Sandbox Theatre Project: The Blog

i just thought i’d write to say how much i enjoy wearing sandals.

not that this post has anything to do with theatre in the slightest, but hot holy damn it’s good to not wear shoes. i’d wear no shoes year round if it was a sane and safe thing to do. i wasn’t always this way. in fact, in college, when i could have worn sandals most of the year, i chose to wear my john fluevog boots most days. yes, i did wear my birkenstocks quite often, but not with the gusto with which i now wear sandals.

flip flop sandals mind you.

i…am in mexico. it…is warm. i…am worn out. worn out from the waverunners, and the golfing, and the surfing, and the rappelling, and the beach running, and the drinking, and the eating.

but, even with great weather, amazing food, and extraordinary outdoor activities (which are all provided by my brother the director of outdoor pursuits for the el dorado golf and beach club)…

…i miss my chicago theatre.

Y’all! Check out our friend Andy’s show at IO! Andy plays Mike in BOTTLE CAN DRAFT and you should watch him be funny when he doesn’t have to worry about a script!

Let Them Ho’s Fight
Improv Comedy.
iO’s Del Close Theater.
3541 N. Clark St.
$5/FREE for iO students/performers

So I’ve been working on getting ready to go on as Dick this Monday at home. By myself. Yeah, I know my roommate is the guy who normally plays the part but he works nights and I work days and it just sort of works out that way. It’s not a spite thing. It’s just how it goes. I’m strugglig though. It’s sort of hard to do because I’ve been watching Cliff do it for the last 2 months (3 if you include rehearsals i guess?!) and i just can’t get his voice out of my head. Believe me, I can do probably the best Cliff Chamberlain impression this side of. . . whatever. . . side. . . of something you’re . . . on . . . i guess. . . but it’s tough. Let’s try to hear YOU say “or I was thinking of going in a motorized wheelchairs, perhaps” without going into straight-up Cliff Dogg! If Cliff weren’t so damn good at it, it wouldn’t be a problem.

Oh man. . . . . . . wish me luck, everybody. . . . . . . . .

ok, so i don’t know if i’ve told many people about this yet, but i’m totally a drummer. have been for 16 years. started when i was 10. 5th grade. Mr. Wolf’s band class.

drumming’s awesome. in fact — and maybe this is ironic, is this irony?? i think so — drumming is responsible for most of my first theatre experiences. being a drummer got me into one my most important theatrical experiences, when i was a musician and cast member of a really popular touring “theatre as rock concert” company/show in Santa Barbara called WOVEN. in fact, i think www.wovenworld.com is still up. i was 19. before that, i was one of two freshman at UCSB to be cast in a mainstage show (a civil war adaptation of Brecht’s “Mother Courage”) (the other freshman cast was Cliff Chamberlain, btw. little bit of Sandbox trivia for you). i didn’t act in “Mother Courage”, i only drummed, but i definitely got cast. i had to audition. i had to read shit. i was 18 then.

and now. . . now i’m 26 and i’m going to be playing drums in the upcoming House Theatre of Chicago’s production of VALENTINE VICTORIOUS. 1/14 - 3/11 or something like that at the Viaduct. so, yeah, i’m totally in the next House show. first Cliff, then me.

weird.

so weird.

so, yeah. i’m totally a drummer btw.

i just thought about the fact that i’m in VV for the first time (just now). i was like “wow. i’m totally in the next House show”.

hmmm. . .

so everyone’s gotta come!

december 5th. 12th. 19th.

join in the fun. you’ll like yourself in the morning. we swear. unless you do something stupid on your way home…that’s all up to you.

Ever look in the mirror and see a stranger? Sandbox explores the concept of “not feeling like yourself” by physically colliding three versions of the same three people in this exciting new comedy. Sue, Suz and Susan all wake up to find themselves in a life they can hardly believe is their own. By meeting their friends Richard, Dick, Rich, Mike, Mikey, and Michael for a little time to shake it off at the neighborhood bar, they bring their problems for the whole world to hear-or at least the strangers within ear-shot. While all three versions of the three characters wait for their friend Shannon to show-and harass the poor Bartender to no end-each tries to re-establish their status quo. Instead they discover that the trip back to normal might be an un-expected road in the other direction. The “you-had-to-be-there” feeling engulfs the bar as every character in Bottle Can Draft takes their first step in “the others’” new shoes.

Mondays in December at Matilda 3101 N. Sheffield.

to reserve tickets, call 773.456.2329. check out the STP website for all the good reviews, some funny pictures, and as always, stuff ‘n junk.

Behold the glory and magesty of our most recent Sandbox Theatre project: The Blog.
This will be a place for news about our company, our members, our friends, our musings on theatre, and most importantly your comments. So bring your A game, cause it is on.