The Jerks Who Are Making This Shit, Pt. 4

We moved into The Parlor this weekend, and oh if you could have seen everyone's faces on discovering The Basement. The ceilings, the mystery hole (OFF LIMITS!), the half shower, the gas meters (OFF LIMITS!), and above and beyond all else, The Porn Room and its jacuzzi altar. It's also apparently much bigger than I'd been selling it, though I still contend it feels pretty damn tight for us tall folk. Bottom line: you can't prepare yourself for this space. No matter what you're thinking, it's gonna be that and so so much more.

And hey, while we're talking Parlor news, don't forget to grab your tix for The Runaways' production of Friedrich Schiller Writes The Robbers, which will be running in the upstairs space. They've got shows at 8pm Thu-Sun during the length of our run, so you can come early on a Friday or Saturday and catch us both or grab lunch in the 'hood after our Sunday matinee and swing back for their evening show! (You could also come see them on a Thursday and forget about us, but why are you so hateful?) Here's a link for tickets. Reserve them!

In today's episode of Jerks Who're Making This Ish, we've got the lovely, lovely costumes of the lovely, lovely Carla Hamilton. She's back for her second go with The Nine and this time was given the very strict direction of "do what you want, just don't make sense". This. Is. How. We. Roll.

LADIES! GENTS! PRESENTING!!!!:

Carla Hamilton AKA She Made The Costumes AKA Carla Hamilton!

Bio: Charles Hamilton "we" (the brain) (shown in black), Black (Factory Theatre) actions "green" - Waco materyaali. Hankkeen zesrednia common in California, "he said.".

The Jerks Who Are Making This Shit, Pt. 3

Turns out when you're rehearsing a Dada show, words kinda lose their meaning. "Motive" and "subtext" and "tactic" and all that other junk goes out the window real quick. So we've been patching together our own terms, very carefully building them into more precise definitions, and then quickly taking a big old contradictory hammer to them. One of the big ones has been "bullshit".

We've talked about bullshit a lot in this process. It started as a bad thing: if anything goes in Dada, bullshit is the one thing that doesn't. Bullshit is the shitty, pretentious, playtime Dada we all know and hate. Of course, it's fucking Dada, so that idea didn't last long -- soon we found ourselves wanting more bullshit, just not that college-level jackassery. So we said 'Let there be good bullshit and let there be bad bullshit'. And lo, there was good bullshit and there was bad bullshit. So now we're figuring out exactly what the difference between bullshit is. Welcome to Dada. Welcome to life.

What does this have to do with Austin Oie? Well, the other night, Austin decided to have a little fun. For an hour straight, he spat out nothing but the worst kind of bullshit. Leapt from terrible decision to terrible decision like a damn gymnast. The fact that it was bad bullshit on purpose? That somehow made it even, even worse. And hey, maybe in the ABC Family movie version of The Gas Heart, this is where we all learn a heartwarming lesson that sometimes bad bullshit can be good if we only learn to embrace it for what it is. But fuck ABC Family, because I witnessed this crap and I can tell you unequivocally that it was not good. Not good at all.

Austin seems to have gotten that funtime out of his system, so I don't expect you'll see bad bullshit at The Gas Heart. But if you do, know that you're in very capable hands with Austin. Best bad bullshitter in town.

He's also the only person who's been in all four parts of The Nine, which is probably why I let him get away with this crap.

INTRODUCING (with love)!!!

Austin Oie aka Eyebrow aka Austin Oie!

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Dhereebok ().

Appetite ( England Language ).

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Description klhtirof .

months

Brad zrokznika .

Sexual exploitation .

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Services kadduomenu .

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Rain and snow this week, he said.

Vmushaobdibanx .

All of the ships.

Although esmusyevyete .

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Appetite ( England Language ).

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[End ].

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Roots beigaskarsti .

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Thanks for Cohen .

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The Jerks Who Are Making This Shit, Pt. 2

So, lemme tell you about rehearsal last night. (FYI: 'Rehearsal' in the context of Part Four is really just code for doing random shit for an hour or two until we collapse/decide we're done.) We were down two actors due to conflicts, so I, as the #esteemeddirector, decided to tag in and take part in the Dada. I'm an honorable soul like that.

There were banana suits and gatekeepers and sprinting the length of the theatre until we were ready to vomit. And then we collapsed. And then, for the first time, instead of being done we got up again. That's when shit got really weird. Strobe lights and Kanye and wrestling and smoke breaks and a whole lot of darkness. And that's about the time Stacie left. She just drove off. We're assuming she's coming back tonight, if only to see what happens next. But just in case, we'll introduce her now instead of later.

Returning for her second go-round with The Nine (...presumably...): 

Stacie Hauenstein aka Ear aka Stacie Hauenstein!

Bio: 9:00 thnabangkear 00 minutes of music in Germany, the first time in 2008 Laramie Vista Stasi Madison University, University of Toronto.

The Jerks Who Are Making This Shit, Pt. 1

Oh holy hell, y'all. Part Four is almost here...

On November 8th, we bust this piece wide open and unleash nine performances of pure Dada fuckery on the world. Only 180 of you will get to see it, so that's on you and your initiative to e-mail theninechicago(at)gmail, fellas and fellettes. BUT NOW..... the moment you've all been waiting for... the introduction of The Jerks Who Are Making This Shit. You've met every last one of them before, but probably, hopefully (for your sake) not like this.

First up, making his third appearance in The Nine, your friend and mine:

Greg Wenz AKA Eye AKA Greg Wenz

Bio: In addition, new projects, we will then television, sports, construction, Chicago sports, theater, and the value of the game are known, suddenly, # badasseri he bryesvannon of 10 wolves, art white Lupi said. Kapandeng Wolf management ....

Return of the Faces: The Credits

As we get ready to stroll into opening tonight, there's just a couple more folks I need to shout out. The biggest of thanks to all the following:

Erica Barnes
Ryan Martin, Jen Bukovsky, and The Den Theatre
Ronan Marra, Joseph Stearns, and Signal Ensemble Theatre
Stephanie Ingram
Lloyd Mulvey
Jesus Contreras

and every last one of you reading this. Sincerely. Thanks for your interest and support and funtimes.

Now let's rock this thing!

Return of the Faces, The Final Chapter: Scanlon

Well, I'll be god damned. Part Three opens tomorrow. To. Mor. Row. But, before we do, I've got one more face to introduce and it ain't a face to be taken lightly. Sarah Scanlon is responsible for all of the makeup design you're about to see in Ping-Pong. You'll know this beyond a shadow of a doubt when you see her applying it. During the show. On stage. As the action is happening. You see, Part Three is taking a look at how we witness characters develop, how they change throughout the course of a life or the course of a show (six of one, half dozen of the other...). And in Ping-Pong, at least as it plays with The Nine, we watch them develop very directly and very visibly at the hands of one Sarah Scanlon. Young people gettin' old. Passionate people gettin' tired. Everything winding down. Eventually.

But TOO MUCH serious talk -- we'll save that for later. Here, meet Sarah, she's on the funtimes crew!

Sarah Scanlon is an artistic associate with the Strange Tree Group and has been acting, hanging from ceilings as an aerialist, and playing music in Chicago (with her band "Left Turn at Albuquerque") for the past few years. While she has experience in theatrical make-up (beauty, blood & gore, zombie/monster, and old age) this is the first time she's been asked to create make-up on stage while an actor is acting, and she thanks Bries for the fun and awesome challenge and chance to collaborate on something totally new! Past collaborations in Chicago include shows with the Strange Tree Group, The Factory Theater, The Building Stage, The Chicago Mammals, Babes with Blades, Redmoon, Metropolis Performing Arts Center; and readings with Chicago Dramatists and Dream Theatre. She has trained at the Moscow Art Theatre School, the American Repertory Theatre, LAMDA, The Dell'arte School of Physical Theatre, and Western Michigan University.

Return of the Faces, The New Breed: Mr. Boler

Well, lookit here! Another shining star added to the our little crew of alumni! Folks, if you don't know THE Brandon Boler, you've got some introducing to do. But don't worry, I know just the place for it: Brandon just so happens to be taking on the role of good ol' Sutter in Ping-Pong, so all you really have to do is make sure you get a ticket while you still can. A little bit of 'Hey, Brandon!', a couple batted eyelashes, maybe some flowers or a stuffed animal, and bam! you know Brandon Boler and are on the fast track to CoolKidsville, Population Awesome.

In the meantime, here's a little bit of background on him. Study up, kiddos!

Brandon is a Chicago native and is excited to be working with Bries and the entire cast and crew on this installment of The Nine. Brandon was last seen on stage this summer during Collaboraction's Sketchbook Festival in "The Last Meal Man" and along with working on The Nine, Brandon is also understudying the role of Chap in Profiles production of "After." Brandon graduated from Bradley University where he studied Theatre Performance and Business Management. Special thanks to Mom, Dad and Brandy for helping me on this journey. Follow Brandon and his happenings at Brandonboler.com.