You want to give BOM $25,000 to help us do our important work but don’t have the cash on hand?  It is possible!  Are you on Facebook?  If so, you may have noticed the barrage from nonprofit organizations in the last week to get your votes for their organization through Chase Community Giving.  We have been one of those organizations!  This is because Chase has decided to go to the public to decide who should get their very-much-needed-and-in-demand charitable donations which will total $5 mil.  Therefore, they have gone to the premiere social networking site (sorry, Myspace and Friendster!), Facebook, to collect these votes.  Each person gets 20 votes, but can only vote for a single nonprofit once (Not at all like what we’ve become accustomed to from reality television shows!). 

As of 3:05pm on Thursday, November 19, 2009, we have 60 votes!  This is pretty incredible, but I’m sure it is going to take more than that to get to the $25,000+ that Chase is offering to 106 different charities. 

In order to take part in the voting, become a fan of Chase Community Giving, then search for your favorite charities (hopefully us first!), and get to voting.  Don’t forget to post your votes to your profile to encourage all your friends to take part as well! 

Boom!

There are some new and beautiful pieces going into the show this week.

First we have “Big Things” describing many, well, big things. E.g. “Your imagination is big because you can think of many great ideas.”
Also, the poem is staged in a really awesome way with stellar prop design by our own Dixie Uffelman.

The second piece going into the show also features Ms. Uffelman and Ms. Elizabeth Levy.
Rather than try to put into words the intricacies of “Untitled (Setting:Library)”, let’s just show you a picture:

Come to the Neo-Futurarium on Monday night at 8pm to see these beauties! (and many more).

Buy tickets here!
Full running order (with updated links!) belooooooow.

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Whoa. It’s a whole new round, whole new cast, whole new running order!
SIX new stories are going into the show this week.

You’re gonna see some real winners here-

1. Superheroes- It’s a battle between “?” and “!” 

2. Spider Monkeys- a rousing musical number. “Web was on people.”

3. The Three Friends- 3 old men show everyone who’s king of the neighborhood, then go to the park to bask in the glory.

4. My Dad at the Panda Express- See what happens when Montell’s father’s Orange Chicken order takes too long to arrive…

5. Untitled (a girl named silver)- One of Silver’s powers is bequeathing short names to people!

6. Turn Back the Clocks- it’s an all-out new-age house jam!

See you at the plays! Buy tickets here.

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For this Halloween, Barrel of Monkeys played at the Chicago Cultural Center’s Hallowed Halls Halloween celebration!  On Saturday morning, Barrel of Monkeys worked with about 40 kids in costume in a writing workshop and performance. 

(Jason Sperling and Laura Grey with a Hallowed Halls attendee.)

A group of Fairytale Characters and Creatures wrote and performed a story about two fairytales!  In one, everything was splendid.  In the other, a dragon and dwarf crushed the princesses and ate the kings.  A cat with good reflexes, a Monkey King, and The Grand Master save the day.  For now…

(Rachel Wilson and Jason Sperling meeting the Fairytale Characters and Creatures.)

The Superheroes wrote and performed a story about overcoming a mass of bad guys, which included the dreaded Bowser!  The story concluded with a well deserved celebration with pizza, hot chips, and pop. 

(Mario and Luigi have come across Bowser before!)

The Monsters and Witches wrote and performed a story about a haunted house with a ton of ambushes, but at the end, at the snap of a finger, everything was turned back to normal. 

(So many scary kids!)

The afternoon concluded with a performance of “That’s Weird, Grandma” to a crowd of more than 300 families! 

What a great way to spend Halloween. 

What did YOU do?!?

Avid & Casual Blog Readers,
Last chance to see this particularly attractive and talented cast before they go away…

AND, even though Halloween is over, it’s not too late to score some WICKED Halloween prizes (the adjective, not the musical) after TWG.
Would you like a fuzzy ghost sticker? Perhaps a mummy rubber ducky?…

Also, this is it. No doubt about it. The LAST performance of Tiny Door in the Back of My Closet before it is gone from the show!

The new story this week concerns a fictitious famous singer named Clare who must dress in man’s clothes to hide from her fans. It’s the only way.

See you there!! 8pm. Neo-Futurarium. You will like it.

Buy tickets hur.

Full running order below!

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