Are You Famous, Yet?

01:54 - When did Abigail and Jason know they wanted to do theatre?
14:19 - How Abigail and Jason re-connected
18:11 - The intervening years.
22:06 - Performink's first life and the reboot.
48:14 - How they decided to live in and convert a school bus http://ourwanderingfamily.com
1:04:09 - Bardy Bunch: http://www.thebardybunch.com
1:08:01 - Lotus Theatricals: http://lotustheatricals.com
1:11:26 - The Bardy Bunch is happening at The Mercury Theater: http://mercurytheaterchicago.com
1:13:51 - Parenting and theatre.

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Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "The Devil Is In The Beats" - The Chemical Brothers

06:06 - Beginnings of Redmoon. http://www.redmoon.org
11:59 - Beginning of free children's art classes with Redmoon.
14:20 - The path of Redmoon after first five years.
19:34 - Building things at Redmoon.
24:11 - Jim left his Ph.D. program 25 years ago and is now writing his dissertation.
29:46 - Is Jim creating a project reflecting the state of the world right now?
31:16 - Co Club
32:39 - What does it mean to design The Family Center at The Spertus Institute? http://www.spertus.edu
45:38 - Sink. Sank. Sunk. http://www.redmoon.org/portfolio-of-a-spectacle/ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-09-25/news/0409250197_1_sunk-sink-funeral-procession
48:12 - Loves Me. Loves Me Not. http://www.redmoon.org/portfolio-of-a-spectacle/ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2005-09-16/entertainment/0509160139_1_show-timely-flood
52:39 - How did they get so many people for their massive productions?
55:40 - Laura's introduction to Redmoon.
59:16 - Promotions: Co Club. Jim will bring Redmoon back in some way/maybe an experiential weekend: TBA, experiences yet to be had with Redmoon. Jim is doing a lot of thinking and writing/working on his dissertation.

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Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "The Devil Is In The Beats" - The Chemical Brothers

02:01 - Genesis of "The Gogo Show"
04:40 - What is the Lincoln Loft?
09:34 - Anna and Mary Rose O'Connor both host and curate "The Gogo Show"
13:50 - How "The Gogo Show" got its name and favorite moments.
18:35 - Comedians to look out for: Sameena Mustafa with Simmer Brown, Kelsey Huff, Amy Sumpter, Rebecca O'Neill, Shantira Jackson, Casey Pilkington, Skyler Schrempp - diaries Interview with the Vampire, Liz Reuss - solo sketch/improv, Hoo Ha, Meredith Kachel, Reena Calm, Ali Clayton, Lainie Lenertz, Kristin Toomey, Deanna Ortiz, and FemCom/ Feminine Comique
26:00 - They can do things at the Lincoln Loft that would be cost-prohibitive elsewhere
27:14 - Lisa: http://lisaapp.com
35:05 - Mary is launching The Blue Ring: https://www.facebook.com/theblueringchicago/
http://www.thebluering.com Donate to Blue Ring through Fractured Atlas here: https://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=14566
46:38 - Highlights of Anna's stand-up career
55:54 - Anna worked with Sommer Austin in their duo Austero in "Heart to Mime" at Chicago Women's Funny Festival: https://www.facebook.com/events/908156595963017/
1:02:01 - How Mary came to found Trellis, the theatre bookstore and reading series at Greenhouse Theater http://www.greenhousetheater.org/#!trellis/p4eel
Anna's website: http://www.annalucero.com The Gogo Show: https://www.facebook.com/thegogoshow/ The Lincoln Loft: http://www.thelincolnloft.com https://www.facebook.com/TheLincolnLoft/

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Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "The Devil Is In The Beats" - The Chemical Brothers

01:50 - Puppets, Kafka, and the International Puppetry Festival: http://www.chicagopuppetfest.org
07:58 - What can you do with puppets in Kafka that you wouldn't otherwise be able to do?
09:21 - Strange Interlude at Goodman: http://www.goodmantheatre.org/season/0809/a-global-exploration-eugene-oneill-in-the-21st-century/ http://www.neogregallen.com/strange-interlude/
13:01 - GarageBand occasionally inserts a bunch of static and skips into our recording. I filed a bug report with Apple when this happened in episode 130, but they have not gotten back to me.
17:06 - How Neo Futurists handled hecklers at the Goodman.
22:35 - Greg's rules of good theatre and Neo Futurism.
31:17 - How do the Neo Futurists write so many new plays every week?
32:51 - The Last Two Minutes of the Complete Works of Henrik Ibsen: http://neofuturists.org/events/the-last-two-minutes-of-the-complete-works-of-henrik-ibsen/ So to be produced at a theatre in Minnesota.
38:29 - How did Greg get hooked into the theatre scene?
44:15 - How would Greg describe his directing style?
49:11 - Would Greg be more interested in working with a playwright if it is the first or second production of a play?
52:04 - DuChampian Romp: http://neofuturists.org/events/a-duchampian-romp-even/
52:48 - Greg liked to go with his prop dilemmas to Devon Clark Hardware: https://clarkdevon.com
54:04 - Upcoming promotions
1) Directing a staged reading by Tom Stoppard September 17th w/Stone Hearth Theatre, called A Separate Peace: https://www.facebook.com/StoneHearthTheatre/
2) Writing a monologue for Kelly Corcoran for her to perform as Hillary Clinton in Sept. at Prop Theater along w/Jeff Dorchen & a couple of other playwrights: http://www.propthtr.org.
3) Working with Michael Montenegro on the works of Kafka, tentatively calling it "A Concatenation of Kafka," premiering in January 2017 at The Chicago International Puppet Festival: www.chicagopuppetfest.org.
4) Remounting Moby Dick at International Puppetry Festival in Jan. and a run next summer: http://www.chicagopuppetfest.org.
5) The Last Two Minutes of the Complete Works of Henry Ibsen will be performed at Commonwealth Theatre Company in April and May of 2017 in Lanesboro, Minnesota: www.commonwealtheatre.org.
6) Too Much Light runs in: Chicago http://neofuturists.org/toomuchlight/ New York http://www.nyneofuturists.org/too-much-light/ San Francisco http://www.sfneofuturists.com
7) Too Much Light book of plays has now been published by Playscripts
https://www.playscripts.com/play/2573.
8) 30 Plays in 60 Minutes/Too Much Light productions are happening all over the world, such as in Taiwan, Rome & Tanzania.
1:01:15 - A title of Greg's that really stands out:
The Complete Lost Works of Samuel Beckett As Found In An Envelope (partially burned) In A Dustbin In Paris Labeled "Never to be performed. Never. EVER! Or I'll Sue! I'LL SUE FROM THE GRAVE!!!"
1:07:05 - Never-Landing: http://www.curioustheatrebranch.com/rhinofest/2015/shows/never_landing.php
1:14:50 - Crime and Punishment: http://neofuturists.org/events/crime-and-punishment/

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Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "The Devil Is In The Beats" - The Chemical Brothers

01:15 - When did Leigh start doing theatre?
08:33 - Leigh's dabbles in play writing.
09:41 - How did Leigh get involved with Babes With Blades? http://babeswithblades.org
12:47 - 180 Degree Rule. http://babeswithblades.org/180-degree-rule/
21:40 - Leigh's path from getting a college degree to working consistently in Chicago theatre.
25:34 - Favorite moments at Stage Left. http://stagelefttheatre.com
26:45 - How Chicago Dramatists runs audience feedback after a play reading. http://www.chicagodramatists.org
28:23 - Leigh has worked with a lot of theaters that do new work.
33:41 - Does Babes With Blades have a home?
42:35 - Leigh loves playing in whatever area she wants to. Highlights for her are other people's successes.

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Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "The Devil Is In The Beats" - The Chemical Brothers

01:00 - "Children Without Parents," a feature length movie featuring Bryn, won Second Place in The Fandependent Films' Audience Award for Winter 2016. You can watch it here now: https://fandependentfilms.com/films/81/children-without-parents/
03:30 - Bryn is now a member of SAG AFTRA and Nilsa is SAG AFTRA-eligible.
08:35 - Bryn and Nilsa Reversal Theater!
10:15 - Why has Bryn chosen to be in the acting business?
14:34 - Does Bryn need to get a job?
21:00 - The short that Bryn was in, "Guidance," was in an LBGT Film Festival in Toronto, while Nilsa had to stay back home to shoot her web series.
28:52 - Will Bryn continue on with "CJ3 Likes a Nice Catsy"? Btw, the first CJ# video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy28it0ul6E has 191 views currently. Give it a few more.
33:15 - "Here Everything's Better," a short play Nilsa wrote for the Power Plays Reading Series with Lone Star Theatre: http://www.lonestartheatre.com
34:49 - Nilsa is now working on a new play called "Legend" (at this time), about gun control.
37:36 - Abs.
43:57 - How is Bryn doing work-out-wise?
51:13 - Bryn had been feeling like he hadn't found his people yet and he's been aggressive about asking people if they want to collaborate and he has found someone to create with.
53:08 - Bryn and Nilsa have been talking up the podcast.

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Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "The Devil Is In The Beats" - The Chemical Brothers

01:11 - An interruption/throwback to our most downloaded episode, "Interruptions," Episode Three: http://areyoufamousyet.libsyn.com/interruptions

06:32 - 360 video w/Bryn and Nilsa.

10:10 - link about getting stabbed and converting to Catholicism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJg02ivYzSs 

10:57 - Voices of  VR podcast: http://voicesofvr.com

11:30 - Silicon Valley VR Expo: http://vrexpo.com

17:10 - VR horror clip of Little Red Riding Hood/Big Bad Wolf disturbed Bryn

20:38 - Nilsa has a couple of things to say about the VR conference.

22:30 - Jake references "Happy" documentary: http://www.thehappymovie.com

33:23 - "Going Homeless" https://www.facebook.com/GoingHomelessseries/ and https://twitter.com/_GoingHomeless

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Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "The Devil Is In The Beats" - The Chemical Brothers

01:35 - "Jackie Chain feat. Dez Dickerson - Alabama Mane" a hip hop meets Southern Rock song, mixed by Marc, featuring Dez Dickerson, a guitarist who's worked with Prince.

11:20 - How Marc got interested in music.

12:20 - Marc as a DJ?

14:40 - Nashville by chance.

18:11 - Cleaning/doing lowly jobs but ELO is recording in the B room!

21:13 - How Marc started dating his now-wife, Amy.

27:00 - What it was like to work with Bob Seger.

32:31 - How the cost of studio time works.

35:15 - What it was like to record Veggie Tales' "Larry Boy." The video

41:36 - Jake clarifies a few things, like overdubs. 

46:41 - Check out Marc's fantastic website: http://platinummixer.com

49:37 - The pitch/promotion time - why you should hire Marc!

53:08 - Favorite artists that Marc has worked with.

59:49 - Marc has done some acting and voice-overs as well.

1:08:38 - Childhood memories with cousin Jake!

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Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "The Devil Is In The Beats" - The Chemical Brothers

01:10 - Zoe speaks about Eleusis Collective's "King Lear." Eleusis Collective is collaborating on the production of "King Lear" with: Patchwork Farms and  Read/Write Library

12:30 - How did Zoe meet "King Lear" director Claire Redfield and get involved with Eleusis Collective? 

16:09 - Zoe's time in New York.

21:42 - The move to Chicago.

24:51 - Zoe's experience playing multiple roles in the extended version of "Punk Grandpa" at Three Brother's Theatre.

31:23 - Zoe's classical work in theatre.

33:51 - Did Zoe grow up loving Broadway and what are her favorites for the Tony's this year?

41:33 - Buy your tickets online for Eleusis Collective's "King Lear."

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Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "The Devil Is In The Beats" - The Chemical Brothers

04:14 - Joe did a one year tour of "Kabuki Achilles."

08:47 - Joe Foust in Door County at Peninsula Players.

15:38 - Joe's play, "Once A Ponzi Time."

22:53 - What was it like to play Watson in "the (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence?"

27:37 - Jeremy Wechsler's process of play development.

35:42 - A live performance from our living room: Marley from "A Christmas Carol."

39:02 - Joe's episode on "Parks and Recreation."

40:57 - Rob Lowe gets "handsy"

45:58 - Get Down, Mr. President.

46:40 - Promotions: Joe is directing and playing Detective Sergeant Penny in "The Hollow" at Peninsula Players. and will be playing Clown #2 in "The 39 Steps," also at Peninsula Players. He will be at The Goodman for "A Christmas Carol" again. He will be acting in and doing fight choreography for "Robin Hood" at First Stage in Milwaukee.

53:38 - Joe Foust's directing style.

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Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "The Devil Is In The Beats" - The Chemical Brothers