SHOW 1 - BIG HONOR STUDENT ENERGY - 7PM
…Daffy and sweetly outlandish… (Chicago Tribune), Rosenthal’s Big Honor Student Energy is packed with fun escapades and honest reminiscence, delivered by a performer who quickly commands the room and includes her audience in the storytelling.”
About the Show: Kicked out of ballet lessons at 4 for being “too much,” Alisa Rosenthal has carried this same joie de vivre through her whole life. From singing at a nightmare children’s birthday party to job interviews with AI recruiters, she somehow always finds herself underworked and over prepared in this breezy comedic solo show that is perfect lovers of standup, storytelling, overachievers, and the people who love them.
About Alisa Rosenthal: Alisa Rosenthal is a writer and actor based in Chicago. A semi-finalist for the Andy Kaufman Award, credits include the Minnesota Fringe Festival, the Twin Cities Jewish Humor Festival, FRIGID New York, the Chicago Women’s Funny Festival, and Artscape Baltimore. She produces and hosts the podcast Chicago Humanities Tapes. www.alisarosenthal.com
DOOR 6:30PM // SHOW 7PM
This production contains nudity and adult language. It is in the White Rabbit Cabaret and is restricted to audience members 21+
SHOW 2 - POSTPARTUM - 9PM
Marie: “I just want to drive this car right into that stupid fucking canal!”
Tom: “Please don’t. We might live.”
About the Show: Tom and Marie had a baby. Just now! And it’s bonkers! It doesn’t stop and they don’t sleep and all their stuff is right at the surface and inflicting itself on everyone. Written and directed by IndyFringe darling, Jason Adams, Postpartum is a series of very short stories about the aftermath and the open wound that is having a baby.
About Jason Adams: My name is Jason Adams. I am a comedian and storyteller around Indianapolis. This will be my 6th IndyFringe show, but this is the closest thing to a play that I’ve ever written.
DOOR 8:30PM // SHOW 9PM
This production contains adult language and discussion of self harm. It is written for adults, but is suitable for audiences
SHOW 3 - ENTER LEGLAND - 11PM
SHOW 3 - 11PM
Audiences are saying:
“Carefully crafted absurdist theater”
“The weirdest, most wonderful show I've ever seen since”
“like a goofier, staged version of I Think You Should Leave.”
“satisfying in all senses”
About the Show: After a standing ovation at the International Physical Theatre Festival, we are debuting our full production of “Enter LegLand”. Witness our distorted leg-creatures existing in a desert of lost words under the ever-watching free trial of a censor god who makes sure all content is EXACTLY PG-13 (never veering into the evils of PG-12 or PG-14.)
Leaning on foundations in bouffon, drag, and sketch comedy, LegLand guides you through a dense and energetic world of absurdity. Incorporating bizarre props and costumes, surreal language, and warped video elements, we distort the traditional sketch comedy show into something that is both distasteful and delicious, lampooning whatever we can get our legs on.
About LegLand: LegLand is an absurd comedy performance collective based in Chicago. We devise bizarre vignettes to create an outrageous multimedia show that utilizes video, soundscapes, puppets, and drag. LegLand is Second City comedy meets Cirque du Soleil visuals if both had massive budget cuts and no censor.
Featuring Connor Konz, Danny Gadaj, and Mo Less
"Intimate and Appropriate is scenes and scenarios reflecting on the crucibles of our times that will surprise, engage and entertain you. You’ll want to see the show a second time with friends so you can discuss it on the way home." - Time Ring, Comedians Defying Gravity
About the Show: Comedian Paul Thomas’s satiric mind emerged from the pandemic unbowed, leading to Intimate and Appropriate, an incisive collection of scenes steeped in the selfie-righteousness of a country that has lost its mind. With grounded characters and the logic of an ancient Midwestern philosopher, Thomas delicately stomps through the “mine” field of identity, language, and recycle bins, putting a hall of mirrors up to a narcisstocracy that kinda seems to wanna offend itself.
About Paul Thomas: From writing, directing, and performing comedy on stage and screen; creating characters; performing stand-up; writing, directing, and producing short films and web series; and composing comedic music, Paul Thomas is a student of the craft who has self-produced almost all of his own work. As a solo artist, he performed his critically acclaimed solo sketch show Comedogenic or pieces from it in the New York Sketch Comedy Festival, SketchfestNYC, Just For Laughs Chicago, iO Theaters Chicago & Hollywood, New York Fringe, the Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, and the North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival. Paul has also honed his abilities writing, directing, and producing short films, music videos, and web content. Some of his work has screened at prestigious festivals such as the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal and the L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival, and his epic web series Ped Crossing was featured by The Onion’s A.V. Club. On the music front, Paul, Jeff Madden, and Cork Kangas comprise Lola Balatro, the post-grunge acoustic com-rock band whose debut album features audience favorites such as "I Got 2 Black Friends" and "Name That Panda."
Prior to the pandemic he took a step back to reset and earned a graduate degree in linguistics from Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. A long-time English language instructor, he has been an adult education manager at Malcolm X College, the Arturo Velasquez Institute, and Trellus (formerly Asian Human Services) in Chicago.
In 2023 Paul returned to the creative front with his solo show Intimate and Appropriate at The Den Theatre in Chicago, and is currently performing it at fringe festivals across the U.S.
DOOR 10:30PM // SHOW 11PM
This production contains sexual and adult language
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