No Shame.
The 20th anniversary of No Shame Theatre.
I used to have fantasies about this, back when No Shame was a big chunk of my life. "I will be invited to perform at the 20th anniversary show," I thought to myself. "I will be on that stage with John Smick and Carolyn Space Jacobson and Todd Ristau. Because my writing and performance will be remembered."
( Read more... )
I used to have fantasies about this, back when No Shame was a big chunk of my life. "I will be invited to perform at the 20th anniversary show," I thought to myself. "I will be on that stage with John Smick and Carolyn Space Jacobson and Todd Ristau. Because my writing and performance will be remembered."
( Read more... )
1) James and possibly Chris remember ten-year BOBONS in 1996, which was insanely awesome, right? I thought it was. I'm concerned that the organizers of twenty-year BOBONS haven't performed new material since the period covered by BOBONS 10. It seems to me that there are gaps between the Ristau--Goode era, the Smick--Jacobson era, the Gogerty--Stangl era and whatever has been happening in the last three years. Why not have a second BOBONS covering 1996 to 2006, instead of the whole twenty-year span? I'm not comfortable with any of the answers I've come up with.
2) Didn't we do something similar to this in the parking lot three years ago?
In much the same way you don't get to do your awesome piece everybody loved for a second week in a row, No Shame should probably limit its indulgence in nostalgia shows.
3) While I have little doubt that the performer base can support five shows in a week, it'd be a diehard audience that would provide a decent turnout for all of 'em. I fear that the week will end with a couple of poorly-attended shows, which would be a bummer.
4) Everyone I'd like to see again isn't going, except Mike Rothschild. I like Mike, but I could just go to LA.
5) Carolyn is married now, with a kid, thus retiring the last of my crushes from age nineteen.
Dan
Reply
I respond to the bullet points bullet-point-style.
1) I do. I know Jeff and Todd have been writing, at their own NSs.
2) Yes. Completely, yes.
3) I'm more afraid of the weeknight turnout, which is why I'm not showing up til Friday.
4) See above.
5) I still have that crush on Hillary Clinton, and she was married and had a kid before I developed it.
None of this is to say I'm rebutting you, Dan, because we're talking about something intensely personal here and there's no right or wrong, especially since I'm just looking at a two-hour drive.
In conclusion: dammit, you should pop in to the blog more often.
Reply
Man, I be reading your blog like an FBI data-mining bot. If I lived in Des Moines (or, you know, on Davenport Street) I'd probably go to BOBONS20, too. But I would go with much trepidation.
In response to bullet point 0: I'm pretty good. I just finished grad school and I'm moving to New York in August. Shockingly, my job prospects are not terribly better than when I hadn't yet Mastered the Fine Art of Creative Writing.
Reply
Leave a comment