On the morning of Saturday,
October 19th, Joe Janes will meet with six directors and eighteen actors.
He will spend the rest of the day at the bar in the lobby of Stage773 writing
six ten-minute plays for them. While he does this, you and special guests are invited
to stop by and distract him. Some confirmed guests include a singer, a
contortionist, a Shakespearean actor and a demonstration on catching demons.
Sunday, October 20th,
the actors and directors will return and rehearse their plays all day and perform
them that night at 7:30pm.
Stage773, 1225 West Belmont, Chicago, IL
Sunday October 20, 2013 7:30pm
Tickets $10 (plus some stupid fees)
www.stage773.com or by calling 773-327-5252
Joe Janes does not believe in writer’s block and seems to
enjoy going out of his way to prove it doesn’t exist. “There’s either writing
or not writing. You never hear an improviser say, ‘I was going to improvise,
but I couldn’t think of anything to say.’”
Every year for the past four years, Joe Janes has challenged
himself to write. In 2009-10, he wrote a comedy sketch a day for a year. In
2011, he collected 50 10-minute plays, 36 of which were written in two months,
for a production at Strawdog Theater. In the summer of 2012, he wrote Seven Deadly Plays – a 10-minute
play-a-day for a week culminating in all of them being presented on the seventh
day. Collections of his produced
works are available on-line and at Quimby’s bookstore.
Directors
Cassie Ahiers
- Cassie Ahiers is a Director, Improviser and Writer. She recently graduated
from Columbia College with a degree in Sloth Appreciation.
Jesus Contreras
- Wishes Bertolt Brecht was alive today. And his friend.
Stephanie Douglass - Stephanie Douglass is a
farmer, writer, and performer. In New York, Stephanie is a co-founder of The
TEAM, and in Chicago, she improvises with Eleanor, and has been featured at
Here's the Story, This Much Is True, Real Talk Live, Paper Machete, Write Club,
Story Club South Side, Adult Education, I Sh*t You Not, and all kinds of other
story-filled events. She is a Moth GrandSLAM winner, and during the week, she
grows delicious, organic veggies and trains people with employment barriers for
Growing Home.
Katie Horwitz -
Katie is an artistic associate at Stage Left Theatre. She most recently
assistant directed "Warped" by Barbara Lhota.
John Jughead Pierson - John Jughead Pierson is
the co-founder and guitarist for the acoustic band Even In Blackouts and the
punk band formerly known as Screeching Weasel. He is a Neo-Futurist. He has
published two novels: Weasels In A Box and The Last Temptation of Clarence
Odbody.
J. Cody Spellman - J. Cody Spellman is a
freelance director, dramaturg, and producer who has graduated from the
directing theater program at Columbia College Chicago. He is an artistic associate
of The Fine Print Theatre Co. and Stage 773, as well as the producing manager
of Blood Oath Improv.
Featuring: Johnathan
Wallace, Matt Ulrich, Paige Saliba, Monica Gilley, Erin O'Brien,
Jack Gallagher,
Zachary Kirk Lutz,
Anthony Lombard, Jeff Irlbeck, Jordan Hoisington, Brad Bankemper, Katie
Utterback, Deanna Moffitt, Xavier Jordan and more!
Joe Janes is an
Emmy award winning writer and teaches comedy writing at The Second City and
Columbia College. He has written for Jellyvision's You Don't Know Jack and SNL's Weekend
Update. He has three books of his produced work: 365 Sketches, 50 Plays
and Seven Deadly Plays. His
full-length plays include Metaluna and
the Science of the Mind Revue, A Hard
Day's Journey Into Night and Always
Never. He writes regularly for WNEP Theatre and Robot vs Dinosaur.
Stage773
1225 West Belmont
Sunday October 20,
2013 7:30pm
Tickets $10 (plus
some stupid fees)
www.stage773.com or
by calling 773-327-5252
