Chicago! November 21st!
Last year, I brought CRpTAC to The Greenhouse Theater Center, the building where my dad used to do improv back in 1970/71 as part of The Chicago Extension, a group organized & directed by Del Close.
My show last year was in the upstairs space, and when I was exploring the venue, it occurred to me that it might be fun to come back and perform in the slightly larger downstairs space.
Additionally, I was excited about the possibility of doing my show on the set of whatever production happened to be running on that stage. Imagine my delight when I learned that the show would turn out to be Mo Willems’ The Pigeon Gets A Big Time Holiday Extravaganza!
I have some history with Mo Willems -- he has been a guest on The George Lucas Talk Show, and I’ve been the voice of The Ticket Taker in the animated version of The Pigeon Wants To Ride The Rollercoaster and in an episode of his yet-to-be-released animated TV series, Unlimited Squirrels.
Full disclosure: I’m nervous about this one! Last year's show sold out about an hour before showtime, and that space was smaller than this one. I’m taking a little bit of a financial risk doing this show, as, lately, shows have been more expensive to do, with the price of airfare and hotels going up, up, up!
I’m hoping to be able to return to Chicago once a year with CRpTAC, if I can establish enough of an audience through word-of-mouth that I can do it without losing money on the trip.
If I could even alert a fraction of the audience who saw me with Comedy Bang! Bang! at The Chicago Theatre two years ago, I’m certain I could fill the house. That show went really well.
But it can be difficult getting the word out!
SO: if you have friends in Chicago whom you think might enjoy something like this, please help me out by letting them know about it!
