Rules of No Shame

RULES OF NO SHAME

1. Your piece must be original.

2. Your piece must be under 5 minutes.

3. Your piece cannot hurt anyone or anything. Feelings are an exception.

GUIDELINES

We meet in the lobby starting at 10:00 PM Fridays at the theater building. If you have a piece, you should come sometime between then and 10:30. Please bring enough copies of the script for everyone in the piece and an extra one for the board. The order is put together on a first come first served basis and we cap the number at 15 pieces per night, plus a maximum of 5 point-fives. If you're just coming to watch, you can meet us in the lobby a little before 11, and we'll head to the performance space together.

You can submit pieces anonymously through the No Shame Drop Box located by the TA Mailboxes in the theater building in the hallway between Theater B and Thayer. You must submit enough copies for everyone in your piece as well as an extra one for the board.

Iowa City BONS Spring 2011 Order!

Your BONS order for Spring 2011 is as such:

1. Therapy with Dr. Timothy Paddler by Lloyd Henry

Funny-voiced psychiatrist offers free-association as a path to mental well-being.

1.5. Fish of April by Eric Jesteadt

Two people find themselves in a real pickle AND/OR cucumber.

2. Monster Beats by Kjai

From the light copy for this piece: "A monster beat boxes. As he walks slowly. He exits and dies."

3. Why I'll Never Get Laid by Morgan Miller

Morgan has a mental monologue while riding the Cambus.

4. Unfinished Novel by Lydia Crowe, age 8

Lydia reads a passage from a story she wrote as a child: wolves speaking wolf language, having wolf magic, you know.

5. Kristin Buys a Swear Master by Kristin

A shy woman purchases a huge man to shout obscenities at her enemies.

6. A Love Story by Penny

A grandmother tells her granddaughter about how she met grandpa. It gets a little racy.

7. Macky Was Aces by Taylor Cook

Taylor is such a great songwritey guitar of a guy, you will need to hear this yourself.

8. Spencer Tells a Story by Spencer

Spencer uses a blender with curious powers in an attempt to solve his silverfish problem.

9. Witch's Rap by Sydney Hayes

You have heard fairy tales before about dudes stealing from witches' gardens, but here a witch tells her side. In rhyme.

10. Fetish: A Love Story by Katy Baggs

A woman indulges her unconventional sexual fantasy.

11. Asher N Taylor Play a Song by Asher and Taylor

We like hearing their song parodies. This is one of them.

12. Only the Weather Channel Loves Me by Barbara, Joanna, and Spencer

The Weather Channel starts to get the wrong idea about a relationship and gets clingy.

13. In Which Girls Happen by Keziah Clopton

Keziah recounts her own attraction/friendship to someone she eventually drifts away from.

14. Competitive Bear Fucking by evn skenk

A proposal for a new and thrilling sport.

15. Marek is a JEW by Marek Muller

Marek finds an unexpected sweetheart and bursts into song!


So there's our BONS order. It's going to be a great show, so bring all your friends. It's in Theatre B and costs $3, but it's really worth SO MUCH MORE that I assure you it is a good deal and your tummy will rumble with jolly laughter and your mind will feel sated and content after such an entertainment binge. Come to the show. Also, I'm looking for all the Dead Week pieces but there will be a post with that order up soon too. Rest assured that it was a good show and we had a good time. Songs were sung.

No Shame Iowa City 4-15-11

Order in the comments, people. Keep coming, keep writing.

No Shame Iowa City 2-18-11

Okay, putting this week's order up. Which is in the comments. Give a comment in the comments!

No Shame Iowa City 2/4/11

Awesome show, everyone! We had a fun time in Room 166, but expect to be in Theatre B next week. Order in the comments, folks.

No Shame Iowa City 1-28-11

So, our first show of the new season was last night! Relive those cherished memories with the order, in the comments.

Remember to tell everyone to come to the show! Now that you've seen us.

New Season of Iowa City No Shame!

WE ARE BACK for the fall season starting this Friday, January 28! Same time, same place, same price as usual: 11 pm, Theatre B in the Theatre Building, $1. Tell your friends, tell your friends to tell their friends, and come to the show!

Even better, write a piece and perform it! We always want new writers/performers, and if you're new, you automatically get in the order. Come to the Theatre Building lounge Friday night with enough copies for anyone who's in your piece plus one more for whoever's doing lights. Include your name, your piece's title, and light directions (usu. just "lights up" at the beginning and "lights down" at the end) and give us your piece at 10:30 so we have enough time to put the order together. See you there, cool cats.

No Shame Iowa City Fall 2010 BONS Order

EDIT: BONS Fall '10 is now online! Go here and watch it again.

BEST OF NO SHAME ORDER for Fall 2010, people. Are you in it? Will you be there to see the show? YES you will. Bring $3 (the show will be more than 3x as good as a regular show, so consider it a money saver) and bring all your friends. 11 pm, December 10, probably in Theatre B.

1. Friday Night Tales by Mark Smolyar (we liked all of them, Mark, so it's your pick)
2. Bringing it at an 8 by evn skenk and Katy Baggs
3. A Tradition is Founded by Spencer Abbe
4. I'm Afraid of Rabbits by Asher Stuhlman
5. Bobby Grows Old by Arlen Lawson
6. A Song about Discrimination by Eric Jesteadt
7. A Half-Stoned Frenchman Reads a Letter to His Ex-Lover by Penny
8. More Elderly Drivers by Lloyd Henry
9. Being Nicolas Cage by Brian Healy
10. Poetry by Katie Monger (the 4 poems titled "Con My Festering Wounds," etc.)
11. Three-Six by Sam Hawkins
12. A Day at the Park by Mikey307@aol.com
13. Don't Fuck a Bro by Alaynna
14. MAMO Part III by Morgan Muller and Marek Miller
15. The Rose: Prequel to Villains by Jjaro
16. The Boy Who Was Always Gay by Taylor Cook
17. Springfield XDm by Anne Sullivan
18. Frozen Carcasses by Kjai Block
19. Whiskey Town by Dirty Wheat and Barley

No Shame Iowa City 12/3/10

Order in the comments. Short show this week, but there was some great stuff. Jesus wept...with laughter. BONS order was also announced (see above post)

No Shame Iowa City 11/12/10

Order in the comments, people. I wasn't at the show - Eric Jesteadt loves herpes? There was an Okiishi piece?! Sorry I missed it.

No Shame Iowa City 11/5/10

Order in the comments, everybody. We were in Mabie again, but we think we'll be back in Theatre B soon.

No Shame Iowa City 10/22/10

Order in the comments, and so on. Remember, remember, the 5th of November: that's when our next show is. Have a good Halloween, everyone!

No Shame Iowa City 10/8/10

Man, I had a blast last night. Order in the comments, everybody. I love you guys.

No Shame Iowa City 10/1/10

Order in the comments, guys.


Short show tonight, all the more reason to bring a piece in next week! By the way, it seemed every other piece was about a deity tonight. Sometimes planets align and we have accidental theme nights with several pieces touching on one thing or another (alcohol, penises, what have you).

No Shame Iowa City 9/24/10

Order in the comments, people. Keep bringing your friends and your dollars and your pieces. No Shame survives by word of mouth!

No Shame Iowa City 9-17-10

Order in the comments, people!

No Shame Iowa City 9/10/10

Order in the comments, everyone!

Don't forget that we always want new writers and performers, just bring your piece to the theatre lounge at 10:30 with enough copies for your actors plus one copy for whoever's managing the lights. If you've never been in the show before, your work automatically goes in the order. See you next week.

No Shame Iowa City 9/3/10

Awesome opening show, everyone! Keep coming back and keep bringing pieces! Goodnight! Order in the comments.

No Shame Iowa City - new season!

There's a new season of No Shame Theatre starting up THIS FRIDAY SEPT. 3 at the Theatre Building's Theatre B at 11 pm. Bring a dollar for admission and bring your friends who are each bringing their own one dollars to give to us.

One dollar.

OOH, ALSO: If you want, bring a piece to perform! Show up at the theater lounge AND/OR lobby (and then come into the lounge) where we will be taking pieces at 10:30. Provided your piece follows the Three Rules of No Shame (1. it's original, as in you wrote it or a friend of yours wrote it for you to perform, 2. it is 5 minutes or less, and 3. it does not damage theatre space or its occupants), we will take it if there is room. First come, first serve, unless you're new, in which case you are guaranteed a spot in the order!

Be there!

No Shame Iowa City Best Of Spring '10 on Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/user/noshameiowacity

Check it out!