Are You Famous, Yet?

01:38 - Origin story of Wildclaw Theatre. http://www.wildclawtheatre.com 08:08 - Live readings of B movies with Wildclaw. 12:17 - Blood Radio Podcast. http://www.wildclawtheatre.com/bloodradio-podcast/ 15:25 - Deathscribe, Wildclaw's flagship show: http://www.wildclawtheatre.com/deathscribe/ 20:35 - David "The Rock" Nelson. http://davidrocknelson.com/order-david-rock-nelson-monster-movies-on-dvd-2/ https://www.facebook.com/david.r.nelson.96 22:02 - Bad Ben. https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Ben-Nigel-Bach/dp/B01LXRMYSN 23:53 - Ele's favorite moments as a foley artist. 38:23 - Straight plays: "The Woman in Black" http://www.wildclawtheatre.com/shows-events/ 43:14 - What scares Ele and Josh? 1:01:16 - What is universal and what is microcosmic in regards to conventions in horror. 1:08:00 - More about Deathscribe. 1:09:45 - What scares Laura and Jake? 1:12:03 - Promotion time: The Woman in Black http://www.wildclawtheatre.com/shows-events/ https://www.facebook.com/events/251673188614124/ Submissions open for Deathscribe on May 1st: http://www.wildclawtheatre.com/deathscribe/ Follow them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter https://www.facebook.com/WildClawTheatreCompany/ https://www.instagram.com/wildclawtheatre/ https://twitter.com/wildclawtheatre

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01:38 - The Princess Peach Conspiracy http://ppconspiracy.libsyn.com https://www.facebook.com/ppconspiracy/ @ppconspiracy 03:06 - Originally a stage show with New Millennium Theatre Company http://www.nmtchicago.org/portfolio/the-princess-peach-conspiracy/ 06:58 - A clip from The Princess Peach Conspiracy podcast. 13:03 - A 6 minute podcast? On the short nature of Megan's podcast. 16:29 - Highlights and challenges of Princess Peach podcast. 20:51 - Other changes in play version of Princess Peach play. 25:55 - "Wolves of Chicago Book Club" with 20% Theatre Company http://www.twentypercentchicago.com/snapshots 28:32 - Megan's book "The Finder of the Lucky Devil" 32:35 - How does Megan write? 36:34 - Megan is working with The Women's Theatre Alliance for the fourth year in a row: http://www.wtachicago.org/index2.html https://www.facebook.com/WTAChicago/ 37:49 - "Vilification of Aqua Woman" 39:24 - This year with WTA: her adaptation of Eros and Psyche 40:33 - New Play Development Workshop with The Women's Theatre Alliance: http://www.wtachicago.org/1536/3801.html

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01:35 - How Tim's comedy career began in 2011. 09:42 - How do the comedy scenes between Chicago, New York and L.A. compare? 21:04 - Tim Barnes on Touch Vision. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TouchVision 23:54 - His experiences with "Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me." http://www.npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/ 26:44 - Tim Barnes' documentation of his testicles for Men's Health. http://www.menshealth.com/health/talk-about-your-balls 28:47 - Tim's favorite moments from podcasting. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/its-all-true!/id874288659?mt=2 33:00 - A love of editing? Sort of. 35:26 - Working with VICE https://www.vice.com/en_us

Twitter: @TimBarnes451 Website: https://timbarnescomedy.com/

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01:34 - Origin story of Pride Films and Plays. http://pridefilmsandplays.com 06:25 - "Priscilla: Queen of the Desert." http://pridefilmsandplays.com/priscilla-queen-desert/ 08:45 - "For the Love of Roller Derby." http://pridefilmsandplays.com/love-roller-derby-play-world-premiere/ 18:19 - "Jerry Springer: The Opera." http://www.theatreinchicago.com/jerry-springer-the-opera/1256/ 22:05 - How does David go about finding plays? 28:15 - Highlights of Bailiwick. 31:35 - David's experience teaching in Hammond. 38:27 - Pride Fest at Chandler in Vermont. http://www.pridecentervt.org/news/item/vermont-pride-theater-s-sixth-annual-summer-pride-festival

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02:03 - Stripper Jesus and how we found Super Happy Funtime Burlesque at Acorn Theater this past New Year's Eve. http://www.superhappyfuntimeburlesque.com http://www.acorntheater.com 04:40 - Genesis of the show. 12:46 - Rachel's plan of raising money to do 'real art' and her training. 16:01 - Corey's background, what he was doing before Super Happy Funtime Burlesque. 18:21 - Crashing at other people's houses and day jobs. 23:36 - Bangarang Circus: https://www.facebook.com/BangarangCircus/ 26:52 - Connecting with other communities such as Ringling Bros. & Cirque du Soleil. 28:13 - Doing an over-the-top show in a conservative community. 36:05 - What would they like to promote? Chicago May 21st at The Emporium Arcade Bar. http://emporiumchicago.com http://www.superhappyfuntimeburlesque.com/ Give some money at Super Happy Funtime Burlesque's patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shfb 44:27 - Audience interaction after the show and being themselves onstage.

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02:08 - How an ink pen & a leather briefcase inspired Barbara to know she was a writer. 07:10 - Barbara's writing in middle school and high school. 09:00 Meeting, and getting some advice from, Sam Cooke. http://www.abkco.com/index.php/artists/artist/16/Sam-Cooke 12:00 - A poem she wrote but was accused of plagiarizing. 26:28 - Barbara's writing in college. 30:30 - "Copycat Capers," three kids' plays that Barbara wrote. 37:43 - What Barbara is writing right now: "Rag Doll." 41:42 - Men and musicals. 49:05 - Stephen Schwartz http://stephenschwartz.com 55:07 - "Johnny, Don't Eat Your Sister." 1:00:47 - Barbara's modern dance involving pregnant women, dope dealers, miscarriage, etc.

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01:02 - How did grandma meet "punk grandpa?" 01:44 - Why Laura chose to call her play "Punk Grandpa." 03:22 - First date and Dating before punk grandpa. 05:47 - Grandpa in the service. 09:36 - Mammoth Cave story. 13:44 - Ladies at the bank. 16:49 - Grandpa and the saxophone. 26:43 - Dr. story. 29:01 - Stolen Rock story. Pic of rock now: https://www.facebook.com/areyoufamousyet/photos/pb.1019464621399109.-2207520000.1485742663./1418647911480776/?type=3&theater 30:28 - Role of big band jazz in grandma and grandpa's lives. 33:42 - "Punk Grandpa" is now available for licensing and perusal copies are available: http://www.chicagodramaworks.com/punk-grandpa.html 33:56 - Why grandma thinks you should see "Punk Grandpa."

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Our computer crashed during recording and the first 20 min of this episode has a lot of references to the lost part of the interview. I am very sorry about this as it does not make for an easy listen.

02:03 - Mitch O'Connell on Boing Boing. http://boingboing.net/?s=Mitch+O%27Connell 05:30 - The 12 Million Dollar Shark http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3717320-the-12-million-stuffed-shark 08:11 - Jim Shooter's extremely nice rejections. 09:00 - Mitch's training at School of the Art Institute and American Academy of Art. http://www.saic.edu http://www.aaart.edu 11:09 - Son of Svengoolie. http://svengoolie.com 14:25 - Mitch hawking his wares in New York at the age of 15 or 16. "Females With Furry Things" - http://mitchoconnell.blogspot.com/2012/01/females-with-furry-things-top-100.html "Pin the Mr. on the Man" - https://www.amazon.com/Pin-Mr-Man-Mitch-OConnell/dp/0811870812 33:04 - Fucked by Lady Luck. Mitch O'Connell's Tattoos, Volume 2 - https://lastgasp.com/d/43072/mitch-oconnell-tattoos-volume-2 36:54 - Donald Trump as a guy from They Live. http://mitchoconnell.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-real-donald-trump-revealed-youll-be.html 39:10 - Goodies' illustration by Mitch O'Connell & Uncle Fun. http://traffic.libsyn.com/areyoufamousyet/goodies_mitch_Oconnell.jpg 45:51 - Black light posters! http://mitchoconnell.blogspot.com/2012/06/black-light-posters.html 52:19 - How does being a father affect Mitch as an artist? 55:16 - Promotion for Alex White, "Goodnight Brooklyn": https://www.facebook.com/events/1082355141874663/

Mitch O'Connell links: http://www.mitchoconnell.com http://mitchoconnell.blogspot.com/ https://www.facebook.com/mitch.oconnell https://www.etsy.com/shop/MitchOConnell https://mitchoconnell.threadless.com/

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03:01 - How did Richard start acting? 14:29 - Acting with a bunch of coeds at Cedar Point. 19:08 - The Detroit producer. 24:24 - High school mentor James Thornton. 28:36 - New York. 35:28 - Left New York and went back to Cincinnati. 36:28 - Chicago and Shirley Hamilton. 41:00 - Nice time to play the mandolin. 47:50 - Richard's experience playing Ronald Reagan. Promotions: Richard will be playing Captain Shotover in "Heartbreak House" with ShawChicago http://shawchicago.org/heartbreak-house/ An upcoming podcast guest, musician Alex White of White Mystery, will be moderating this event as well as curating the post-show playlist: https://www.facebook.com/events/1082355141874663/ Schubas | Sat., Jan. 28 | 6:00 PM | ALL AGES | $10 Goodnight Brooklyn - The Story of Death by Audio: goodnightbrooklyn.com

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00:49 - Laura interviews Jake. She starts by asking Jake's feelings about this podcast's journey. 04:55 - Laura and Jake met in a theatre class taught by previous podcast guest, Dan Taube, listen to his episodes here: http://areyoufamousyet.libsyn.com/ignorance-is-bliss-dan-taube-interview-part-1-episode-12a http://areyoufamousyet.libsyn.com/thunder-road-dan-taube-interview-part-2-episode-12b 08:07 - Jake's favorite podcasts: Harmontown http://www.harmontown.com/category/podcasts/ How Did This Get Made? http://www.earwolf.com/show/how-did-this-get-made/ Pete Holmes' podcast: "You Made It Weird" http://nerdist.com/podcasts/you-made-it-weird-channel/ 13:50 - Should we change the name of our podcast? 16:23 - What first drew Jake to Dungeons and Dragons as a child and what made him return to it now. Link to John Frigo episode: http://areyoufamousyet.libsyn.com/john-frigo-and-sherri-mcglothlins-artistic-life-episode-40 23:19 - Jake's job as a software developer. 31:21 - Laura's year in review. 33:50 - "Punk Grandpa" is available for licensing and also has perusal copies out: http://www.chicagodramaworks.com/punk-grandpa.html 34:11 - Another first for Laura in 2016: Being commissioned. 34:28 - Listen to Three Brothers Theatre's Executive Director, Josh Beadle and Artistic Director, Caroline Beadle's episode: http://areyoufamousyet.libsyn.com/josh-and-caroline-beadle-and-3-brothers-theater-episode-163 38:31 - Laura's Uncle Fun documentary. 47:30 - Our wonderful New Year's Eve at The Acorn Theater, with co-owner & previous podcast guest, David Fink: http://www.acorntheater.com http://superhappyfuntimeburlesque.com http://www.sidetrackchicago.com/outspokenchicago/ 57:44 - Unlisted YouTube video of Laura and lizard person/Godzilla Trump act w/Jax Nippleson: https://youtu.be/GgDnCr7Cezc

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