape from their ennui)
10. "Hot Stone Hypnotherapy," by Aprille Clarke (A guy helps a lady find her past lives, and she's not who she thought she was)
11. "Vampire," by Eric Landuyt (First-person account of what it feels like to be a vampire and how he relates to his victims)
11.5. "From the Archives, 2002: Mean Lady Stage Cross #3," by Aprille Clarke (Little girl loses her teeth. Was it from the candy??)
12. "Questionable Taste," by Jon Shelton (Jon and Eli have an ambiguous exchange centered around Skittles)
13. "Alligators in the Sewers!" by The Return of Sid Glissen (Patrick squats on a table and performs a poem about alligators)
posted by Anonymous at 2:33 PM
24 Comments:
Huh, I find it funny that no one remembers my piece. I guess it shows that if you do something like a selection of a play you are working on that people tune out and don't care to pay any attention. Huh. Weird. Oh the original title was "Eli does Mamet" meaning I did a David Mamet style scene about a cop who euthenizes his brother. But not that it matters anyway since probably no one got that from hearing it. If they were actually listening that is. Oh well. This week's experiment is over. What ev.
i'm sorry eli, i don't remember your piece eiher
Oh well. It's okay. No harm.... although I cry at night...
Aprille, I was just joking around by taking things very melodramatically. It was mainly a stab at shelton who didn't write anything, not at you. You all should know to not take the things I say seriously unless I say "seriously". Most of the time I'm just talking out of my ass. Sorry for the confusion.
On a completely other note, today Haley Joel Osment turned 18! Happy birthday Haley.
Boy how the years go by, I remember when he was just a kid, seeing dead people... oh how the years go by...
So what you're saying is, the Sixth Sense kid is legal. Hmmm...
Actually, wouldn't he have been legal two years ago, then? (If I remember the Village Inn discussion from last Friday correctly...)
Still, it's kind of a scary thought.
Hey, how 'bout a review!
1. "Tender Young Age," by Robert LaCross and Danielle Santangelo
Short, but sweet in an Oedipal fantasy sort of way.
2. "Stop Being Sad or I'll Beat You Up," by King Sophie
Not so short, but sweet in a way that anyone who’s felt sad and lonely can identify with.
3. "A Piece for Eli," by Dick Roberts
As soon as I heard “Morehead State”, I knew where this was going. It was still fun, though. I liked the joke about the City High skanks.
3.5. "From the Archives, 2002: Mean Lady Stage Cross #1," by Aprille Clarke
Short, but sweet in a cruelly funny way.
4. "Carrie's Father," by Adam Hahn
This was a really moving piece. Adam keeps getting better and better.
5. "Long Story," by Evan Schenck
Evan’s writing is always great, but I felt like this piece could have used a little more energy. Of course, I was in it, so that’s partly on my shoulders.
6. "Act II, Scene 7 of Whatever I Title It (OR It's a Writer's Forum, so Suck It!" by Eli Wilkinson
I also can’t really remember this one, but I seem to recall thinking it was okay at the time.
6.5. "From the Archives, 2002: Mean Lady Stage Cross #2," by Aprille Clarke
Short, but really sweet in a very clever, biting way. Razor blades do make a mean cheesecake!
7. "CareBears Live in Care-a-Lot," by Matt Benyo
It could have been just “Brokeback Hundred-Acre Wood”, but then the CareBears came in and made the conclusion much more effective and disturbing (in a good way).
8. "Thanksgiving 2000," by Adam Hahn
Lest we forget, Adam is also capable of being really funny. A clever setup with the scheme for love going wrong. There was also that underlying poignance that I really like in all of Adam’s work.
9. "Four Instant Cures for Depression: Beer, 'A' Raisin in the Sun, Twister, and No Gays," by Patrick Ashcraft III"
This one was okay, but it could have used more energy. Perhaps the actors got a little too into their malaise.
10. "Hot Stone Hypnotherapy," by Aprille Clarke
I missed most of this one as I was out of the room.
11. "Vampire," by Eric Landuyt
This could have been better if I’d memorized it.
11.5. "From the Archives, 2002: Mean Lady Stage Cross #3," by Aprille Clarke
Short, and kind of sweet, but not as sweet as the first two.
12. "Questionable Taste," by Jon Shelton
Short, but oh so sweet. I really enjoyed it.
13. "Alligators in the Sewers!" by The Return of Sid Glissen
Short, but sweet in a goofy way. Patrick’s crouching and gesticulating helped the piece.
I was legal in Iowa two years ago. But now I can buy cigarettes and porn! and my father wont be commiting statutory rape when he sleeps with me at night.
1. "Tender Young Age," by Robert LaCross and Danielle Santangelo
Sexy Mom will only lead to that boy having problems later in life. Tsk.
2. "Stop Being Sad or I'll Beat You Up," by King Sophie
I think everybody here knows how I feel about sad aliens, but I'll reiterate it just in case: Fucking go back to Sirius, aliens. We know your game, you're just here to eat hamsters and steal all of our water. Seriously, you better get the fuck off of our planet before Rowdy Roddy Piper gets here with his magic sunglasses.
But actually, no, I liked this quite a bit. My favorite line was the one about how "Sad sad alien only has one eye, sad sad alien can only halfway cry." I thought that was genius.
3. "A Piece for Eli," by Dick Roberts
I thought Eli and Shelton acted this out pretty effectively and the jokes were good, but the punchline was a bit weak.
3.5. "From the Archives, 2002: Mean Lady Stage Cross #1," by Aprille Clarke
I'm just going to review these as a group--they were entertaining and very brief, with a winning formula. Aprille is on stage, says something unexpectedly horrible, the end.
4. "Carrie's Father," by Adam Hahn
This was very sad and poignant and demonstrates why I like Adam Hahn the best out of all the performers.
6. "Act II, Scene 7 of Whatever I Title It (OR It's a Writer's Forum, so Suck It!" by Eli Wilkinson
Ummm... I'm just drawing a blank. I'm sure it was good, it's just it was like four days ago that I saw it and I can't remember.
7. "CareBears Live in Care-a-Lot," by Matt Benyo
As disturbed as I was by the thought of redneck man-on-bear sex, I thought it was well executed. The bears were actually very sinister at the end, especially Shelton.
8. "Thanksgiving 2000," by Adam Hahn
Good skit, good concept.
9. "Four Instant Cures for Depression: Beer, 'A' Raisin in the Sun, Twister, and No Gays," by Patrick Ashcraft III"
Ennui indeed. The acting was a little understated but that was probably appropriate.
10. "Hot Stone Hypnotherapy," by Aprille Clarke
Ewww, gross. But very interesting.
11. "Vampire," by Eric Landuyt
I enjoy vampires to the extent that their being vampires justifies me killing them in various brutal ways. There's nothing like lopping off a head and stuffing it with holy wafers.
12. "Questionable Taste," by Jon Shelton
Right to the point and very entertaining.
13. "Alligators in the Sewers!" by The Return of Sid Glissen
The poem was terrible but it was performed with panache. Kudos.
ERIC--
"Evan’s writing is always great, but I felt like this piece could have used a little more energy. Of course, I was in it, so that’s partly on my shoulders."
I disagree, in my opinion (and I hope I'm not spoiling things as the writer saying this) the piece depended on understatement and slow pacing. It's a basic story concept wherein the characters are faced with a horrible circumstance but react as if it were normal. I thought you did fine.
1. "Tender Young Age," by Robert LaCross and Danielle Santangelo
Ah nostalgia.
2. "Stop Being Sad or I'll Beat You Up," by King Sophie
It makes me happy AND sad that you could identify with this one sad alien which I knew once.
3. "A Piece for Eli," by Dick Roberts
I liked it. Actually, I kind of don't remember it very clearly, but I remember enjoying it. There's some constructive criticism for you.
3.5. "From the Archives, 2002: Mean Lady Stage Cross #1," by Aprille Clarke
Ha.
4. "Carrie's Father," by Adam Hahn
Possibly my favorite piece of the night. Probably. It is the one that stuck with me the longest. I thought the way it kind of jumped in between two related stories until they melted together at the end was very effective. It's not everyone who can do a piece like that without it just seeming like someone reading a story. Excellently carried out so as to make it more theatrical and keep it interesting.
5. "Long Story," by Evan Schenck
Oh man. Genius. I have to say. I expected it to be some kind of dead humans or dead human parts.
6. "Act II, Scene 7 of Whatever I Title It (OR It's a Writer's Forum, so Suck It!" by Eli Wilkinson
Oh no! Somebody remind me of what it was! I remember liking it though. Honestly. I remember watching it and thinking "Hmm, what piece is this?" and then I decided it must be Eli's piece. If I were reminded of what it was I could much better review it.
7. "CareBears Live in Care-a-Lot," by Matt Benyo
The beginging got me interested, but it kind of never delivered on its promise. There seemed to be a lot of talking that didn't really comunicate much. Parts of it inspired a chuckle, however. Such as when the narrator revealed his identity.
8. "Thanksgiving 2000," by Adam Hahn
Reminded me so much of that horrible movie which I think is British and has blonde Keira Knightly... The Hole. Gross and frightening. I recomend it.
9. "Four Instant Cures for Depression: Beer, 'A' Raisin in the Sun, Twister, and No Gays," by Patrick Ashcraft III"
Ha. Their bored depressed-sounding voices made it all worth it.
10. "Hot Stone Hypnotherapy," by Aprille Clarke
Nice. It was kind of an unexpected twist or something to that effect for what seemed like a fairly ridiculous story to have a more serious conclusion.
11. "Vampire," by Eric Landuyt
I was creeped out before I figured out he was a vampire (because evidently I don't remember titles.) Kudos on the performance of it I suppose. Also aren't Kudos those granola bars with M&Ms and other unexpected substances in them?
12. "Questionable Taste," by Jon Shelton A good example of how commercials only cause confusion.
13. "Alligators in the Sewers!" by The Return of Sid Glissen
Brilliant. The exclamation point adds the necessary... exlamation. I am sucking at reviewing things. Sorry little buddies, better luck next time.
There you go, Eli's piece was the one about the cop confessing. I thought it was very powerful in the way it was written and the way it was performed with the characters not looking at eachother.
Everyone is teasing me... even the high schoolers. I blame Evan for giving me the 'writers block' preventing me from writing something good.
Still-Relevant Announcements and Updates:
-Last night, Ted the Dog was found.
-Yes, Shame! in City High's Little Theatre every other Tuesday at 8 PM. Go TONIGHT!
-Eric's TV show "Iowa Desk and Couch", Sundays at 8 PM on UITV
-No Shame at Riverfest
We have two time slots on Saturday, April 29: 10:15-10:45 AM and 5:15-5:45 PM. This is a great opportunity to promote No Shame generally and for you personally to expose your art to a wider audience. These shows will be outdoors, so we need pieces without lighting requirements appropriate for an all-ages audience. We have to set the order and give them scripts by April 20, so if you want to be a part of this you need to e-mail a script to a board member (e.g., me: JerkyPnut@aol.com) as soon as possible, no later than this weekend.
-The Mainstage production of "Betty's Summer Vacation" by Chris Durang opens this Thursday.
Just out of curiousity, what did the people who forgot I was a vampire think I was talking about before I said I was a vampire?
P.S. Hooray for Ted!
So am I safe in saying that there is no NO Shame this week because of the emergency situation and the fact it is the weekend before easter? Or am I mistaken?
Same here...this area (Theater Building, etc) is relatively untouched, so there shouldn't be any safety issues from the storm... and I know that last week no one mentioned No Shame being off because of the holidays.
Well even though the TB was not touched at all, with the holiday, the rest of the town in a "state of emergency" , and the university cancelling classes and whatnot, some of have thought that maybe there wouldn't be a show. Personally I am waiting for a member of the board to write on the blog before I head back up to IC for a show. 'Cause traffic in town sucks.
Other than purely speculative rumors, I have found no indication that we will be without a show tonight.
Please come, and bring your friends.
Hooray!
well darn... I missed the show to watch "Goodnight and Good Luck"... pooey
Oh and Snert. If the piece was stolen from you then how come it was posted 3 days after it was performed? Or is this all an ellaborate hoax. fool me once... people die. fool me twice... people will still die only much more painfully. Ever heard of death by pleniloquence? Which is it scary puppet?
Jesus, Eli, if you want to post a message seven hours before the show announcing there is no show, you could at least try to call a board member first. I'm in the phone book.
Adam, that comment did come off as really dickish. The post you were refering to was a question I was intending for you.
Eli,
My complaint was more with your timing than your content. It took me five hours to reply (the entire board could have easily been too busy to read the blog Friday), which meant that on the day of the show the last word was "There is no show" longer than it was "There is a show".
Anyway, I'm just mad because we all missed you Friday night and if you would have called me before the show I would have told you to come.
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