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Friday
< December 19th, 2003 >
 
 ComedySportz
has a special for
FACToids
on Wednesdays, Thursdays AND Fridays!!
*** 2-for-1s to the listed shows with your FACT Card 2003 ***
 
Friday
The Improv Open Mike. 
If you watch Whose Line Is It Anyway? and say,"I could do that," you're right!  Join us to try your own hand at improv, or to watch your friends do it!  A perfect end to your Friday festivities.  Perform, drink, and be merry!  Hosted by The Mikes. BYOB for those 21 and older.  CSZ says: Mature
-- Stand-ups, call ahead to schedule.  Everyone else, just come and perform!  More info?  improvopenmike@hotmail.com
-- Fridays at midnight, open run. 
-- Tickets are just $5 (free to CSz students)!  2-for-1s with a FACT Card 2003.
 
[Visit Free And Cheap Theatre 's Wednesday and Thursday listings for additional offers from ComedySportz.]
 
Parking: $5
2851 North Halsted
Chicago, IL  60657 
Reservations:  773-549-8080
 

 
The Artistic Home
presents
 
The Miss Firecracker Contest
By Beth Henley
Directed by John Mossman
 
Small town orphan Carnelle has dreams of winning the local beauty pageant, salvaging her tarnished reputation. Assisting her is her backwoods seamstress Popeye, and cousins Delmount, newly released from an insane asylum, and Elain, a former Miss Firecracker who's left her husband. Lyrical and touching, this is Henley at her most hilarious.
PLEASE NOTE:
"Both NPR (WBEZ) and The Chicago Tribune have led people to believe that Artistic Home's current production, The Miss Firecracker Contest, has been closed. IT HAS NOT.
However, we are no longer able to charge admission. This is bad news for us, but great news for anyone who has not seen the show or would like to see it again. We are still going strong and plan on continuing our run."
-- Katherine O'Neill, Artistic Home Ensemble Member.
 
Cast: Jenna Wasmuth, Mike Carroll, Katherine O'Neill, Pete Fitzsimmons, Georgann Charuhas, Maria Stephans.
Crew: Laura Coleman/Stage manager. Molly Neylan/Lights, Andy Sewell/Sound, RJ Coleman/Set, Beth Levine/Costumes. Jason Ahlstrom/Crew.
 
November 13th - December 21st
Thursdays 7:30pm, Friday & Saturdays 8pm, Sundays 3pm.
Admission is FREE, but a "pay-what-you-can" or donation of the following is encouraged:
Thursday/Sunday $18 ($15 Student/Senior); Friday/Saturday $20 ($18 student/senior)
 
At 1420 W. Irving Park Rd. Chicago, IL 60613
Telephone Number: 773/404/1100
 

 
Not Waiting Productions
presents
 
Book of Days
By Lanford Wilson
Directed by Brooke Allen
 
When murder roars through a small Missouri town, Ruth Hock begins her own quest to find truth and honesty amid small-town jealousies, religion, greed and lies. This tornado of a play propels you through its events like a page turning mystery.
 
Dec. 12,13,14,19,20,and 21
General Admission: $15 per ticket
Industry nights $10 per ticket on Dec. 5, 6, 7, 14, and 21.
 
At National Pastime Theater, 3139 N. Broadway
Telephone Number: 800-291-0379
 

 
cupidplayers
presents
 
Cupid Is as Cupid Does
Created by the cast
Directed by Brian Posen
 
A musical sketch comedy revue where all the scenes move to song. The scenes are based in satire and irony. 75 minute show.
This show is comprised of the best work of Cupid Players over the past 4 years.
 
Friday Nights @ 8PM
$12 regular price $5 with student ID
$5 with Picture and resume
 
At ImprovOlympic, 3541 N. Clark
Telephone Number: 773-665-8899
 
 

 
Spindrift Theater
presents
 
Waiting for Godot
By Samuel Beckett
Directed by Nate Roberts
 
Waiting for Godot is probably Samuel Beckett's most famous play. It is a play like no other, fusing the comic and the tragic in a soulful vaudeville. The characters, the actors are everyman, and their plight, their obstinant hope, their games and their patter, seem universal. It has been (somewhat inaccurately) described as a play in which nothing happens, twice.
It is a comedy, a tragedy, a vaudeville. There will be laughing, there will be crying. There will be singing, there will be dancing, there will be thinking.
Directed by Nate Roberts, and performed by Kurt Bullis, Josh Casburn, Ben Petty, Rachel Rizzo, and Eric Singley, the show will run December 12-13 and 17-20, with performances nightly at 7:30 pm, and an additional 2:00 pm matinee on December 20.
 
December 12-13, 17-20
$8 if reserved in advance; $10 at the door
 
At St Mark's Episcopal Church, Main at Hillside, Glen Ellyn
Telephone Number: (630) 853-9687
 

 
Chemically Imbalanced Comedy
and
Sweetback Productions
present
Screw X-mas
 
Original tales of holiday woe, as part of the Encore! series.
A New Year's Eve performance and party benefits cancer patient Lisa Baio http://www.helplisafightcancer.com . Tickets are $35.
 
Dec. 12, 19, 26: 11 p.m.
Dec. 16, 23, 30, 31: 8 p.m.
Price: $7

At The Cornservatory, 4210 N. Lincoln Ave.
Tickets: Box office: 773-865-7731.
 

 
Starvin Artist Productions
presents
Greed
By Erick Schroeder
Directed by Erick Schroeder
 
Character Based, Politically Incorrect, Shortform Improv.
Three Characters Compete for $50 against each other and an audience member.
 
Fridays Beginning Dec 5th
10:30 pm show starts, 9:00 pm ticket and liqour sales begin
Must be 17 to see the show.
Ticket Price: $6 cheaper than a movie
 
At Zephyr Cafe, 1777 W Wilson, Chicago IL
Telephone Number: 773-727-8364
 



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