Are You Famous, Yet?

0:00-7:05 The perils of wireless in a city where the signals never sleep

09:10 - Laura arrives and we discuss the new song

15:16 - The interruptions of a scrambling actor

19:16 - Dealing with powerlessness

22:20 A discussion of being "Equity," AKA in the Actors Union, vs. Non-Equity.

30:14 - USPS interrupts the podcast and we hear from Bryn's roommate

31:20 - Brief discussion of "The End of the World"

33:02 Social Media section: The fate of the "Almost Tweet" is revealed and I try to convince Bryn to post more shirtless photos.

40:00 We discuss an important 50th anniversary

Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "AYFY 1" - Christopher Kriz

00:46 - Devri Chism, Rachel Livingston, Lauren Miller, Beverly Munro, and Steph Vondell are the cast of this show that they just finished performing and will start again in about an hour. 01:41 - What is "Three Cat's Holiday Radio Show"? 02:59 - Letters from the audience. 07:54 - Favorite audience interactions. 10:29 - Favorite moments of playing various characters. 12:46 - How do the actors interpret the parts? (as themselves or as their main characters) 14:41 - Another favorite moment: geese noises 15:19 - Favorite foley moments. 16:48 - What it's like to work with Director Jason Paul Smith and Three Cat Productions. 20:12 - Most challenging moments. 24:44 - Why should people see the show? 29:17 - Promotional time: Steph will be in a show with Fierce Theatre at Columbia: "Mary Shelley Sees the Future" https://www.facebook.com/fiercetheatrecollective/ 30:41 - They sing us out with "Auld Lang Syne!"

Devri Chism https://www.devrichism.com Rachel Livingston https://www.actorlivingstonipresume.com/ Lauren Miller https://www.facebook.com/lauren.miller.3154284 Beverly Munro https://www.facebook.com/beverly.munro.5 Steph Vondell https://www.facebook.com/steph.vondell

Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "AYFY 1" - Christopher Kriz

Re-release of the classic episode 6 from Dec 23, 2013. Our sound was a bit off back in those days (mac standard microphones recorded through FaceTime) so please do forgive us.

00:34 Nilsa, Bryn's girlfriend who is also an actress, joins the podcast 01:05 The guests keep coming! Matt Shuemaker, who's known Bryn since high school, shows up. 02:40 Some auditions for Bryn 05:34 The Time To Live calculation! How long until Bryn runs out of money? 07:04 Bryn's whirlwind week sponsored by: The Benefactor. 10:53 Matt causes the first ever censor's beep to be heard on an already explicit podcast... 13:36 All bridges are burned 14:24 Jake fulfills a 20 year long quest to identify a song: "Perpetuum Mobile" http://youtu.be/6E3znZoFnN8?t=19s 16:47 Simon and Simon theme song again. For some reason. 19:04 Bryn's rendition of "Sy Snootles and the Max Rebo Band" from Return of the Jedi 22:08 Matt gets Bryn to hum the melody from Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story http://youtu.be/vx89RcYZC5A?t=1m33s 26:26 An expensive and memorable play is, well, remembered. 30:00 The difference between comedy half nakedness and sexual half nakedness 30:36 New Theme song by Laura! 33:15 Jake and Laura and Baz Luhrmann's "Great Gatsby" 40:54 Laura talks about a time she was "forced" to make out with Bryn 44:41 Jake promotes the TV show "The Fall" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_%28TV_series%29 44:54 Social Media corner 46:44 One last impersonation demand from Matt concerning a beer choice: Heineken or PBR? 49:25 Potential podcast money maker? 50:00 Laura's brief "Piano Bar" job 53:32 Nilsa goes on some print media auditions or "casting" Other Links: "Mary and Max" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0978762/ "Prince of Darkness" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Darkness_%28film%29

Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "AYFY 1" - Christopher Kriz

01:58 - Origin story of group and name: "Courtesan and the Cabin Boy" https://www.facebook.com/courtesancabinboy/ 03:25 - International Cosplay Corps https://www.facebook.com/InternationalCosplayCorps/ 07:58- How they developed the name of the group. 13:12 - Colonel Quick Stitch. https://www.facebook.com/Colquickstitch-669213319832513/ Picture of them meeting: http://traffic.libsyn.com/areyoufamousyet/CourtesanandtheCabinBoy.jpg 21:09 - What was the first song they felt they really gelled together on? 21:31 - Renaissance period music and a demonstration of a round. 23:24 - Shilling song to the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat." 24:03 - Court and Country. https://www.courtandcountry.com https://www.facebook.com/CourtAndCountry/ 24:14 - Society for Creative Anachronsim http://www.sca.org 31:05 - In studio performance of their song "Well-oiled Beef" 33:09 - Upcoming Krampus album! 34:13 - Two, exclusive to this podcast only, songs from their upcoming Krampus themed album: "Carol of the Bells" and "Dreidel" 42:23 - Next year, they'll probably have a Krampus show! 42:33 - Ludicrous Theater Company https://www.facebook.com/LudicrousTheatreChicago/ 48:30 - They do Renaissance Faires throughout the Midwest and are looking for other opportunities.

They also play conventions. They have their Chicago Street Performer License. They have a Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/posts/here-we-go-14110908 They do house parties and weddings. Their first album is on CD Baby https://store.cdbaby.com/artist/TheCourtesanAndtheCabinBoyAndT YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1cf1hHSyNE&list=PL7xK6jbLj8Cqz9ZYAfWhnQEHhUqsfeaVz Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/6X1KDxIFn8xtcH82O4hW5L They'll be at Christkindlmarket in Chicago http://www.christkindlmarket.com and are looking to release their Krampus CD at the end of the month. A Renaissance Christmas at the Prop Theatre on Dec. 22nd http://www.propthtr.org https://www.broadwayworld.com/chicago/article/Prop-Thtr-Presents-A-RENAISSANCE-HOLIDAY-20171121 Benefit Concert at the Wellness House on Dec. 20th http://wellnesshouse.org/ Capricon in February, playing various parties. http://capricon.org/capricon38/

Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "AYFY 1" - Christopher Kriz

03:37 - "Avenge Our Blood:" inspiration. http://threecatproductions.com/201718-three-cat-season/avenge-our-blood 08:08 - How David and Bec found each other and how they made "Avenge Our Blood" a one person show. 11:12 - How does David Finney relate to this play/is he religious? 13:00 - As a director, how does Bec portray this solo show? 18:51 - Collaboration between the playwright and director in development of "Avenge Our Blood." 24:12 - What surprised David and Bec about the process of doing "Avenge Our Blood?" 29:14 - Bec's experience assistant directing "Southbridge" under the direction of Russ Tutterow. 31:23 - Bec has a great idea for "Frankenstein" with Bower Theatre Ensemble. 33:13 - What goes into starting a theatre company. 36:13 - Origin of the name of Bower Theatre Ensemble. 42:05 - Promotion time: See "Avenge Our Blood" http://threecatproductions.com/201718-three-cat-season/avenge-our-blood Check out Bower Theatre Ensemble: https://www.facebook.com/bowertheatre/ https://bowertheatre.com https://twitter.com/bowertheatre https://www.instagram.com/bowertheatre/

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Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "AYFY 1" - Christopher Kriz

Jake and Laura Scruggs talk about:

• Laura's new Job working with the mentally disabled.
• Moving to Logan Square.
• Selling their Rogers Park Condo and losing 10k on the deal.
• Living next to their niece.
• Trying to be more happy.
• Laura's documentary, full length play, 10 minute holiday play, monthly storytelling show, and other artistic endeavors.

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Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "AYFY 1" - Christopher Kriz

06:34 - Origin of "Captain Ambivalent" 09:41 - "Precious" a song about "Lord of the Rings"'s Gollum in the style of country 15:05 - Almost all of Captain Ambivalent's music is up on SoundClound as free samples 23:09 - How Captain Ambivalent's costume & persona came about 28:09 -Video of Cafe Vivaldi performance in New York City 31:00 - Discussion of Capt. A's song "Everything" 33:48 - "If I Were A Pirate Ninja Zombie" & how it is possibly the most romantic song Capt. A. has ever written 37:04 - Constructive feedback from worst performance Capt. A. ever had - a Sat. night at a pizza joint, at an intermission for a jug band performance. 50:09- Capt. A's performance at Neo Futurist benefit at Metro - Special Guest and Neo Futurists 51:09 - "Pizza Girl" and Dungeons & Dragons 55:19 - Torturing Barbies and Capt. A.'s song about it 56:44 - Capt. A. plays "Everything" Live in studio 1:00:18 - "Crazy Picasso-Eyed Lady" 1:01:16 - Exploration of "Run, Will Robinson, Run" 1:03:00 - "Ray is not the Name of the Accordion" animation in the video by Capt. A.! 1:05:35 - Origin of the song - "Irv!" - about the inventor of dental floss

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Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "AYFY 1" - Christopher Kriz

02:21 - Debate about the pronunciation and the basis of 'Leda,' Amy's play. www.ledaplay.com 06:31 - Julia Swift. 08:16 - Reading in Ann Arbor, Michigan. http://www.a2ct.org/shows/the-play-s-the-thing-2015 09:40 - Director Pat Henderson! 11:31 - All ticket proceeds will go to the charity, Mercy Corps! https://www.mercycorps.org 13:01 - Amy's next project, "Charlie Johnson Reads All of Proust." 15:22 - Amy has applied to the Millay Colony to work on her Proust play. https://www.millaycolony.org 15:51 - Various artist residencies: McDowell in New Hampshire http://www.macdowellcolony.org and Yaddo in NY https://www.yaddo.org and Ragdale http://ragdale.org 17:01 - What is Amy's writing process? 18:14 - Used to be more concerned about selling her writing. 20:00 - Amy doesn't consider herself a novelist. 23:28 - Amy's evolution in being able to provide constructive criticism. www.ledaplay.com www.amycrider.com/

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01:33 - "Stuffing the Turkey." Workshop a version in 2014. Coming again next year. https://www.meetup.com/Chicago-Film-Lover-Exchange/events/172385132/ 05:29 - Tony's theatre experience. Illinois Theater Center http://www.ilthctr.org 07:11 - Studying play writing at Milliken https://millikin.edu/theatre 23:06 - Differences between performing onstage and on film. 25:09 - Seven Deadly Sins https://www.facebook.com/SDSCHICAGO/?hc_ref=ARQvMUmNVMmzmLOaV6FbIRoeTliZiMTPDF9MZqEUPnW7FSCWTmmZYeNfm3NH12m_MsM 25:28 - South by Southwest - 20 by 2 https://www.sxsw.com/conference/experiential-storytelling/ 26:00 - Radio plays Tony did with his brother at the ages of 7 and 11. 28:27 - Broad Shoulders Productions http://bspfilm.com 32:38 - Why Vimeo instead of youtube? 33:52 - The Wire. https://www.hbo.com/the-wire 35:23 - Graham Cracker. https://vimeo.com/212592718 https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/graham-cracker/Event?oid=26366305 46:26 - Graham Cracker will be released over the next couple of weeks! 46:47 - Promotions: www.bspfilm.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/bspfilm Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/topcat136/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1298754493487272/ Tony's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/jantonio.mendoza1?fref=ts

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Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "AYFY 1" - Christopher Kriz

Apologies for the "blow outs" and the "thumps" - it was a great interview with a few recording issues. 01:55 - How the Q Brothers started writing and performing hip hop using Shakespeare as the source text. 07:50 - GQ on how he got involved with "Drumline." http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303933/ 09:40 - Video for "White Nigga from Drumline" by the Retar crew: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1dQOZY1KiM 10:38 - Genesis of "Funk It Up About Nothin'" and how it came to Chicago Shakespeare Theater 19:16 - The Q Brothers' heritage 27:05 - "Othello: The Remix" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. https://www.chicagoshakes.com/plays_and_events/othello_the_remix_2016 28:43 - GQ gives Jake the business about having a hefty serving of salt with his pepper. 31:12 - "Othello: The Remix" was commissioned by The Globe (of London) in 2012 53:40 - The Q Brothers' shaving business and Small Flower TV: https://www.youtube.com/user/smallflowertv 1:04:35 - "Q Gents" and "Mad Summer" 1:05:49 - GQ flips the script and ask us how "Are You Famous, Yet?" began. 1:08:54 - Q Brothers Freestyle!!!

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Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "AYFY 1" - Christopher Kriz