Sorry folks, there is no Famous Mysterious Actor Show tonight despite what was printed in the Willamette Week’s stage calendar. The Famous Mysterious Actor Show will be returning for another run of shows soon.
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Shel Silverstein’s The Devil and Billy Markham, which first appeared as a six-part epic poem in the January 1979 edition of Playboy magazine and subsequently as a one-act play at Lincoln Center in 1989, tells the story of Billy Markham, an unforgettable character who never met a bet he didn’t take, including that of his very own soul. Billy journeys from Nashville’s Music Row down into the fiery pits of hell and back again as he matches wits with God, the Devil and everyone in between. For Mature Audiences. Wanna help Jonah produce this show with a kind contribution? Go ahead, he and we would love you for it.
Alexis Rehrmann at Portland Monthly Magazine gives a preview and shows some love for Tandem. Tickets are still available, so come see the show. Howdy folks. If you’re thinking of coming to Curious to see Jean Louis in Tandem or AuGi in SexyNurd or if you just want to jump in and swim with all the other Fertile Ground fish (that is, events), pick up a Fertile Ground pass. Festival prices are now $50, reduced from $100. Fill that New Year’s resolution to see more shows, and buy a pass. You did make that resolution, didn’t you? In Jean Louis’ hilarious and beautiful comedy, Tandem, Stacey Hallal and Bob Ladewig explore the meaning of “international language” through brilliantly crafted sketch comedy – ultimately finding that two wrongs can make a right… though they often take three lefts to get there. Stacey Hallal is Artistic Director of Curious Comedy Theater which she founded in 2007. Stacey has performed, taught, and directed improv and sketch comedy for over 10 years – in Portland with acclaimed comedy duo All Jane No Dick and in Chicago at the world famous Second City. Her one-woman show, The Humperdink Family Reunion received rave reviews. Bob Hicks of the Oregonian wrote, “Comic actress Stacey Hallal has a face that can rise like a puff pastry or fall like a mob informer with an anvil tied round his feet. Her eyes can pop like a Looney Toons critters, and she can stretch a grin as crazy-wide as Jack Nicholson’s in The Shining. Her voice has the same cockeyed flexibility, and she uses both to highly amusing effect. In other words, she’s a genuine talent.” Bob Ladewig has been writing, teaching and performing improvisational and sketch comedy since 1997. Bob studied at all the famous comedy theaters in Chicago and worked with a lot of wonderful people, some of whom have gone and gotten famous. In 2007, he helped to open the Curious Comedy Theater. Off-stage Bob has written stories for video games and been in many commercials – even one with an ancient Egyptian pharaoh. SPECIAL OFFER: Check out AuGi’s show SexyNurd, and see Jean Louis free. |
Watch three groups of actors, each with a camera person and a tape runner, take to the streets to film, shoot, and "edit" a movie while an audience watches the projected tapes as they're run to the theater. Sound complicated? It is, but that's the fun of it. Crafting a Joke and Using Political Satire to be Heard 
Anyone can be a jokester, but it takes true finesse to craft an LOL-worthy piece of comedy. As co-creator and former head writer of The Daily Show and co-founder of Air America, Lizz Winstead is one of the top political satirists in America. In this three-hour workshop, Lizz will teach you all the steps to crafting smart jokes, and how to use political satire to get your point across. As a performer, LIZZ brought her political wit to The Daily Show as a Correspondent and later to the radio waves co-hosting Unfiltered, Air America Radio's mid morning show, where she brought Hip Hop legend CHUCK D and political big brain RACHEL MADDOW on board. LIZZ'S talents as a comedian and media visionary have been recognized by The New York Times, The Washington Post and Entertainment Weekly's 100 most Creative People. Her television appearances include Comedy Central Presents and regular spots on MSNBC's "The Ed Show" and "The Joy Behar Show." Most recently, Lizz wrote and produced an independent pilot of her Off-Broadway hit, "WAKE UP WORLD, a show Rachel Maddow called, "The funniest thing I have seen in years." Buy Tickets. |
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