June Performances

Posted by Amanda Farrar on June 6, 2011 at 09:29 AM
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Monkey Friends!

June is here - and it is packed full of Monkey madness! 

1) “Celebration of Authors” is TOMORROW! Call Steppenwolf and make your reservations for this free event!

2) “That’s Weird, Grandma” is OFF tonight, but returns on Monday, June 13 and runs every Monday through the end of August NON-STOP!

3) Our newest production, “That’s Weird, Abuelita” opens in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago on Friday, June 24 and runs Fridays through July 15!  Don’t miss this very special performance featuring the stories of Little Village Elementary School.

Tickets for “Celebration of Authors” can be reserved by calling 312-335-1650!

Tickets for “That’s Weird, Grandma” and “That’s Weird, Abuelita” can be purchased here!

See you soon!

That’s Weird, Abuelita

Posted by Amanda Farrar on May 31, 2011 at 12:56 PM
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Please join us for our first performance run of “That’s Weird, Abuelita” this summer! 

What: “That’s Weird, Abuelita” features stories by students from Little Village Elementary School as well as other Chicago Public School students.  Stories will be performed in English, Spanish, and the universal language of dance.
When: 7:30pm on Fridays from June 24-July 15.
Where: Little Village High School Auditorium, 3120 S. Kostner Ave.

Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for kids, and FREE for past BOM students and LVHS students!  Call 312-409-1954 or click here for tickets.

Concert Full of Fun

Posted by Oona on May 6, 2011 at 02:10 PM
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It was a concert full of fun,
Everyone’s excited—don’t you know?
It’s so amusing, there’s no refusing,
Come along and see the show!

Hi Monkey fans!
Tomorrow we are throwing our much-anticipated, long-awaited, first-ever KID-FRIENDLY FUNDRAISER! We are so excited to be producing Barrel of Monkeys’ first ever CONCERT FULL OF FUN, for kids and the tall people who like to hang out with them.

CFOF features our very own Erick Deshaun Dorris, frontman for EDD and the Bored of Education. They’re gonna be the house band, and they’ll be backing up some great Monkey and friends-of-Monkeys singers, including Mike Mahler, Kate Staiger, and Brad Brubaker.

The show will be MC’ed by Joseph Schupbach and there will be plenty of other Monkey performers along for the ride, not to mention our very favorite local superstar, ROBBIE FULKS!

The Concert Full of Fun is TOMORROW at noon at the Viaduct! Come rock out with the Monkeys! All pertinent details here!

Face painting! Paper chains! Stroller valet? What, I ask you, could be more full-of-fun than that?! Hope to see you there!

Morton is Sportin’ Some Serious Teamwork!

Posted by Meredith on April 24, 2011 at 08:30 PM
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Morton rehearsals are well under way, and boy oh boy does BOM have a treat for the amazing Morton 4th grade writers!!!  Monkeys Molly and Curtis are back from months away from Chicago, and the cast couldn’t be more excited.  Also, director Luke presented us with a list of artistic challenges that we have attempted to incorporate into the show, everything from a socio-political statement to a sudden ending to actors supporting each other’s weight.  The last of which turned into an entire cast effort at Thursday night’s rehearsal!  While Rachel and I attempted to use our new Commedia Del Arte lift skills (learned during a special three day monkey-arte workshop led by Noel Williams just last week), the rest of the cast created a giraffe and a crocodile out of people!!! 

Check out Molly, Dixie and Diana’s Giraffe!

Can you believe that Loyola Park had scooters for us to use, which created this human crocodile!!! 

Check out Lacy the crocodile (soon to be joined by her tale Mary Winn)!

Come out and see the monkey actor created animals try to steal young William’s hot dog in A Bad Day!

10-Year Anniversary Show TODAY

Posted by Amanda Farrar on April 11, 2011 at 12:46 PM
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Hello Monkey friends!

The outpouring of support of the Monkeys on this wonderful celebratory day, “That’s Weird, Grandma”’s 10-Year anniversary, has been overwhelming.  As a new-ish member of this crew, I am humbled by the return of so many emeritus members and current company members to join forces to present an epic performance this evening.  Twice. 

On that note, if you are reading this right now and have NOT purchased tickets, I have some bad news – the 7pm show is sold out!  As of this moment (1pm), there are still tickets available for the 9pm, but get them while you can!

Back to the Monkey amazingness.  A decade is a long time.  I feel as if I’ve only put a toe in the waters of this fine barrel, and thus can take very very little credit for getting us to this significant milestone – but there are many who can, and SHOULD be celebrating their part in making this day possible.  I could list you all, but the 9pm show would be sold out before I finished this blog entry.  You know who you are. Thank you. I look forward to celebrating with you tonight!

P.S. – Buy your tickets!  And so sorry - no discount code at the door this week!