On May 19, 2019, Scapi Radio sat down with Brittany Meyer, a Chicago-based comedian and retail designer. Some the following article’s reporting derives from that interview. … In a fell…
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Pictured above: Comedian Whitney Wasson produces the sober showcase Serenity Now!/Photo: Loren Egeland Today, artists are more open about their process of recovery. Marc Maron has helped demystify the shame…
Pictured above: Sarah Mobley, Stephanie Jones, Vickie Eisenstein, Ana Silva and Jessye Grace Mueller in Improvised Jane Austen/Photo: Emily Friedrick Editor’s Note: This is an expression by Olivia Sieck in…
When I asked to write about Improvised Dungeons & Dragons at Otherworld Theatre Company, I wasn’t too familiar with the roleplaying game growing up until I got to college and…
Pictured above: Joe Johnson, Katie Ruppert and Billy Ferguson in a February Improvised Dungeons & Dragons performance/Photo: Out on a Whim Comedy Facebook page Editor’s Note: This is a D&D…
Pictured above: Still from Annabelle 2: Creation, of The Conjuring Film Series/Production Photo: New Line Cinema, Atomic Monster Productions Editor’s Note: This is an expression by Michele Behrens in response…
Pictured above: Murmurations from Chicago Fringe 2017/Photo: Sarah Larson Editor’s Note: This is an expression by Olivia Sieck in response to Chicago Fringe Festival in a poetic form; it is…
Pictured above: María (Steph Vondell) and Lola (Allyce Carryn Torres) escaping the flood/Photo: Anthony Aicardi When I was little, I use to run around a massive backyard catching fireflies with…
Pictured above: The Shithole Promotional Poster/Graphics: Loren Egeland Between 2013 and May 2018, underground comedy and variety show The Shithole produced over 430 shows, featuring hundreds of performers from all over…
Pictured above: Katherine Bellantone as La Muñequita and Raul Luna as Mr. Moral/ Photo: Becca “B” Browne Can you imagine a world where even the way you wear your hair…
Pictured above: Alok Vaid-Menon performing at Femme in Public/Photo: Danielle Levsky On June 19 at AMFM Gallery on the South Side, gender non-conforming writer, educator and performance artist Alok Vaid-Menon…
We sit down with Samantha Berkman and Tessa Orzech from Camp: A Comedy Show to talk about the spectrum of open mics to showcases, cultivating a welcome audience, knowing when…