Time: 0:17 am Tuesday February 2, 1999 

This is a test
message to see if our new board room works.  Break a leg!

...Jeff

Time: 11:38 am Tuesday February 2, 1999 

So, not to be purient or anything, but I
missed the member in 
question, and I understand it was the best thing about the night.  

Anyone care to review it, or any of the other sketches?

Time: 12:38 pm Tuesday February 2, 1999 

:So, not to be purient
or anything, but I missed the member in 
:question, and I understand it was the best thing about the night. 

:
:Anyone care to review it, or any of the other sketches?
:
Your syntax would seem to imply that Kyle's penis was a sketch 
unto itself, Chris...

I'd say Aprille definitely had the most memorable piece of the 
night. A lot of the pieces weren't written with Space Place in 
mind, which only stands to reason. But overall, not a bad night.

Time: 4:57 pm Tuesday February 2, 1999 

My friends and I
decided that there was a lot of creative energy 
stored up during winter break...which made for a good show. Thank 
God the amount of "poop and pee" sketches was held to an (almost) 
minimum.  A general question: what was the best No Shame sketch of 
all time? (I expect lots of responses on this)

Time: 5:19 pm Tuesday February 2, 1999 

Didn't mean to imply that
Kyle's member was a piece unto inself.
(That's for Kyle and the viewing audience to decide...)  ;)

Time: 5:36 pm Tuesday February 2, 1999 

I too very much enjoyed Aprille's
piece, and felt that many were 
not written with Space/Place in mind, especially the VASTNESS 
thereof.

I also thought Dan contributed a nice pair of monologues, and 
especially enjoyed the first of the two poems--that being the 
condom wrapper one.

James' piece was good, as always.  Eloquent exposition of 
similar experiences that I have had, nearly verbatim actually.  
Are we going to the same parties, James??

Time: 9:25 pm Thursday February 4, 1999 

God help me
if I show up again at any party remotely like that 
one...

Time: 9:33 pm Thursday February 4, 1999 

:My friends
and I decided that there was a lot of creative energy 
:stored up during winter break...which made for a good show. Thank 
:God the amount of "poop and pee" sketches was held to an (almost) 
:minimum.  A general question: what was the best No Shame sketch 
of all time? (I expect lots of responses on this)
:
That is quite possibly the most horrifying possible question. I 
can't begin to answer that, and I've seen less than a tenth of No 
Shame's run. 

With that in mind, the one No Shame piece that ever completely 
reduced me to helpless side-clutching spot-seeing honest-to-God-
rolling-in-the-aisle laughter was the Sanford and Son parody from 
the fall of 1991. That says a lot about me, or at least about me 
in 1991. Of course, that's just humor. As far as poetry or serious 
theater or surrealism or music or anything else, that's even more 
completely meaningless...

Time: 3:02 am Saturday February 6, 1999 

A surprisingly good show,
considering the venue, etc. Some truly 
excellent stuff, including the sign flipping, Dan's Vegas mono 
and the Allah sketch...that's just the ones that stck in my head 
right now.

As for the nudity...it was funny tonight. Next week, it won't be.

Mike

Time: 5:29 pm Saturday February 6, 1999 

1) First Date by Chris Okiishi
2) Spectrum by Mike Rothschild
3) A Dedication to Kyle Lange and His Great White Ass, Ass
4) Matt Goolsby Finds His Voice or Yet Another Damn "I Am" Bit by 
Matt Goolsby
5) Welcome Fence-Mart Shoppers by Sarah Greer
6) An Artistic Message So Damn Overt It Will Make Your Gonads 
White by James Horak
7) The Style Section or Eladio Fuentes Has a Dream by Danger 
Brooks
8) If Your Pants Fell Off Last Week You'd Do A Serious Piece the 
Next Week, Too by Kyle Lange
9) Growing Up by James Horak
10) This Scene Has Nothing to Do With Chuck Berry or I'm In Love 
With Mary Stuart Masterson by Al Angel
11) Parody #3 or Why We Fight by James Erwin
12) Before I Read #12, I Want to Tell You I Have to Crap. #12 is 
by Chris Stangl by Chris Stangl
13) Is That Your Penis Making That Unmistakable Bulge in Your 
Pants Or Are You Just Happy to See Me?
14) Love Letter from Las Vegas by Danger Brooks
15) The Sum of Her Parts by Mike Rothschild

Time: 5:35 pm Saturday February 6, 1999 

:My
friends and I decided that there was a lot of creative energy 
:stored up during winter break...which made for a good show. Thank 
:God the amount of "poop and pee" sketches was held to an (almost) 
:minimum.  A general question: what was the best No Shame sketch 
of 
:all time? (I expect lots of responses on this)
:

Okay, for my money, the best piece of all time might very well be 
"Julio" by Scott Smith. If you saw Best of the Best of No Shame 
Theatre two years ago, it was the one in which a 15 year-old 
girl's mother is reading her diary in which she details her love 
for Julio, a 30 year-old drug dealer/Satanist. It's a musical 
piece, and the performance I saw was positively tight, not to 
mention hilarious.
Of course, my favorite piece (but certainly not the best) was the 
one my freshman year when I told everyone my grandfather had died 
of a heart attack and I blamed myself, and the whole thing was 
working up to one stupid joke at the end, but halfway through I 
noticed some people were crying and I realized that the audience 
was buying it. I condemned myself to hell that night.

Time: Sun, 07-Feb-1999 16:35:00 GMT     IP: 208.252.167.213

A good show, if more inconsistent than last week's. There were 
some pacing problems during the first half, but that took care of 
itself.

And I have to give kudos again to James Horak for the nerd song. 
That was absolutely beautiful.

Time: Sun, 07-Feb-1999 17:45:08 GMT     IP: 128.255.56.25

:A good show, if more inconsistent than last week's. There were 
:some pacing problems during the first half, but that took care of 
:itself.
:
:And I have to give kudos again to James Horak for the nerd song. 
:That was absolutely beautiful.
:

I agree. But let's get specifical, shall we?
1) I always dig Chris and Adam onstage together, and I think this 
piece was particularly well-constructed. It didn't have the sort 
of bang/flash style that works best at the top of the show, but 
that's a problem of the fool who did the order. A very, very 
well-crafted piece, and well-executed to boot.
2) Nice. In my opinion, the search and seizure demonstration is 
hilarious to the point of having value beyond that of several 
human lives. Bee-utiful.
3) The grotesquerie of the sock was, well, grotesque. Truthfully, 
that image is stuck in my mind to the point where I don't remember 
much of the piece. It was a sock, right?
4) I have mixed opinions about this one. Memorization is always a 
big plus, and it was well paced. On the other hand, jock strap. I 
can't figure it out. Bare ass, no reason. Shudder, you know?
5) "Maybe I'm a lesbian." Pause. Pause. Pause. "Nah." Gorgeous.
6) Excellent, excellent work. I think the reading aloud of the 
cards contributed a lot, even if it was unplanned. Maybe a touch 
long, but otherwise flawless. I really dig this piece.
8) Big acting tour de force for Kyle, and more power to him for 
pulling off a serious piece when No Shame is getting extremely 
comedy-heavy. Don't get me wrong; I love comedy. It just seems 
that we're getting maybe one serious piece every two weeks, and 
that's a ratio I wouldn't mind seeing tweaked a little. So 
everybody get in touch with your pain. Yeah.
9) Also great. It ran a little long, but the whole thing was very 
enjoyable. Senor Horak must have had an extra bowl of Wheaties 
this week.
10) Okay, it's hard for me to critique scenes I'm in, but I think 
this one could have done with a little editing. It was 
fundamentally strong, and it had some good lines, but the bluster 
factor was a little high. Half as long and I think it would have 
clicked quite nicely. But overall, an impressive effort for a new 
performer/writer.
11) James has been watchin' them films again. I really like this 
piece, partially because I'm always one for the mildly political 
No Shame, but mostly because it takes a big risk. This is an 
excellent example of James trusting the audience to stay with him 
and being right. Hoo. Ray.
12) I may go back and forth on his pieces, but I like the role 
Chris plays in the No Shame ecosystem. He keeps things honest, in 
a way. Mostly, though, I like Chris best when he's doing something 
he doesn't normally do, like this. As always, a solid performance, 
but as not always, a mild departure.
13) The sign flip made this.
15) The line "Tough shit!" screamed from offstage made this.

Time: Mon, 08-Feb-1999 19:45:02 GMT     IP: 128.255.108.154

A group of eight No Shame regulars (audience members and sometime 
performers) are running on a slate for student government.  Does 
this alarm anyone?

Time: Tue, 09-Feb-1999 00:13:27 GMT     IP: 128.255.107.122

:A group of eight No Shame regulars (audience members and sometime 
:performers) are running on a slate for student government.  Does 
:this alarm anyone?

We have student government? I must have been drunk when that 
happened....

Who are they?

M

Time: Tue, 09-Feb-1999 01:35:25 GMT     IP: 128.255.56.4

::A group of eight No Shame regulars (audience members and 
sometime 
::performers) are running on a slate for student government.  Does 
::this alarm anyone?
:
:We have student government? I must have been drunk when that 
:happened....
:
:Who are they?
:
:M

Of course we have a student government. They're that big evil 
organization that No Shame is not affiliated with.
Of course, if a bunch of the fold were to capture student 
government, I think I can speak for the rest of the board when I 
say that No Shame would not be above taking a few kickbacks.

And just to keep this on-topic: What the hell are your opinions of 
the past week's pieces?

Time: Wed, 10-Feb-1999 07:17:30 GMT     IP: 128.255.56.25

oh my gosh, i feel so technologically literate.
anyway, i'm terribly sorry to have missed last week's show, especially with what i heard about
erwin's islam piece.  i'm especially irritated because he asked me to be in it at one point, early in its
development, and it kept not being ready and not being ready and finally when it was ready, i
wasn't there.  bother bother bother.
so anyway...if no shame types were to infiltrate student government, what effect would that have? 
does no shame have any desire to be affiliated with student gov?  would it mean restrictions along
with the big bucks?

Time: Wed, 10-Feb-1999 20:43:43 GMT     IP: 208.252.166.83

sorry bout that, Aprille. *rue*

No Shame flatly does not want to be affiliated with Student 
Government, ever. There are no benefits to it that we couldn't get 
from the Theater Department. I speak as a person who has had 
intimate dealings with Student Government and bent their 
bureaucratic rules so far back that they could smell their own 
butts. Assuming rules have butts. And that these hypothetical 
butts don't really smell that bad, so you'd have to be really 
close, and... I swear. I just can't use metaphor anymore. Gads.

So, yeah. Better off as is.

Time: Thu, 11-Feb-1999 02:18:02 GMT     IP: 128.255.56.25

:sorry bout that, Aprille. *rue*
:
:No Shame flatly does not want to be affiliated with Student 
:Government, ever. There are no benefits to it that we couldn't 
get 
:from the Theater Department. I speak as a person who has had 
:intimate dealings with Student Government and bent their 
:bureaucratic rules so far back that they could smell their own 
:butts. Assuming rules have butts. And that these hypothetical 
:butts don't really smell that bad, so you'd have to be really 
:close, and... I swear. I just can't use metaphor anymore. Gads.
:
:So, yeah. Better off as is.
:
To clarify, if we were a UISG organization, we'd get a little 
money, but the money we made from the shows wouldn't really be 
ours and, most horrendously, we could be edited for content. That 
bird don't fly, says I says I.

Time: Sat, 13-Feb-1999 20:23:23 GMT     IP: 206.150.147.116

My top-o-head impressions for the show:
First the positive, of which there was a good bit -

Mike R.'s "serious" piece kicked some serious booty, and it's not 
often you'll find me ever saying something good about a serious 
piece, so ya know it had to rawk.  Even though it was just a 
straight up, letter-type monologue, the way it was written and 
the way he performed it kept your attention, and it wasn't 
horrifically long (like most serious pieces, esp valentine's day 
serious pieces tend to be).  Ver y nice!
And on another Mike rawks note, the dance he did for Aprille's 
piece was a hoot and a half.  Nothing like stroking yourself on 
the dance floor of One Eyed Jake's.

Chris O.'s song was intensely cool.  The man can really sing, and 
writes one hell of a chorus.  Good to have a piano song too, not 
very often seen at NS.

Jamal n Chris's first piece was a goodie - bizarre, well acted, 
funny, not too gross to enjoy or pointlessly gross, and far from 
lengthy.  Reminded me very slightly of the "Grandpa's Butt" piece 
(You tricked me.....again!), which is one of my faves of all 
time.

Aprille's piece was quite cool.  Monologues are always better 
when properly spiced up, as this was with Mike n Bob.  And though 
it wasn't memorized, it was read without a single stutter, making 
it clear that she had either rehearsed it or is such a wondrous 
speaker that there was never reason to give pause.  I dig. 
339-1956?  ;)
 
I also quite enjoyed the Three Guys a Hecklin' piece.  Mike's 
monologue wasn't half bad either, but the three guys were clearly 
the most comedic element of this one.  Twat Cheese.

The "watching a porno" piece was really quite good, but a bit too 
long.  The people in the background were an absolute hoot - 
"You're gonna what?" was probably gets the line of the evening 
award, coming to us from Sarah G.  Brad's "enjoying a good porno" 
look on his face was also quite priceless.
 
As for the negatives, well, it was rather a "general" issue 
rather than specific, but the evening was quite long.  Mostly 
because almost all of the pieces were just much too lengthy -this 
particular No Shame was probably the worst example of people not 
obeying the 5 minute limit I've ever seen.  There were a lot of 
pieces that could have been quite good if they hadn't stretched 
for so long.  A couple of specifically bad things I'll note:
Chris n Jamal's 2nd piece was probably the worst one they've 
done.  It had its moments, but it was gross without being funny, 
too long, too pointless and just basically a catalogue of why 
their detractors don't like their pieces without including many 
of the elements of why fans (like me) dig them so.
I really did not dig that video thing either; it's good to try to 
expand the bounds of the medium, but ack.  Not only did I think 
that was a poor idea and as close as you can get to not being 
acceptable No Shame material (pre-recorded video??), but frankly 
the video just wasn't that good.  I'm only going to harp on it 
this intensely because well, they made all of us get up front and 
 watch it on that tiny little TV, must've thought it was a 
masterpiece.  And well, tune in to PATV any ol' night and you'll 
see funnier stuff.  Hell, I've seen 5th grade videos that were 
cooler, sorry to say.  At least it did have Beastie Boys' 
Sabotage, which rocketh.

Okay.  Since I've taken up most of the alotted space on whatever 
machine is housing this chat room I'll shaddap now.
As a whole, show with lotsa good pieces that unfortunately 
dragged due to the length and frequency of the bad.

-G

Time: Sat, 13-Feb-1999 20:29:04 GMT     IP: 152.163.232.17

You know, there was a point last night when I envied Dan for 
getting his teeth pulled yesterday, because he didn't have to 
sit through the show last night...

The most mentally draining night of No Shame I've ever 
witnessed. Half the pieces seemed like they went 10 minutes and 
the audience was just lost by the end of the show. We have to 
pick up the pacing next week, and for Pete's sake people EDIT 
YOUR MATERIAL!!! We don't need to see 10 minutes of something to 
know if it's good or not. Not everyone is guilty of this of 
course, but I think certain people need to be reminded of one of 
the rules of No Shame: Pieces must be under 5 minutes. 

One more week in Space Place then it's home, and none too soon.
Thoughts anyone?

Mike

Time: Sat, 13-Feb-1999 21:34:41 GMT     IP: 208.205.228.177

::No Shame flatly does not want to be affiliated with Student 
::Government, ever. There are no benefits to it that we couldn't 
:get 
::from the Theater Department. I speak as a person who has had 
::intimate dealings with Student Government and bent their 
::bureaucratic rules so far back that they could smell their own 
::butts. Assuming rules have butts. And that these hypothetical 
::butts don't really smell that bad, so you'd have to be really 
::close, and... I swear. I just can't use metaphor anymore. Gads.
::
::So, yeah. Better off as is.
::
:To clarify, if we were a UISG organization, we'd get a little 
:money, but the money we made from the shows wouldn't really be 
:ours and, most horrendously, we could be edited for content. That 
:bird don't fly, says I says I.

My name's Bob and I'm one of the no-shamers running for student 
government (vice-president).  I usually use ISCA but it's down for 
the moment and so I've stopped by here.  I never even thought 
about linking NoShame to student gov in any way until I saw this 
series of posts.  Now if we eight manage to overthrow student gov 
and kill off all the other members, there could be some anonymous 
checks to noshame issued.  That is purely hypothetical.  I 
wouldn't want any of the business-school-fraternity-drones who are 
also running for office to read this and misinterpret my meaning.  
They wouldn't be harmed for they will not be elected.
Cheers!

Time: Sun, 14-Feb-1999 03:53:03 GMT     IP: 12.75.195.248

2 FUCKING HOURS TO SEE WHO COULD BE THE MOST PERVERTED GETS 
BOORING. I'D RATHER IT BE 1 HOUR TO SEE WHO COULD GET THE MOST 
PERVERTED AND STUFF.

YOU GUYS ARE GOONA LOOSE YOUR AUDIENCE IF YOU ALLOW SHIT TO GO 
ON TOO LONG.  PEOPLE WERE LIKE RESTLESS AND STUFF, ER WHATEVER.

Time: Sun, 14-Feb-1999 04:24:18 GMT     IP: 128.255.56.25

:2 FUCKING HOURS TO SEE WHO COULD BE THE MOST PERVERTED GETS 
:BOORING. I'D RATHER IT BE 1 HOUR TO SEE WHO COULD GET THE MOST 
:PERVERTED AND STUFF.
:
:YOU GUYS ARE GOONA LOOSE YOUR AUDIENCE IF YOU ALLOW SHIT TO GO 
:ON TOO LONG.  PEOPLE WERE LIKE RESTLESS AND STUFF

sounding a little bitter there fella.  and was it that perverted? 
 maybe ive just grown immune.

i agree it was a lengthy night, i was as guilty as anyone, but we 
promise we'll work on it.

my favorites of the night-
aprilles piece was very good, not only hilarious but interesting. 
 i thought the rubber glove guy didnt quite get the reaction he 
deserved.  i believe he followed directly after the video story 
time, which was fairly entertaining, but didnt exactly fit the no 
shame atmosphere, and thus, killed the audience a tad.  i liked 
chris and jamals first one, but nonetheless they had sort of an 
off night, i am confident theyll bounce back next week.  some good 
serious stuff was done last night.  bob?'s piece was good.  the 
innocent/honest quality carried it.  maybe it will move me to 
share my inner thoughts and emotions on stage in the future.  then 
again that would probably break the damaging the space and 
occupants rule.  i enjoyed chris o.'s song and sarah g.'s song 
very much.  gregs piece also split my sides.  i loved the 
nonsensical quality of it.

hope i didnt leave anybody out- my memory is for shit.

Time: Sun, 14-Feb-1999 08:36:15 GMT     IP: 206.150.147.104

:2 FUCKING HOURS TO SEE WHO COULD BE THE MOST PERVERTED GETS 
:BOORING. I'D RATHER IT BE 1 HOUR TO SEE WHO COULD GET THE MOST 
:PERVERTED AND STUFF.
:
:YOU GUYS ARE GOONA LOOSE YOUR AUDIENCE IF YOU ALLOW SHIT TO GO 
:ON TOO LONG.  PEOPLE WERE LIKE RESTLESS AND STUFF, ER WHATEVER.
:

Without addressing the first half of this note, since I find that 
having comprehensible thoughts is usually a plus...

"You guys are gonna loose your audience..."  is a point people can 
address.  You didn't like the show??  WRITE SOMETHING!!!!  
Seriously!  New blood is always good; if you think that No Shame 
has a set of "players", that's a misconception.  Anyone can submit 
a piece, so don't refer to No Shame as "you guys".  You're a part 
of No Shame for having gone to it - best way to make it better is 
to take matters into your own hands.   No shame isn't "run" by 
anyone, it's a big time "by the people for the people" show.  
There are regulars, but anyone can perform, and new blood is 
always cool.

Time: Sun, 14-Feb-1999 21:25:35 GMT     IP: 128.255.106.224

This show hurt a lot.  I think it all started with the 
weather...many folks weighed staying in to avoid the 30 below 
wind chill over going to no shame.  The second problem was 
energy...I personally believe it all started with the announcing. 
 This part is very important. Our openers need to equally have a 
ton of energy.  
The audience needs to feel excited to be there.  Please please 
use the same formula of enthusiasm that we usually have in the 
past.

Also, Bill Bunderoth's singing blew me away.

Time: Mon, 15-Feb-1999 00:27:31 GMT     IP: 128.255.56.25

I would hereby like to annouce my presidency of the Sarah Greer fanclub.  Not only is she an
interesting and innovative writer and performer, she's just a lovely person, and i'm wild about her
new haircut.  i could tell her energy was a little off last week (whose wasn't?), but it's always very
cool when people try new things, though naturally some of them work out better than others
(coughvideocough).  i actually enjoyed both of the serious-ish pieces...Mike's was obviously
well-planned and sincere, and Bob's was cute just because Bob did it.  they also both had the good
sense to keep it short.  ahem.

Time: Mon, 15-Feb-1999 05:51:59 GMT     IP: 208.205.228.180

:I would hereby like to annouce my presidency of the Sarah Greer 
fanclub.  Not only is she an interesting and innovative writer and 
performer, she's just a lovely person, and i'm wild about her new 
haircut.  i could tell her energy was a little off last week 
(whose wasn't?), but it's always very cool when people try new 
things, though naturally some of them work out better than others 
(coughvideocough).  i actually enjoyed both of the serious-ish 
pieces...Mike's was obviously well-planned and sincere, and Bob's 
was cute just because Bob did it.  they also both had the good 
sense to keep it short.  ahem.

I would just like to say that I want to join the Sarah Greer 
fanclub.  The first piece I saw from her was the Catholic-
Schoolgirl-Jesus-loving one.  I thought that was great and I've 
liked her performances since.  Why is that girl single?! tsk, tsk 
(directed towards all you silly boys out there for not asking her 
out).

Regarding the other pieces...
I thought there were some good pieces scattered in the *WAY* too 
long evening.  Chris's song was great, and he did a good job of 
trying to overcome the sound-gobbling cave which is Space Place.  
The entire idea of a video was interesting, but really didn't work 
at all in this type of setting.  Having everyone squish around a 
tiny tv is not a good way to get across your piece.
I loved Mike's rubberglove boy piece!  The audience seemed unsure 
how to react at first, and I'm impressed he stuck with it to the 
end without getting intimidated.

Regarding my piece being cute because I did it...
Thank you Aprille for making me laugh so hard that I still have 
Sprite in my nose. :)
Bu-bye   p.s. we should shoot those who go way over 5 minutes...in 
the face. :)

Time: Mon, 15-Feb-1999 08:29:21 GMT     IP: 208.205.228.171

I just think it's odd how only the top line of aprille's text 
(which I quoted in my reply) was in italics (signifying it was 
quoted).  Damn web-based bulletin board.  You should all go to No 
Shame on ISCA.

Time: Mon, 15-Feb-1999 17:03:25 GMT     IP: 128.255.135.159

Hi.  My name is Steve Rosse and I'm writing an article on No 
Shame for "Spectator", a publication of the U of I Office of 
Public Relations.  I would like to ask if I can join you next 
Friday after the show (I was too shy to just jump in at the 
Village Inn last Friday) to ask some questions.  If you would 
rather contribute by e-mail, I'd be glad to have it, as long as 
you understand that whatever you send may be used as a quote in 
the article.  Here's what I'm interested to find out:
1) How much of the show is done each week by the "core group"?  
Is there a core group of audience members, too?  How much of the 
audience is usually made up of other theatre majors?
2) What does a performer get out of this type of performance?  
How does it compare with, say, playing a spear carrier in an 
opera at Hancher or playing Iago at E.C. Mabie?
3) Has anybody ever taken anything developed at NST into a wider 
venue?  
4) Does anybody want to tell me about spectacular failures or 
successes?
5) How much do you pay to use Space Place?  How much for Theatre 
B.?
Anything else you want to contribute will be welcome.  I expect 
to have more questions after I see another show or two.
Thanks

Time: Mon, 15-Feb-1999 23:19:54 GMT     IP: 208.252.167.252

:Hi.  My name is Steve Rosse and I'm writing an article on No 
:Shame for "Spectator", a publication of the U of I Office of 
:Public Relations.  I would like to ask if I can join you next 
:Friday after the show (I was too shy to just jump in at the 
:Village Inn last Friday) to ask some questions.  If you would 
:rather contribute by e-mail, I'd be glad to have it, as long as 
:you understand that whatever you send may be used as a quote in 
:the article. 

I dare say we'd be glad to announce this at the beginning of next 
week's show. However, I'd be iffy about doing it at a post-show 
shindig, because by no means all No Shamers hang out any one place 
after the show and I'd hate to exclude anyone. But we'll be more 
than glad to put people who haven't seen your post in touch with 
you on this.

Time: Thu, 18-Feb-1999 15:02:21 GMT     IP: 208.252.166.61

Hey, all. Here we go-

.5) A Valentine's Day Song by Christopher Okiishi
1)  Some Valentine's Day Reflections by James Wolf
2)  Dear You by Mike Rothschild
3)  Aprille's Gaydar Is On Crack (And other stories of failure) 
by Aprille Clark
4)  Sorry to do this but it's cheaper than therapy by Bob Alanis
5)  A Typical Conversation by Kyle Lange
6)  Why you are _so_ stupid by Jamal River
6.5)Sorry Mr. and Mrs. Galbraith, I thought that was the 
umbilical cord by Aaron Galbraith
7)  Stratego by Greg Mitchell
8)  At first, this scene may appear to be about masturbation, but 
I promise you it really isn't... Okay, I lied, it is about 
masturbation by Al Angel
9)  Wrong, Wrong, Wrong by Bill Bungeroth
10) Next Week, Every Fifteenth Person Gets a Handjob From Chris 
Stangl! Also, Every Fifteenth Person And Your Mom! by Chris 
Stangl
11) Video Story Time by Nick Snavely
11.5)Commercial Attack by Mark Hansen
12) Rubber Glove Boy Tells All by Michael Fergades
13) The Dire State of the Human Condition written by Hyperactive 
Adrenal Gland Steve as dictated to James Horak by James Horak
14) The Worst Day Of My Life By James Erwin by Mike Cassady
15) Never say No Shame never gave ya nothin or you ain't goin 
home lonely tonight and Happy Valentine's Day by Sarah Greer
 
Ironically, I did go home lonely. And bitter. That's neither here 
nor there.

Time: Thu, 18-Feb-1999 23:43:56 GMT     IP: 128.255.107.220

You know, I think the only thing that took longer than James 
posting the order for 2/12 was the 2/12 show itself...I'm just 
pulling your leg James...you didn't take that long.

: 
:Ironically, I did go home lonely. And bitter. That's neither here 
:nor there.

Ah to be lonely and bitter. I remember those days like they were 
yesterday. Because they were yesterday, and the day before, and 
every other day in my life.

:-)

Mike

Time: Mon, 22-Feb-1999 23:37:34 GMT     IP: 208.252.167.24

A good night. I'll wait until the order appears before I get into 
specifics, but I liked. 

Time: Tue, 23-Feb-1999 19:08:41 GMT     IP: 129.255.242.55

Sorry all.  We'll have this better worked out soon...


1) Dogs Are Stupid by Megan Gogerty(!)
2) Juggling by Bradley Harris
3) Fart Butt Drink Pee by Alyssa Bowman
4) I Miss You by Chris Okiishi
5) Long Ago, it Must Be by James Wolf, Jr.
5.5) Creation of Character Part VI by Mose Hayward
6) Tales of Fraud and Malfeasance in No Shame Board Selection 
Practices by Mike
Rothschild
7) You're Taking Love for Granted by Kyle Lange
8) When Superman Farts, Does It Blow a Hole Through the Entire 
Planet or Just
Dirty His Underwear by Chris Stangl
8.5) A Pit Stop in Pinterville by Mark Hansen
9) I'll Suck You Off for $20 or How to Succeed In Business 
Without Really
Trying by Al Angel
10) Title by Author
10.5) Kugelbrau: Beer of Quality by Danger Brooks
11) A Boom Shakka by Adam Burton
12) Listen and Respond by Brad Smith?
1312.5) Burnin' Hunk of Love by Greg Mitchell
13) Why You Are So Stupid by Jamal River
14) Hey, You. Yeah You. Do You Have Any Marijuana to Sell? by 
Matt Sacharski
15) Lost And Found in the Park or Sarah Is Still Sick, So This 
Piece Will Have
No Speaking by Sarah Greer 


I, for my part, thought it was a great evening.  I had perhaps 
the best time of my brief NS career singing Greg's song.  Really 
fun.  And I thought Dan's piece was painfully brutal, in a good 
way.  And I really like the Sarah "Break-a My Heart" Greer mime 
thing.  And nearly everything was MUCH shorter than last week, 
and consequently MUCH better, and everything that was less than 
spectacular would have benefited from some judicious editing.  
And seeing Megan "Goddess" Gogerty, and hearing her dead-on 
fantastic-ness.  Way cool.  Way.  


A good send off for Space Place.  No Shame.  The beat goes on.

Time: Wed, 24-Feb-1999 03:37:00 GMT     IP: 206.150.147.104

I thought this was one of the better examples of why No Shame 
rocks.  It perhaps could have used a moment or two more of 
seriousness and drama, but that's a nitpick.  Chris and Jamal were 
sadly showcasing why their critics dislike them most of the 
evening, though I thought one of their pieces was pretty solid.
On to the specifics...

Megan's piece was a hoot, even though she had to restart once.  
The rhymes in the initial song were absolutely priceless.

It was also great to have an appearance from Bradley Harris doing 
some juggling type things - always a plus to the night in my book.

I thought all the songs were great this evening.  Chris's "I Miss 
You" once again had a terrific catchy tune as well as a solid 
chorus.  Kyle's guitar skill and singing voice are fantastic, and 
his somber song was definitely a nice addition to an evening chock 
full of comedic material, since it was so well done.  Aaron 
Galbraith and James Horak definitely had a great short piece in 
the poem with guitar bit - NICE execution made this work quite 
well.  And for the song that Chris, Kyle and I did - I had an 
absolute blast doing that one too, and thank both Chris and Kyle 
for helping me out!  That was probably about as much fun as I've 
had performing a skit in quite some time (though I greedily admit 
that playing the Commander last week was a hoot and a half).

The two pieces this week by the guy/guys who did the video 
presentation last week were fantastic.  I don't have his name down 
yet, but the guy who plays the fan of M.S. Masterson really has a 
hell of a character.  And that "bad guitarist" bit was a killer - 
was that ad-libbed??  It was ludicrous, I loved it.  

Chris and Adam's Boom Shaka was slightly formulaic, but a definite 
winner.  The energy they put on when doing the Boom Shaka dance 
was quite impressive, helping to compliment the witty script.

Oh, and before I forget - duh!  Sarah Greer's piece was one of my 
favorite No Shame pieces I've seen in the past couple of years.  
This was _good_ stuff, definite vote for Best Of if you ask me.  
The moment when the guy slipped while exiting was magical.  
Excellently timed, brilliantly conceived as a whole, BIG thumbs 
up.

I also thought that Mark Hansen and Brad Smith produced some 
classy moments during A Pit Stop sketch.  These two have a really 
great chemistry, and I love pointless, weird sketches like this.

On the slight downside of things (though nothing was really even 
"bad" on the whole...) I couldn't hear much of what Jim Wolf was 
saying, though what I did hear intrigued me quite a bit.  Space 
Place's acoustics dwarfed what he was saying, alas.  And as I 
previously mentioned, Chris and Jamal were not up to par for 
themselves this particular evening.  I thought that the Vaudeville 
sketch was quite excellent, but the others they did were not the 
gems we've seen them do before.

Time: Fri, 26-Feb-1999 02:47:46 GMT     IP: 208.16.40.39

Just a quick reminder!  We're back in Theater B this week!!!

Whoo!  Wooo!

Time: Sat, 27-Feb-1999 01:20:46 GMT     IP: 209.180.47.94

Hey, cool!  I just found out this thing exsisted!  Whoah, man.  
I"m way late in posting, but since officially this week's NST 
hasn't started yet, I'm still good for commenting on last week's 
show, yes?  

Naw, forget it.  I'm too tired. Kyle's, Danger's, and Chris O.'s 
were my favorites of the evening.  My two regrets: 1) Where are 
all the women?  Me and Sarah, and a couple performers I didn't 
know, and that's it.  Not cool.  2) Chris S. and Jamal are so 
obviously talented, interesting exciting performers who know 
exactly what they're doing and are capable of blowing our minds (I 
saw one NST last October where Jamal did that very thing).  So why 
did they persist on doing boring, unfunny material?  There has to 
be a reason.  Someone suggested they're trying to get boo'd off 
stage.  Is it some weird Andy Kaufmann-esque masochism?  I don't 
get it. Hey, I enjoy a good poop joke, don't get me wrong.  But 
the key words there are "good" and "joke".  It's so obvious these 
guys are really skilled and gifted.  I wasn't even offended, 
necessarily.  Or if I was, it was because I was being forced to 
watch boring masterbatory sketches,whose point I was missing 
completely.  Maybe I'm out of touch, here. Somebody please clue me 
in.  Thank you.  I shall now sink back into oblivion.

Oh, except one other comment.  Where did all these cute boys come 
from?  So cute.  So many.  So getting married in June.  So 
disappointed.  

Time: Sat, 27-Feb-1999 22:48:34 GMT     IP: 128.255.56.25

hiya...i was talking to that nice horak boy last night about
the No Shame reference in Rent (not that i've seen it, being
all poor and everything).  he asked me where the original No
Shame was, and i assumed ic, but i guess i'm not sure about that.
anybody know the true answer?

Time: Sun, 28-Feb-1999 08:48:19 GMT     IP: 205.217.148.112

Where the Order? I checky both the weby and the telnet crud, and 
it done not be nowhere? I crap my eyes shut, or it not be posted? 
Crap.

What a night! I enjoyed many of the shows. The biggest 
disappointment was that Brad the juggler showed up but didn't put 
on a show. I like jugglers! My favorite part was the improv, and 
also the Dan-is-in-love skit. Funny! Touching! Lots of other 
stuff I liked but I can't remember cause order not posted! Huh!

It's good to be back in the real theatre!

I love you all!

Exclamation mark!

Time: Sun, 28-Feb-1999 17:55:28 GMT     IP: 205.217.148.159

I know! I know! It was Iowa City! Yeah us! Whooh!

Time: Sun, 28-Feb-1999 21:33:08 GMT     IP: 205.188.200.36

Hello, this is Mark Hansen, a performer at No Shame Theatre. If you don't remember me, I'm the
"funny" one. I was just wondering if anyone paying attention to me has seen No Shame outside of
Iowa City (i.e. Chicago, New York City, Cleveland, wherever, take your pick) And, how did it
differ from Iowa City's? Huh?