The Neo-Futurists present EMPTY THREATS. Creator and performer Lily Mooney (Pearl) plays with our minds in this palpable cerebral tickler. The show starts with Jared Fernley (Victor) in an office behind a plastic tarp. Fernley is working hard to rub one out. As he attempts to jack off, Mooney pulls down the tarp exposing him to ...
The Fourth Walsh
Theatre with a side of life
Category Neo-Futurists
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Review “A Story Told in Seven Fights” (The Neo-Futurists): Drama’s Artistic Expression
The Neo-Futurists presents the World Premiere of A STORY TOLD IN SEVEN FIGHTS. Ensemble Member and Creator Trevor Dawkins is mad! Really mad!! So mad, he wants to punch someone in the face. Instead, he decided to tell a story... about fighting. The premise of his play is the theatre riots and violence provoked by the ...
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Review “The? Unicorn? Hour?” (Neofuturists): YES!!!
The Neo-Futurists are proud to present a world premiere created and performed by Leah Urzendowski and Anthony Courser THE? UNICORN? HOUR? Are you feeling depressed? Do you need a shot of joy? Well, Urzendowski and Courser are offering up big buckets of shiny, sparkly pleasure. As the creators and performers behind THE? UNICORN? HOUR?, Team U&C fabricate a womb ...
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Review “Saturn Returns” (The Neo-Futurists): Intellectual Lampoon
The Neo-Futurists present the World Premiere of SATURN RETURNS. Tif Harrison sets out to prove the astrological correlation of living 29 years and Saturn’s solar orbit of 29 years. She confidently rolls out her theory in a classroom setting. Harrison reveals her own sequential loss at 29: mom moves, dad dies, partner leaves. She then draws ...
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Review “Mike Mother” (Neo-Futurists): Evocative Storytelling
The Neo-Futurists present MIKE MOTHER. This show is funny yet serious. Sad yet uplighting. Dramatic yet playful. Searing soliloquies combine with poignant film clips, a lamb puppet show and even a little interactive slapstick. MIKE MOTHER has got everything and the kitchen sink. Well, it’s actually a bathtub. The multi-media autobiography is created, written and ...
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Review “Pop Waits” (The Neo-Futurists): No Clowning Around
Reviewed by Tom Lawler Set the scene: The Neo-Futurists are housed in a funky Andersonville space with colorful, art-festooned halls and vestibules perched above a funeral home. Since the late ‘80s the Neo-Futurists have occupied their own rung in the Chicago theater scene with a revolving ensemble of young, diverse writers-actors dedicated to creating their own ...
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Review “Trust Us / Screw You” (Neo-Futurists): Getting conned never felt so good!
Reviewed by Jennifer Benoit-Bryan Trust Us / Screw You is a rollicking two-man show (with supporting band) that explores confidence men and the art of the con: often with humor, but sometimes with honest vulnerability. The ensemble delves into the history of the con, focusing on a few key characters from Chicago, but also involves the ...