Events for July 25th, 2008
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Friday - July 25th
Theater / Theater Event
Fillet of Solo Festival
Live Bait Theater - 3914 N. Clark St. - Chicago (Wrigleyville)
7:30 p.m. "Sampler Superstars!," by Joe Steiff, Rohina, Paul Thomas, Gloria Coco and Margot Bordelon and 8 p.m. "Potholes on the Path to Enlightenment," by Tellin' Tales Theatre
The 13th annual event celebrates original monologues.
Theater / Theater Event
Sampler Superstars!
Live Bait Theater - 3914 N. Clark St. - Chicago (Wrigleyville)
7:30 p.m.
A showcase of greatest hits from past festivals features writer-performers Joe Steiff, Rohina, Paul Thomas, Gloria Coco and Margot Bordelon.
Theater / Theater Event
Fillet of Solo Festival
Live Bait Theater - 3914 N. Clark St. - Chicago (Wrigleyville)
7:30 p.m. "Sampler Superstars!," by Joe Steiff, Rohina, Paul Thomas, Gloria Coco and Margot Bordelon and 8 p.m. "Potholes on the Path to Enlightenment," by Tellin' Tales Theatre
The 13th annual event celebrates original monologues.
Theater / Theater Event
A Night of Burlesque featuring 'Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief'
Stage Left Theatre - 3408 N. Sheffield Ave. - Chicago (Wrigleyville)
8 p.m. preview
Actors perform orginal songs and skits which poke fun at Shakespeare's "Othello" and gender politics in the early burlesque style. Then, see a dark comedy by Paula Vogel ("How I Learned to Drive") which reimagines Desdemona as a tramp who's slept with everyone in Othello's army except for Cassio.
Theater / Theater Event
Potholes on the Path to Enlightenment
Live Bait Theater - 3914 N. Clark St. - Chicago (Wrigleyville)
8 p.m.
Tekki Lomnicki, Rob Schroeder, Matt Kerns and Maia Morgan perform humorous monologues about roads travelled and lessons learned.
Theater / Comedy
Steve and Jordan, Respectfully
I.O. - 3541 N. Clark St. - Chicago (Wrigleyville)
Second City touring alums Jordan Klepper and Steve Waltien perform a two-man sketch show.
Theater / Comedy
pHamily the Musical
Stage Left Theatre - 3408 N. Sheffield Ave. - Chicago (Wrigleyville)
Improv artists create a family based on audience suggestion then develop and perform a musical that incorporates the new characters. BYOB.
Theater / Comedy
The Improv Jam
I.O. - 3541 N. Clark St. - Chicago (Wrigleyville)
Volunteer audience members perform improv scenes with veteran I.O. comics. Local funnymen Brett Lyons and Nathan Jensen host.
Theater / Comedy
pHrenzy
Stage Left Theatre - 3408 N. Sheffield Ave. - Chicago (Wrigleyville)
Eight improv artists compete for audience votes and suffer arbitrary eliminations during a fast-paced show.
Theater / Comedy
Improvised Shakespeare
I.O. - 3541 N. Clark St. - Chicago (Wrigleyville)
An evening of off-the-cuff comedy features the bard's themes and Old English language. Expect power struggles, star-crossed lovers, sprites, kings, queens, princesses, sword-play, rhyming couplets, asides, insults and disguised identities.


