Last Summer Show Tonight!!!

Posted by Luke on August 29, 2011 at 09:40 AM
That's Weird Grandma TWG Weekly Update

We have one more show stopping show to do for you before we go dark from a couple weeks. (After tonight, will reopen on Monday Sept. 19th.)
HAVE YOU SEEN THE BRAND NEW OPENING NUMBER???
If you thought the Woolly Mammoth was already funny, you were right. But now it SINGS!!!
Or have you seen the story “Ice Cream Man”? Wow.
How about “Nachos and Work”? A corporate scandal is eclipsed by a man’s obsession with nachos…
It’s something.
For all these reasons, you will want to be at the show this evening.
Say “No More Cats” at the box office and you will receive $2 off your ticket. So, $8. You can’t beat it.

Come help us close out our smashing summer season!

It’s all about CATS

Posted by Molly on August 21, 2011 at 07:12 PM
That's Weird Grandma TWG Weekly Update

Two new stories this week…and they are of the feline variety!

SEE Michelle Alba as the aggressive Catdog in “Mean Long Cat” by Mickia J. of Morton Elementary.
HEAR the voice of reason in Tom Malinowski’s portrayal of Catdog’s friend Mimi
FEEL scalp prickle as you watch Tai Palmgren tangled up in Emjoy’s claws in “My Mom, My Neighbor and Cat” by Chalmers’ Shaniece G.
SMELL the complete lack of empathy of “the Neighbor” as played by Elizabeth Levy
TASTE victory, as we inch two stories closer to Saving the World

JOIN US Monday night at “That’s Weird, Grandma” for these and other great stories.

Say:  “Cat’s got my tongue” to Kassi to get $2 off your ticket!

SPECIAL GUEST STAR

Posted by Molly on August 14, 2011 at 05:20 PM
That's Weird Grandma TWG Weekly Update

Pay close attention during TWG 9.4:  we are pleased to have Special Guest Star Barrel of Monkeys Company Manager and “That’s Weird Grandma” Stage Manager Maggie Fullilove-Nugent join the onstage team for one number!  She sings! She dances! She carries luggage!

For two dollars off your ticket price, tell Kassi at the box office:  “Don’t Be Nervous.”

Know a Monkey: Joseph Schupbach!

Posted by Alexis on August 14, 2011 at 10:47 AM
Company Members

For my latest entry in the Know A Monkey blog series, I interviewed the wonderful Joseph Schupbach to find out all about his new job as BOM’s Education Coordinator, why he loves Chinatown, and what he’d rather do than be an underwater welder.

Tell me about the Education Coordinator position - has it existed before? 
Not in its current form - so it’s new to me and new to the company. What they did is they essentially split Elizabeth Levy’s job (Program Director) into two because there’s a lot of new and exciting programming that we’re working on for the strategic plan.

So what will you be doing?
Essentially my job is supervising and facilitating the in school residencies.  I’ll be maintaining the relationship with those schools; I’ll be supervising the teacher corps and the lead teachers.

What’s the hardest part of your new job?
I’ve only been doing one part of it so far, because it’s the summer and we’re not really in schools right now. So I’ve been working really hard on our big assessment project and processing evaluations.

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TWG 9.3 Essay by Marika “Daisy” Mashburn

Posted by Molly on August 6, 2011 at 05:17 PM
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Marika Mashburn, BOM Company Member, shares with us her actor’s journey into the creation of her award-winning performance of “Daisy” from “Daisy Never Learned”, a current story in That’s Weird, Grandma.  Supporting actress Elizabeth Levy, and male lead Tim Soszko give amazing performances as well.

“Daisy?  Daisy.  Forget it.”  These words haunt me, echoing through my brain like so many footsteps down a lonely corridor. 

My name is Marika Mashburn, and I originated the title role from Daisy Never Learned, a heartbreaking tale brought to us by Vanessa M. from the Little Village school.  I remember the day we adapted this staggering and gut-wrenching story.  So many questions arose.  So few answers.  Why couldn’t Daisy see Jimmy, the boy who’d given her his heart?  Why wouldn’t she answer?  And why, oh why, did she never learn?   

We are reminded of the timeless classic, Romeo and Juliet, another fable that is fraught with conflict, regret, misunderstanding and, eventually, peril.  Daisy loves Jimmy, her Romeo, but so many things stand in the way of their young adoration.  When he speaks, she cannot hear.  When he stands right next to her, she cannot see.  There are busses.  However, unlike Romeo, Jimmy gives up on his true love without a moment’s hesitation.  He barely tries to get her attention in the schoolyard before abandoning her for the teeter-totters.  On graduation day, Daisy has dressed in her very best yellow skirt—a nod to the color she wore when they first met—but Jimmy won’t walk the five to seven feet to gently guide her to pick up her diploma.  Even on the day of their marriage, when Daisy is blinded and confused by the bright lights and overwhelming emotions, Jimmy simply lets her walk away, with nothing but a nonchalant “Forget it.”   

“Forget” Daisy?  How could you, sir?

I am also reminded of a challenge given to us by one Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone.  “You’ve got to prove your love to me.”  Jimmy:  if you truly love Daisy, as you say you do, you mustn’t simply “forget it.”  You must prove it.  Or else, it seems you will be the one who never learned. 

To witness this heartbreaking performance, join us for That’s Weird Grandma, Monday, August 8.  For $2 off your ticket, whisper “I will never forget it” to Kassi in the box office.