Subj:      Fall 1991
Date:     11/16/98 10:17:11 AM Pacific Standard Time
From:     cjacobso@dept.english.upenn.edu (Carolyn Jacobson)
To:  jeffgoode@aol.com (Jeff Goode)

FALL--1991

(WBBB--White Boy Black Boy Theater-- goes on this semester or year)

[August 9, 1991]

[August 16, 1991]

[August 23, 1991]

[August 30, 1991]

[September 6, 1991]

September 13, 1991
Robb Barnard--"Why Ask Why?"
CSJ and Laura Quinn--"Aggressive Women's Theater IV:  If the Theater is
Our Vagina, then What Are We Doing for Protection?"
John Smick--"Where No One Has Returned From" including Sean's scene (the
Kirk/Spock battle from "This side of Paradise" )
CSJ--"Flash"
Guitar guy (Jim Lundford?)  "She" song
John C reading something memorized
Scott Hixson--"Sensitive Men's Theater"
Todd Ristau's soft sculpture thing, "No Shame Manifesto"

September 20, 1991
the two part version of Bewitched, but the guy (who could play the piano
wonderfully) couldn't sing.

September 27, 1991
Carolyn Space Jacobson--"Nude?  At NoShame?" [with Robb Barnard]
Margie DuBe--Les Miz Parody
Gwen Link downer piece
Some Elvis singer (nervous) (Jim Langstrom)
(reference to Marci doing stand up every week last semester)
Andrew Dice Clay take off guy--booed
CSJ and JC Luxton--"Brother-Sister Poetry Squad" (based on my computer
dates)

October 4, 1991
Worst piece to Adam Whisner for that pointless bit where he and Mike sat
on stage and giggled at the audience for far too long. The point where a
third of the audience turned into planes was well-orchestrated and funny
as hell, but the rest of the bit went on forever and had no point. 
Close second to Dan Lane for the fire girl piece, which was typically
wandering, confused, and pointless. (Despite the funniness of the line
"It's gonna take a while. She has to come over mountains and shit.") 
Jim Langstrom ("that Elvis guy") on the piano was kind of confusing.
Having taped him for the Public Access channel and seen him perform 3
songs in a row flawlessly, I'm starting to wonder if the
I-can't-make-it-through-a-song act is just a shtick. I didn't think it was
nearly as funny or well played last night as in previous weeks. O well.
too bad the WBBB piec this week was under rehersed. I thought Anne did a
great job as MS. Cleaver though.
Josh Peskay and Shannon McCormick--"Pork and Beans" 
Incoming bombers piece most impressed me with the faith those two had in
the audience.  I would never trust that the audience would laugh the way
the did, so for the first few minutes I was completely entranced watching
them react and watching the audience provide the (seemingly) unsolicited
laughter. Of course my trance-like state wore off long before they started
talking, which was a problem. 
Yeah, the Bomber Sketch was really a good idea, but hardly prepared for.
They asked me to announce the "incoming bombers" in the sketch only 5
minutes before the show started.  They were very unclear about it to me,
and they really were unhappy with the results.  The idea behind it was the
the stage is like a different 'plane' where they could sit and watch the
audience just as the audience watches them...through the imaginary
distance or wall between the performer and audience.  (Wall...really bad
choice of words...sorry)  I thought it SOUNDED like a neat idea.   But
they really didn't make it that clear in their piece.  
Seuss tribute (repeat of Jim Wooster's piece) performed by Doug (which
one?  sounds like Dawson)
Jim on Piano
John Smick's ham and cheese piece was very smick
I thought the piece where the guy graded the flats was great, especially
as I got to show off my tech knowledge to myself by understanding all the
terms and my theatre knowledge by understanding the characterization.
Geesh, that tragic look in his eye when he talked about "the toggles!  the
toggles!" and that note of menace when he said "Which is fortunate, as the
group did not bother to check!"  Tee-hee.
"I'm your academic advisor...Oh, Computer programming" skit
What WAS that Satan-stick-not-evil-enough-suck-your-lungs-out piece?  Just
curious as to the mindset of the writer.  What the hell was s/he smoking
at the time their fingers were writing that?
stupid poserish "Last Cigarette" skit.
1) John Smick--"The Chuck Wagon Cafe" (performed by JC Luxton) GA# 765
2) Richie (T-bone), GA# 766
3) Brett Neveu--"Egga and Ferd's Scavenger Hunt #2" (performed by Brett
Neveu and Doug Steckel), GA# 764
7) Wolfe--"Rich Sanders?", GA# 763
8) John C Luxton and Dan Cahoy--"Futher Mucker Pecker Tit"--GA#762--And
the last "Ranger" sketch?  The part where John C stuck a plastic staff
down his pants was pretty good--but I didn't quite see "Space" Jacobsen's
point in that one.  I think it could've been a bit clearer, or something.
15) Rebecca Gilman--["Clawhead and Eetlewon, climbing the great
mountains"], GA# 779
Josh Peskay and Shannon McCormick--"Pork and Beans"
Adam's Incoming piece with Mike--
Gwen Link--
WBBB--
Dan Layne--
Dr. Seuss--
Musician--
John Smick--Ham piece
Found it on the ground--

October 11, 1991
7) Michele Brundige [W: I am happy]
8 Neil Cleary
Drew McLean--"A Modern Erotic"
the homeless artists skit also
Clint Corley--"Paper Scrap Theater"
White boy/black boy/director song was a great pleasant surprise, I'd have
never guessed the guys could carry a tune let alonepull off a great job on
the piano.
*******
the beautiful young woman who read those
enticingly funny limericks.....who was that woman in blue???? (sounds like
Amy Haun)
*********
Sounds like there is a new Table Top series going on.  One character can't
speak. 

October 18, 1991 [in brackets are my descriptions of pieces, followed by
things as described in ISCA.  I imagine there is some overlap.  My notes
for the night suggest that there were only 11 pieces, but I could have
been wrong.]
Van Halen--Magic trick
Tadao N. Tomomatsu--"The Foreigner" 
Carolyn Space Jacobson and Laura Quinn--"Aggressive Women's Theatre V:
Aggressive Women in 3-D" (Midsummer's Agressive Women's Dream piece)
Ralph Malph piece
Eric C. Johnson and Doug Steckel--"Sanford Meisner and Son"
[annoying freshmen]
[WBBB alternate names]
Carolyn Space Jacobson--"NoShame Harrassmen"
10) Laura Quinn--"October Surprise"
[piano player]
[boy,egg]
Jon Price song (hard to hear)
Mike Dowell's blues song. Either way, once again his infectuous smile
carried the piece. Baby, I gots ROmance, I gots me a car...       
11) Mike Steffens-Moran--excerpt from "Fast Food"

October 25, 1991
11) CSJ--"So . . ."
Magician (I'm guessing Mortika)
Freudian slips piece
Clint Corley and Eric Summers--"4 Tall Men"
Sexual harassment piece
Men are stupid (I loved it, said a lot of work went into it)
Mark Johnson--[moldy potato skins]
Brett Neveu--[tennis ball piece--tennis balls with arms and legs involved]
John Smick (read by JC Luxton)
WBBB piece involving song by David (I comment it went well with sexual
harrassment piece)
Woman reading about party,what it's like to live with someone (could have
been Vicky Smith's piece about Eric Summers)
Ron--[boring piece, I comment]
Neil Cleary and Nathan ???--"Ghost Town" (song for guitar and violin)
Lisa--(my notes says 'toug trips'.   "Drug trips?"  "Tough trips"  ???)
Peter Ullian--[God does a lot of things I wouldn't do]

November 1, 1991
7) Laura Quinn--"A Visit with Dr. Dog"
Quinn and Jacobson--"Our Chase Sketch"

November 8, 1991
CSJ--"Virgin"

November 15, 1991--slight chance that Amy was this week, but the rest was
some other week, with the addition of another haiku woman.  Not likely,
though.  
Amy Haun--"Haiku"
Mike Geither
Unbridled lust
Laura Quinn--[Skade, Norse goddess of Skiing] [Could be GA#733, which says
it's #7 followed by Conroy--which could be the piano piece.  Maggie Conroy
did a piece which was just a long into GA# 748].  Sounds right.  Would be
worth checking around at that point in the archives to see if anything
else matches up.  
Margie and Jenn
Marcie's Play [Orville Right, Wilbur Right, Orville Reddenbocker]
Pork 'n' Beans guys running around stage
John Smick and Brett Neveu
John C's Play--"Chaos Comes to Cross Creek, Scene 1"
Piano Piece (woman with long intro, forgets name)
Snodgrass fellow playing guitar
Mike Moran
Gary--Vietnam
Peter Ulian--Lock Petersen
Erin Jacobs

November 22, 1991
Jacobson--"Mimetic Invention #1"
Laura Quinn--"Good and Bad Children"

[November 29, 1991]--No Show, Day after Thanksgiving

December 6, 1991
John Smick--"A Street Scene, Circa 1894"
CSJ and JC Luxton--"John C Helps Out"

December 13, 1991--BONS
Clint's parking ticket
John Smick--"Where No One Has Returned From" + Sean's Scene
Carolyn Space Jacobson and Laura Quinn--"Aggressive Women's Theatre V:
Aggressive Women in 3-D" (Midsummer's Agressive Women's Dream piece)
1) Brett Neveu--"Egga and Ferd's Scavenger Hunt #1"
2 )Tadao N. Tomomatsu--"The Foreigner"
3) CSJ and John C Luxton--"Brother-Sister-Brother Poetry Squad"
7) Neil Cleary--"Ballad of the Dogs"
8) Scott Hixson--"Sensitive Men's Theater" (performed by Hixson and Mark
D. Johnson)
11) Amy Haun--"Limericks"

[December 20, 1991]


There is a piece of LQ's dated November 5, 1991 (maybe performed 11/8)
11) Laura Quinn--"You only Live Once"