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The world's first improvised parody of public radio is back and better than ever. Featuring some of the best improvisational performers from Chicago and beyond, it's like a payday for your ears - twice a month, eight minutes at a time.
Previews September 16th and 17th
Featuring most of the original cast, some great new cast-mates, and a sweet new venue in Chicago's Lincoln Park, this show is going to make weekends in Autumn a blast.
For tickets and more info, go to www.frattheshow.com
A Short Web-Series....
The day before he is to be married, Wes catches up on his DVR to watch the Royal Wedding. Disgust with his own wedding party ensues, when he realizes his own wedding won't be the same spectacle.
Episode 1
Episode 2
The New Colony embarks on its first film project, based on its 2010 Production: That Sordid Little Story.
I was perfectly content to be an extra in this film, and even more content to have recorded, mixed and mastered the music that you'll hear. Word on the street is that an EP of those recordings may go on sale very soon. In the meantime, I hope you see this!
Premiering February 22nd, 2011 at the Flat Iron Arts Building
For tickets and more information, visit TheNewColony.org
The Deep South. 1963. Bennie Patrick doesn’t belong here. A stand-up comic from Chicago, he has been thrust into the south by fate and a contract with That Sordid Little Story, a family band on a tour below the Mason-Dixon Line. Tonight is just one more night to survive. Do the set and hope you don’t get killed.
Directed by Nicholas J. Carroll. Performance Directed by Andrew Hobgood. Direction of Photography by Jay Patton. Written by Pat Coakley and Cole Orloff. Trailer edited by Michael Lippert. Sound by Adam Biagianti. Edited by Carl Schumacher. Music Produced by Gary Tiedemann. Featuring Sean Ellis, Jack McCabe, Barbara Roeder Harris, John Wilson, Beth Stelling, Henry Riggs, Tara Sissom, Thea Lux, and Chris Gingrich.
I found this on you tube and watched it 3 times in a row. It's always fascinating for me to watch the real person behind a cartoon voice.
You not only get to see mildly unkempt celebrities in clips you aren't "supposed" to see. Seeing a video like this is also a reminder that, going back to caveman days, we've always loved to stare at good storytellers. Whether animated, on-camera, off-camera, or around a campfire, a good storyteller is always a good storyteller.
Gary