Time: Sat, 02-Feb-2002 08:02:36 GMT     IP: 63.95.18.217

No Shame Theatre, February 2, 2002
"If God didn't want me to skull-fuck you, He wouldn't have made 
your eyesockets so deliciously tight."  [Note: this may not be an 
exact quote; I'm going from memory as the real order is somewhere 
in Paul Rust's nipplehole right now.]

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Today is Langston Hughes's birthday.
The 10-minute Play Festival, featuring many No Shamers, will take 
place Feb. 14-17; more details at a later date.
Juggly Steve's second session juggling class begins the first 
Sunday in March after spring break; call the Iowa City Rec Center 
for more details.
A new animal rights group is starting on campus; talk to Karen (in 
the audience) for more info.
Garlic Press volume 2, a free publication about local happenings, 
is available from Juggly Brad and possibly others.
A party will be held on February 15 at Theta Beta Potata-semi-
formal dress required.
Paul Rust's radio show, "The ABC's of KRUI," also featuring 
original comedy, airs Wednesdays 5-7.

THE ORDER:

1. "Every, Every, Body Body Wants to Be a Dog," by Magnetic-Juggly 
Brad, Juggly Steve.  [Jugglies juggle to pop music; skill 
performance]

2. "Bedtime for Britt," by Al Angel-A Angel, A Clarke, J Erwin, M 
Thompson.  [Angel reads a rhyming, metered poem about Britt's 
bedtime tomfoolery; AC, J, and M act out roles; poetry 
performance]

3. "Kelsey," by Spencer Griffin-S Griffin.  [S talks about not 
caring about cancer kids and the various charms and talents of his 
former friend Kelsey; monologue]

3.5. "All Pogs Go to Heaven," by Seth "To the Izzo" Brenneman-S 
Brenneman, Boylyssa, ??.  [Boys play with Pogs; a genie appears 
out of Pog container; comedy sketch]

4. "No Stale Juh," by Paul Rust-P Rust, M Cassady, C Stangl.  [P 
narrates while M and C play several characters, each of whom longs 
for an earlier time, except the earliest ones who ponder 2/1/02; 
comedy sketch]

5. "Bob," by Pookman-P Ookman.  [P talks about a bad hunting show 
he saw with a commercial in it of which he also disapproved; 
monologue]

6. "Beads for Boobs-Experimental Theatre," by Matthew Hart-M Hart, 
A Clarke, P Rust, J Nebergall.  [M tries to see breasts in 
exchange for beads, then tries to make a pun of it, which doesn't 
make sense.  J emerges as the That-doesn't-make-any-sense-at-all-
isher; comedy sketch.]

7. "Shoestring Hangman's Noose," by Arlen Lawson-A Lawson.  [Two 
boys deal with harrowing events in their lives-the death of their 
father, the maliciousness of their mother, the neglect and 
skepticism of their babysitter-through escapism and potentially 
dangerous knot-tying; monologue]

7.5 [Title unavailable] by Alyssa Bowman-AJM River, M Cassady, A 
Lawson, J Erwin, C Stangl.  [Overheard in a restaurant, M spouts 
nonsequiturs about computer-building in Russia, love for Italian 
mothers, naan, and TV sound censorship, among other things; comedy 
lines.]

8. "Knick Knack Patty Wack I Still Got the Biggest Sack," by Aaron 
Galbraith-A Galbraith.  [A is extremely pleased and excited about 
the recent loss of his virginity and is thrilled to share the news 
and describe his prowess; monologue]

9. "I Wish I Was a Dog," by Shit, I'm Two Months Late for That 
Joke-S Heuretz, AJM River, P Rust, C Stangl, M Thompson.  [Playing 
Paul, M explains to S the satanic secrets of his successful 
business venture; comedy sketch]

10. "Senior Prom at Boner High," by Michael Tabor and Jason 
Nebergall-J Nebergall, A Galbraith, J Erwin, M Tabor, A Angel, T 
Wilson, P Rust, AJM River, M Hart.  [Boner High has many 
superheros/supervillains as students; some win awards at the prom 
and some don't; comedy sketch.]

11. "If It's Gotta Be Clean," by Mark J. Hansen-A Clarke, A Angel, 
J Nebergall, M Thompson.  [Four people write letters to Tide With 
Bleach for different reasons, ranging from benign fandom to 
unrequited love to fascism to self hatred; comedy mini-
monologues.]

12. "Reservoir Frogs," by Jeff Kite-S Heuertz, M Thompson, S 
Griffin, P Rust, A Lawson, A Angel, J Kite, B Libigs, Juggly Brad, 
Juggly Steve.  [Mob family is dysfunctional; all die but Mama 
Arlen, who shoves the author into a happy ending; comedy sketch]

13. "Gene Will Mix Prefer Nice Can Con Pen," by J River-C Stangl.  
[C, in great detail, describes a fleshy part of a caucasian body, 
possibly the ear; monologue]

13.5. "President Bush's Speech," by Maria Hill!!-J Erwin.  [J as 
President Bush talks about the patriotic duty of Americans to give 
him money so he will be more richer; monologue]

14. "The Day the Fortune Cookies Came True, Part I:  George and 
Genevieve" by Aprille Clarke-J Erwin, A Clarke, S Heuertz.  [A and 
S are at a celebrity auction; S is the Cryptkeeper who was once 
almost baked into a pie after a muddy wank; A considers leaving 
him with every waxing moon; seriocomedy sketch.]

15. "Sweethearts on a Harlem Table," by Chris Stangl-C Stangl.  
[In tour-guide style, C intersperses the reading and eating of 
candy conversation hearts with stories of sordid 1920's Harlem, 
stars, and mixed metaphors; monologue]

Time: Sun, 03-Feb-2002 00:12:42 GMT     IP: 24.182.66.31

On the stage: Goolsby and Porno Bucket and residue of Sir Chan 
Destroy.
In the audience, left to right
Neil Campbell, Aprille Clarke, Arlen Lawson, Alyssa Bowman(hiding 
behind Arlen's enormous fist), Jamal River, Chris Stangl (hiding 
behind Jamal's enormous self), Center Aisle, Al Angel, Nick Clark 
(leaning forward), James Erwin?, Willie Barbour

Time: Sun, 03-Feb-2002 00:18:28 GMT     IP: 24.4.252.100

Yes. It is James Erwin there. I recognize his bulging cranium.

Time: Sun, 03-Feb-2002 00:43:56 GMT     IP: 24.4.252.101

I do a review of pieces! Good for me! *patpat* You should do 
this too. There are pieces towards the end I don't review, not 
because of any lack of merit, but because I'm pressed for time, 
and plus you should damn well review them your damn self. What 
am I, your review slave? Do your own review! And clean that room!

1. "Every, Every, Body Body Wants to Be a Dog," by Magnetic-
Juggly 
Brad, Juggly Steve.  [Jugglies juggle to pop music; skill 
performance]

Juggling! I feel bad offering a short review, but these guys are 
always genuinely charming and genuinely excellent, and I can't 
just say that all the time. Actually, I can! Brad! Steve! You 
are genuinely excellent and charming!

2. "Bedtime for Britt," by Al Angel-A Angel, A Clarke, J Erwin, 
M 
Thompson.  [Angel reads a rhyming, metered poem about Britt's 
bedtime tomfoolery; AC, J, and M act out roles; poetry 
performance]

Actually, and not just pretend, cute. We don't get enough of 
that.

3. "Kelsey," by Spencer Griffin-S Griffin.  [S talks about not 
caring about cancer kids and the various charms and talents of 
his 
former friend Kelsey; monologue]

I know men like Kelsey. And I know women who date them, and 
those women frustrate me immensely, because they are usually 
interesting people that I care about. (Women like Kelsey I don't 
spend much time with. Or do they not spend much time with me? 
That's unbearable to think about.) To people like Kelsey, we are 
all cancer kids that they know they really ought to think about 
at some point. That hurts. Spencer's best piece I've seen yet.

3.5. "All Pogs Go to Heaven," by Seth "To the Izzo" Brenneman-S 
Brenneman, Boylyssa, ??.  [Boys play with Pogs; a genie appears 
out of Pog container; comedy sketch]

Short and sweet. Could've been a little shorter and sweeter, but 
once again, light cues + audience density make it im-fucking-
possible for someone to rush the stage, do a 20-second piece, 
and get the hell out of there. Also, I felt like a victim of 
nostalgia comedy- metanostalgia comedy at that (pogs!). Like if 
someone put on "Ice Ice Baby," and we all smirked not cause of 
1991, but because we remember that party last year where someone 
put on "Ice Ice Baby". However, yes- short and sweet.

4. "No Stale Juh," by Paul Rust-P Rust, M Cassady, C Stangl.  [P 
narrates while M and C play several characters, each of whom 
longs 
for an earlier time, except the earliest ones who ponder 2/1/02; 
comedy sketch]

This was good. The ending was a bit deflating, though; I was 
expecting a bigger payoff.

5. "Bob," by Pookman-P Ookman.  [P talks about a bad hunting 
show 
he saw with a commercial in it of which he also disapproved; 
monologue]

There were some really funny moments here. However, the 
monologue ran long (tsk!), at about six minutes. And I felt like 
a victim of shotgun comedy- fire off ten jokes, and at least one 
will hit. This would have been ten times the piece at half the 
length. 

7. "Shoestring Hangman's Noose," by Arlen Lawson-A Lawson.  [Two 
boys deal with harrowing events in their lives-the death of 
their 
father, the maliciousness of their mother, the neglect and 
skepticism of their babysitter-through escapism and potentially 
dangerous knot-tying; monologue]

That was fucking awesome.

7.5 [Title unavailable] by Alyssa Bowman-AJM River, M Cassady, A 
Lawson, J Erwin, C Stangl.  [Overheard in a restaurant, M spouts 
nonsequiturs about computer-building in Russia, love for Italian 
mothers, naan, and TV sound censorship, among other things; 
comedy 
lines.]

I tried so hard not to laugh. The script said I shouldn't laugh. 

10. "Senior Prom at Boner High," by Michael Tabor and Jason 
Nebergall-J Nebergall, A Galbraith, J Erwin, M Tabor, A Angel, T 
Wilson, P Rust, AJM River, M Hart.  [Boner High has many 
superheros/supervillains as students; some win awards at the 
prom 
and some don't; comedy sketch.]

Fun! My thing (no, my other thing) is this- all these people say 
their joint, and then the script has them mill around. They are 
in character limbo! Aie!

11. "If It's Gotta Be Clean," by Mark J. Hansen-A Clarke, A 
Angel, 
J Nebergall, M Thompson.  [Four people write letters to Tide 
With 
Bleach for different reasons, ranging from benign fandom to 
unrequited love to fascism to self hatred; comedy mini-
monologues.]

Mark Hansen is the cleverest writer at No Shame hands down. He 
is downright ingenious. He's also damn funny. Viz!

12. "Reservoir Frogs," by Jeff Kite-S Heuertz, M Thompson, S 
Griffin, P Rust, A Lawson, A Angel, J Kite, B Libigs, Juggly 
Brad, 
Juggly Steve.  [Mob family is dysfunctional; all die but Mama 
Arlen, who shoves the author into a happy ending; comedy sketch]

I can't help wondering what this piece would have been like if 
it hadn't been performed at No Shame. Paul and Arlen took this 
piece and ran with it. They did the Cannonball Run with this 
piece.

13.5. "President Bush's Speech," by Maria Hill!!-J Erwin.  [J as 
President Bush talks about the patriotic duty of Americans to 
give 
him money so he will be more richer; monologue]

Maria Hill is the funniest goddam ten-year-old ever. She is a 
goddam genius. 

Time: Mon, 04-Feb-2002 21:47:25 GMT     IP: 128.255.95.114

I'm posting this here not because it's particularly No 
Shame-related, but rather because this is a pretty creative 
crowd.  My brother is applying to be on Survivor (ya never know, 
right?) and one of the questions on the application is "What is 
the craziest, wildest thing you would do for a million dollars?"

He's hoping to submit a particularly good answer, so he's asked 
me and some of his friends what they would do for a million 
dollars to help him consider a wide range of possible responses, 
and I'm including all of you in the loop as well.  So, what is 
the craziest, wildest thing YOU would do for a million dollars?

Rather than clutter this forum, please email responses to me:  
adam@avalon.net

Thanks,
Adam

Time: Mon, 04-Feb-2002 21:59:50 GMT     IP: 128.255.202.75

The only way I would wear white after labor day would be for 1 
million dollars.

Time: Tue, 05-Feb-2002 06:43:49 GMT     IP: 24.4.252.100

One million dollars would buy a Boba Fett costume for everyone in 
Iowa City. We could have Clone Day!

Time: Wed, 06-Feb-2002 04:37:48 GMT     IP: 128.255.179.87

No Shame Theatre, February 2, 2002

I was very impressed with the quality of the first show of the 
semester. There wasn't anything in it that was bad. Everything 
was very well written. Here's some thoughts for you.

THE ORDER:

1. "Every, Every, Body Body Wants to Be a Dog," by Magnetic-
Juggly 
Brad, Juggly Steve.  [Jugglies juggle to pop music; skill 
performance]

I missed seeing the jugglies performing together. It was so nice 
to see them back together. This was a fun thing. I loved all the 
pins they got into the air at one time. 

2. "Bedtime for Britt," by Al Angel-A Angel, A Clarke, J Erwin, 
M 
Thompson.  [Angel reads a rhyming, metered poem about Britt's 
bedtime tomfoolery; AC, J, and M act out roles; poetry 
performance]

I hesitate to say this because it usually has bad connotations 
to it, but this was so damn cute I wanted to die. It was a good 
cute though. Very sweet, very adorable. The world needs more 
genuine sweetness and I think this fit the bill. I loved it very 
much.

3. "Kelsey," by Spencer Griffin-S Griffin.  [S talks about not 
caring about cancer kids and the various charms and talents of 
his 
former friend Kelsey; monologue]

First, I want to say this is the best thing Spencer has done 
that I have witnessed. That being said, I was totally confused 
through most of this. At first, I didn't understand how the part 
about the cancer kids and the part about Kelsey really 
connected. It seemed as though the cancer kid part was the 
beginning of another nicely written piece and the part about 
Kelsey was another, and somehow they got smooshed together. 
After I read James' review, the confusion cleared up, so I think 
it was something in my Shakespeare-addled-Latin-II-fried brain 
that wasn't connecting. Or something like that.

3.5. "All Pogs Go to Heaven," by Seth "To the Izzo" Brenneman-S 
Brenneman, Boylyssa, ??.  [Boys play with Pogs; a genie appears 
out of Pog container; comedy sketch]

This was a lot of fun. I liked it because it was so short and 
because it made me think of pogs, something I haven't thought 
about in a long time.

4. "No Stale Juh," by Paul Rust-P Rust, M Cassady, C Stangl.  [P 
narrates while M and C play several characters, each of whom 
longs 
for an earlier time, except the earliest ones who ponder 2/1/02; 
comedy sketch]

This totally cracked me up. Paul, Mike and Chris are such strong 
stage presences and it was nice to see all three of them working 
together for the common goal of nuttiness and hilarity. I think 
the best part was the beginning when Mike and Chris were the 
teenage girls. That had me giggling to myself for hours.

5. "Bob," by Pookman-P Ookman.  [P talks about a bad hunting 
show 
he saw with a commercial in it of which he also disapproved; 
monologue]

There were definitely some funny parts to this, but the more I 
thought about this piece this week, the more bored I was by it. 
The best part by far was "It's not a baby!"

6. "Beads for Boobs-Experimental Theatre," by Matthew Hart-M 
Hart, 
A Clarke, P Rust, J Nebergall.  [M tries to see breasts in 
exchange for beads, then tries to make a pun of it, which 
doesn't 
make sense.  J emerges as the That-doesn't-make-any-sense-at-all-
isher; comedy sketch.]

This worked far better than I could have ever imagined. The two 
guys in the audience who bared their chests and then Matt sort 
of walking toward them and then away was so freaking amusing. 
One of these days, Jason is really gonna hurt himself if he 
isn't careful with that crotch pounding. It was a very nifty 
little piece and I was so glad to see it actually work when so 
many things could have gone wrong.

7. "Shoestring Hangman's Noose," by Arlen Lawson-A Lawson.  [Two 
boys deal with harrowing events in their lives-the death of 
their 
father, the maliciousness of their mother, the neglect and 
skepticism of their babysitter-through escapism and potentially 
dangerous knot-tying; monologue]

I am super glad I get to see Arlen do his pieces week after 
week, because with each passing week, I really gain a better 
appreciation for his work. This piece in particular was cleanly 
written and well timed. That pregnant pause at the end before 
the climax of the story was just amazing-I could feel everyone 
hanging onto Arlen's words for the ending. I was goose-pimply. 
It was good.

7.5 [Title unavailable] by Alyssa Bowman-AJM River, M Cassady, A 
Lawson, J Erwin, C Stangl.  [Overheard in a restaurant, M spouts 
nonsequiturs about computer-building in Russia, love for Italian 
mothers, naan, and TV sound censorship, among other things; 
comedy 
lines.]

I nearly died laughing during this piece. I honestly think I sat 
next to that guy a couple weeks ago at the Hamburg. I wish I was 
kidding. I am so jealous I didn't think of this first. It was 
such an obvious wonderful idea. And it is sadly very true.

8. "Knick Knack Patty Wack I Still Got the Biggest Sack," by 
Aaron 
Galbraith-A Galbraith.  [A is extremely pleased and excited 
about 
the recent loss of his virginity and is thrilled to share the 
news 
and describe his prowess; monologue]

Aaron was so much fun in this piece, especially when he 
interacted with the audience. I think he might have really 
freaked that one girl out who said, very politely I might 
add, 'No thank you' to his advances.

9. "I Wish I Was a Dog," by Shit, I'm Two Months Late for That 
Joke-S Heuretz, AJM River, P Rust, C Stangl, M Thompson.  
[Playing 
Paul, M explains to S the satanic secrets of his successful 
business venture; comedy sketch]

This is one of two pieces I somehow do not remember from this 
night. Sorry.

10. "Senior Prom at Boner High," by Michael Tabor and Jason 
Nebergall-J Nebergall, A Galbraith, J Erwin, M Tabor, A Angel, T 
Wilson, P Rust, AJM River, M Hart.  [Boner High has many 
superheros/supervillains as students; some win awards at the 
prom 
and some don't; comedy sketch.]

I was in it. It was fun.

11. "If It's Gotta Be Clean," by Mark J. Hansen-A Clarke, A 
Angel, 
J Nebergall, M Thompson.  [Four people write letters to Tide 
With 
Bleach for different reasons, ranging from benign fandom to 
unrequited love to fascism to self hatred; comedy mini-
monologues.]

I really would love to see more of Mark's stuff at No Shame. 
This was a piece that required me to think about it afterward to 
appreciate its subtle beauty.

12. "Reservoir Frogs," by Jeff Kite-S Heuertz, M Thompson, S 
Griffin, P Rust, A Lawson, A Angel, J Kite, B Libigs, Juggly 
Brad, 
Juggly Steve.  [Mob family is dysfunctional; all die but Mama 
Arlen, who shoves the author into a happy ending; comedy sketch]

Arlen and Paul really stole this piece for me. Arlen's Luigi 
style accent had me on the floor. The writing on this was pretty 
good, but it seemed like it went a tad too long for me.

13. "Gene Will Mix Prefer Nice Can Con Pen," by J River-C 
Stangl.  
[C, in great detail, describes a fleshy part of a caucasian 
body, 
possibly the ear; monologue]

What in the world? How did I miss this one? 

13.5. "President Bush's Speech," by Maria Hill!!-J Erwin.  [J as 
President Bush talks about the patriotic duty of Americans to 
give 
him money so he will be more richer; monologue]

I have to say I agree with James. I love Maria Hill. She is so 
fabulous. I would be in any of her pieces, any place, any time. 
I really wish she could see her pieces when we do them, but I 
suppose it would be after her bedtime.

14. "The Day the Fortune Cookies Came True, Part I:  George and 
Genevieve" by Aprille Clarke-J Erwin, A Clarke, S Heuertz.  [A 
and 
S are at a celebrity auction; S is the Cryptkeeper who was once 
almost baked into a pie after a muddy wank; A considers leaving 
him with every waxing moon; seriocomedy sketch.]

Hmmmm. I don't know. I did like this piece, but there were 
pieces by Aprille from last semester I definitely liked better. 
It was very nicely written and I think it was also well acted. 
It didn't have the sucker punch of her o

Time: Wed, 06-Feb-2002 04:38:54 GMT     IP: 128.255.179.87



13.5. "President Bush's Speech," by Maria Hill!!-J Erwin.  [J as 
President Bush talks about the patriotic duty of Americans to 
give 
him money so he will be more richer; monologue]

I have to say I agree with James. I love Maria Hill. She is so 
fabulous. I would be in any of her pieces, any place, any time. 
I really wish she could see her pieces when we do them, but I 
suppose it would be after her bedtime.

14. "The Day the Fortune Cookies Came True, Part I:  George and 
Genevieve" by Aprille Clarke-J Erwin, A Clarke, S Heuertz.  [A 
and 
S are at a celebrity auction; S is the Cryptkeeper who was once 
almost baked into a pie after a muddy wank; A considers leaving 
him with every waxing moon; seriocomedy sketch.]

Hmmmm. I don't know. I did like this piece, but there were 
pieces by Aprille from last semester I definitely liked better. 
It was very nicely written and I think it was also well acted. 
It didn't have the sucker punch of her other pieces. I love 
Aprille's work because it is so gutsy and in your face. This one 
wasn't so much in your face and demanding like her other pieces.

15. "Sweethearts on a Harlem Table," by Chris Stangl-C Stangl.  
[In tour-guide style, C intersperses the reading and eating of 
candy conversation hearts with stories of sordid 1920's Harlem, 
stars, and mixed metaphors; monologue]

I liked this one very much. The descriptions were wonderful as 
always and I really love Chris' use of props. I love those 
little conversation hearts and I won't be able to actually look 
at a box of them in the same way again.

Time: Sat, 09-Feb-2002 00:20:25 GMT     IP: 128.255.153.89

Who's Boba Fett?

Time: Sat, 09-Feb-2002 01:06:39 GMT     IP: 128.255.153.89

Yeah, this is pretty late, but I plan on doing one of these for 
every week I go this semester as part of Rainbow Project.  If I 
skip a piece, then it's because I really had nothing to say or 
it was pretty much exactly what everyone would expect.  It 
doesn't mean I thought it was bad or I didn't like it, I just 
didn't feel any need to write about it.  This week's (2/8/02) 
review will [prolly] be up much quicker.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1. "Every, Every, Body Body Wants to Be a Dog,"

I love the Jugglies.  I was a little disappointed at the number 
of drops this night, but no biggie.  That's one of the things I 
find most indearing about this group.  You can tell they're 
kinda disappointed with themselves for a mistake, but not enough 
to really give a crap.  "Hey, Look over there!"

2. "Bedtime for Britt,"

I was surprised here.  I kept expecting something outlandish of 
sickening, but no.  It was just plain old nice and sweet.  I've 
seen very little of that at no shame, and it's kind of nice once 
in a while.

3. "Kelsey,"

I thought this piece was schweet, but I disagree with the 
assertion that this was his best piece so far.  Spencer's "Life 
is Beautiful" was a little more impacting.  Nevertheless, he 
shows amazing strength in performance with this one, too.

4. "No Stale Juh,"

OK, so we got Stangl and Rust AND Cassady in the same skit.  
They could've read from the phonebook and made it worth 
watching.  There's an idea.  The thing I liked about this piece 
was it's ending.  It wasn't so much climactic as it was 
provoking and funny.  Whenever something is provoking and funny 
at the same time it usually sits well with viewers.

5. "Bob,"

I didn't know this Board existed till late last Spring, so I 
missed out on almost all riducule/review/criticism till then.  
When I wrote this monolouge I went back and tried to take every 
piece of advice given there to heart.  The audience laughed 
steadily throughout, and that's all I was shooting for.

6. "Beads for Boobs-Experimental Theatre,"

The cool thing about this piece is it's funy even if you haven't 
seen the preceeding pieces.

8. "Knick Knack Patty Wack I Still Got the Biggest Sack,"

ANYONE with the guts to coldcall audience members earns my 
respect.

10. "Senior Prom at Boner High,"

This was a piece with several really good jokes in it, but there 
was so much mulling around and dead air between lines that I got 
bored with it too soon.

11. "If It's Gotta Be Clean,"

Hansen IS the shiz-net.  He is such a good writer that you find 
yourself thinking "Geez, I coulda wrote this."  But you know 
what?  You couldn't because Mark beat you to it and did it 
better than you ever could have.


12. "Reservoir Frogs,"

I loved the dialog in this skit.  It was overshadowed by people 
giggling to loud in the audience and other performers actions, 
however.  I would love to write scripts with two-person dialog 
that well-crafted yet overlookable.

13. "Gene Will Mix Prefer Nice Can Con Pen,"

I liked this shorter thing by Chris much better than his usual 
pieces.  The longer ones at the end of the show are always good, 
so don't get me wrong.  By my ass is so sore and I'm usually 
about laughed/thunk out by then and just want to go home and 
miss lots of the better parts of his longer pieces.  This gave 
me a chance to appreciate his skills fully without the nagging 
thought of ass-pain in the back of my head.

13.5. "President Bush's Speech,"

Is this girl really ten?  If she is, then I'm impressed.  If she 
ain't, well then I'm still pretty impressed.

--fin

Time: Sat, 09-Feb-2002 07:18:17 GMT     IP: 63.95.18.212

I couldn't find a heart-shaped box so I stuffed 20 cherry cordials 
up my vag.

No Shame Theatre

ANNOUNCEMENTS:  
James Erwin invited Langston Hughes to come to No Shame Theatre 
but he didn't come.
The 10-Minute Play festival is next weekend, University Theatres.
James Horak's band, Evil Imposters, will play next Friday at the 
Green Room appx. 10:30 p.m.

1. "The Unquestionable Genius of One Rutheford B. Corduroy" by 
Paul Rust-P Rust, A Clarke, AJM River, S Brenneman, M Cassady  [A 
sparrow lays eggs in Paul's mouth, which he thinks gives him great 
wisdom and may actually; comedy sketch]

2. "Andrew McDougal McAgen McDuff," by Al Angel-A Angel, A Clarke, 
J Erwin, M Hansen, P Rust.  [Al recites a rhyming, metered poem 
about a boy who loves to fly and finds comfort in others of his 
kind; poetry performance] 

2.5. "That's How the Cookie Crumbled," by Bill McKenna-B. Oylyssa, 
P. Ookman.  [A huge cookie won't fit into a pitcher of milk; P 
reminds B of its un-baby-like breakability; comedy sketch]

3. "Why I Will Never Have a Real Job," by James Horak-J Horak, M 
Hansen [J finds lots of great things to do with his broom, 
including killing the man who wishes him to do only mundane broom 
things; comedy sketch]

4. "In the Background," by Tony Sparancino-T Sparacino [T recites 
a poem about the loneliness he feels when a loved one is in the 
hospital; poetry performance]

5. "Andrew," by Pookman-P Ookman [P hates a lot of things about a 
particular woman for whom he feels love; monologue]

5.5. "Experimental Theatre:  Matt Tries Unsuccessfully to Do a 
Handstand," by Matthew Hart-M Hart, J Nebergall.  [M tries to do 
handstands; succeeds only in doing many very brief headstands; 
physical comedy performance]

6. "Barbers Barbaric," by Jeffrey Kite-J Kite, M Cassady, M 
Thompson, P Rust, Brett.  [M's father drops her off at the barber 
shop never to return, forcing her to endure talk of pube grooming; 
comedy sketch]

7. "Ten Year Plan," by Nozebone the Band-M Hansen, N Clark, P Rust 
[3-part instrumentation and vocals/lyrics combine to make a song; 
musical performance]

8. "Tooth Against Brushism," by Mark J. Hansen-J Erwin, T Wilson.  
[J as dentist and T as patient talk about J's feelings for her and 
his general dental irresponsibility; comedy sketch]

9. "Allow me to Clarify This," by Mike Cassady-M Cassady.  [M 
recounts the tale of a man who maintains his dreams of whaling 
through the trials of a nine-base sexual scale and an unfaithful, 
wolf-raised lover; monologue]

10. "J to the Jizzo," by Jason Nebergall-J Nebergall, A Clarke, C 
Stangl [J is suddenly 23 years old and has many nostalgic moments 
with fellow Gen-Xers A and C; comedy sketch]


11. "The Erwin," by J River-AJM River, J Erwin.  [AJM serenades J 
with a song that came to him in a dream; musical performance]

11.5. "Martha's Vineyard:  Real Life Eden, Or Fantasy Island," by 
John F. Kennedy, Jr.-S Heuertz, ?.  [Milk is little help in making 
S grow; comedy sketch]

12. "I Love Almost Everybody...Except Deadheads," by Michael Tabor-M 
Tabor, J Erwin, T Wilson, ?.  [M and T skip Egypt and discuss the 
erotic potential of paint drying with J]

13. "Breathing Games," a song by Arlen Lawson-A Lawson, AJM River 
[2 guitars with A on vocals combine to make a song; musical 
performance]

14. "The Day the Fortune Cookies Came True Part II: Dave," by 
Aprille Clarke-J Erwin, M Cassady, A Clarke, M Hansen.  [A rodent-
loving man seeks the secrets that will help him in the new world 
order; comedy sketch]

15. "Let's Get Dead," a love poem by Chris Stangl-C Stangl.  [C 
recites a poem he wrote about him and his girlfriend killing each 
other; poetry performance]

Time: Sat, 09-Feb-2002 09:01:17 GMT     IP: 63.228.165.29

It is late and I am wound up but tired so I thought I'd give 
this a shot since I was thinking about it and if I get to tired 
then I guess I will just stop typing.

5.5. "Experimental Theatre:  Matt Tries Unsuccessfully to Do a 
Handstand," by Matthew Hart-M Hart, J Nebergall.  [M tries to do 
handstands; succeeds only in doing many very brief headstands; 
physical comedy performance]

I wanted to start with some self criticism. I feel this failed. 
There are two reasons why I feel this way. A, I can't do 
handstands. B, I can do headstands. Oh golly, I practiced hand 
stands all day, why did I end up doing headstands?



1. "The Unquestionable Genius of One Rutheford B. Corduroy" by 
Paul Rust-P Rust, A Clarke, AJM River, S Brenneman, M Cassady  
[A 
sparrow lays eggs in Paul's mouth, which he thinks gives him 
great 
wisdom and may actually; comedy sketch]

One thing Paul is good at is taking what he has to work with in 
other's pieces and thriving. The good thing about his own 
writing is that he's able to capture his own strengths. I think 
that's what I saw tonight.



2. "Andrew McDougal McAgen McDuff," by Al Angel-A Angel, A 
Clarke, 
J Erwin, M Hansen, P Rust.  [Al recites a rhyming, metered poem 
about a boy who loves to fly and finds comfort in others of his 
kind; poetry performance] 

I really like this stuff. Dunno what to say, definately good. 
Great concept? I think that's what I want to say.



2.5. "That's How the Cookie Crumbled," by Bill McKenna-B. 
Oylyssa, 
P. Ookman.  [A huge cookie won't fit into a pitcher of milk; P 
reminds B of its un-baby-like breakability; comedy sketch]

He was in on it.



3. "Why I Will Never Have a Real Job," by James Horak-J Horak, M 
Hansen [J finds lots of great things to do with his broom, 
including killing the man who wishes him to do only mundane 
broom 
things; comedy sketch]

I liked it when he humped the audience. Jason moved back a 
little when he saw this.



4. "In the Background," by Tony Sparancino-T Sparacino [T 
recites 
a poem about the loneliness he feels when a loved one is in the 
hospital; poetry performance]

We had two really good heartfelt pieces in a row. At first I had 
no idea he was rhyming, soon something hit me and it felt good.



5. "Andrew," by Pookman-P Ookman [P hates a lot of things about 
a 
particular woman for whom he feels love; monologue]

I wish I knew why it was called Andrew. Pookman has a gentile 
side. Yay Pookman, you are a good guy.



6. "Barbers Barbaric," by Jeffrey Kite-J Kite, M Cassady, M 
Thompson, P Rust, Brett.  [M's father drops her off at the 
barber 
shop never to return, forcing her to endure talk of pube 
grooming; 
comedy sketch]

HAHA, the ending was mediochre, but I wasn't expecting it so it 
gets a good grade. I wasn't sure if Michelle was supposed to be 
acting during part of it so that was kinda distracting. 
Nevertheless it was one of my favorates of the night (Bravo 
Paul, see above)



11. "The Erwin," by J River-AJM River, J Erwin.  [AJM serenades 
J 
with a song that came to him in a dream; musical performance]

He was genuinely embarassed. wow. he won a boxing glove later.



The rest later i dont know maybe tomorrow.




8. "Tooth Against Brushism," by Mark J. Hansen-J Erwin, T 
Wilson.  
[J as dentist and T as patient talk about J's feelings for her 
and 
his general dental irresponsibility; comedy sketch]

9. "Allow me to Clarify This," by Mike Cassady-M Cassady.  [M 
recounts the tale of a man who maintains his dreams of whaling 
through the trials of a nine-base sexual scale and an 
unfaithful, 
wolf-raised lover; monologue]

11.5. "Martha's Vineyard:  Real Life Eden, Or Fantasy Island," 
by 
John F. Kennedy, Jr.-S Heuertz, ?.  [Milk is little help in 
making 
S grow; comedy sketch]

14. "The Day the Fortune Cookies Came True Part II: Dave," by 
Aprille Clarke-J Erwin, M Cassady, A Clarke, M Hansen.  [A 
rodent-
loving man seeks the secrets that will help him in the new world 
order; comedy sketch]

Time: Sat, 09-Feb-2002 15:30:39 GMT     IP: 63.95.18.204

My favorite moments from last night's show:

3. "Why I Will Never Have a Real Job," by James Horak.  The part 
when James, after being chastised by Mark, muttered "Philistine," 
under his breath.

5. "Andrew," by Pookman.  The fact that Pookman is trying out a 
format other than Sam Kinnison-style yelling.  Honesty is a lot 
more interesting than anger.

6. "Barbers Barbaric," by Jeffrey Kite.  The look on Michele's 
face as the lights slowly, slowly, slowly faded.

8. "Tooth Against Brushism," by Mark J. Hansen.  The idea that a 
dentist might be so enamored with a patient's teeth that he'd 
actually forcibly remove them...and yet she keeps going back to him.

9.  "Allow me to Clarify This," by Mike Cassady.  The idea and 
delineation of the 9-base system.

11. "The Erwin," by J River.  The moment when James asked to sit 
down and Jamal said no, he had to serenade him.

15.  "Let's Get Dead," a love poem by Chris Stangl.  The image of 
an old, grey wolf (was it a wolf?  Am I remembering right?  
Anyway, lots of wolf imagery last night) and an old, grey hunter 
locked in battle.

Time: Sat, 09-Feb-2002 18:09:08 GMT     IP: 24.9.193.130

This was most Hansenest No Shame I've ever seen.  If I skip your 
piece, then it doesn't mean anything.  I just couldn't think of 
anything worth saying.  That's my bad, not yours.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1. The Unquestionable Genius of One Rutheford B. Corduroy

I've always loved manufactured pearls of profoundness that are 
suitable to be framed and placed over my mother's couch.  Paul 
spouted a few of these in this piece.

2. Andrew McDougal McAgen McDuff

More cuteness; the audience (especially non-regulars) don't seem 
as warm to these pieces for some reason.  The last two weeks 
I've heard ppl behind me say "huh?  I don't get it."  That's a 
real shame, too.

2.5. How the Cookie Crumbled

Yeah, so, if you're gonna have a person be in your skit, then 
you really need to tell them more about your skit than "you're 
in my skit".  I didn't figure out till after it was over that it 
would've worked better had I been in the audience before rushing 
the stage and I didn't know he had three containers to work with 
instead of two.  It still worked, thankfully, but it was a good 
lesson for me.

3. Why I Will Never Have a Real Job

Hansen is such a dick. :)

4. In the Background

New guy.  Sat by me.  VERY nervous.  Did good for his first time.

5. Andrew

Actually, every line in this piece was about a different girl.  
There was originally a line for every girl I ever had feelings 
for, but it was waaaay too long.  This was about a fifth of that.

6. Barbers Barbaric

More really good dialog from Kite.  A little more cras this 
week, but still quite funny.  When you can write dialog like 
this, it's a shame when it gets too cras because then you don't 
if you're from the quality of the content.

8. Tooth Against Brushism

This was a little too hard to follow for me.  That probably 
means its really good considering I'm not very art-minded.

9. Allow me to Clarify This

A fun and funny story with a good payoff.  Very tight with 
respect to jokes and timing and revelations.

11. The Erwin

If there as ever an Erwin worth dying for, it's James.

12. I Love Almost Everybody...Except Deadheads

This piece seemed like it went long, but I've done that more 
than once, so that's forgivable.  The ending was kind of a let-
down, too.  The Hansen-Erwin part was probably my favorite joke 
of the night.

13. Arlen Lawson - Breathing Games a song

Almost like Goth-poetry set to dual acoustic guitars.  I don't 
like Goth-poetry.  For some reason, though, I like Arlen's Goth-
poetry set to dual acoustic guitars very much.  NOTE: goth used 
for lack of better term,

--fin

Time: Sat, 09-Feb-2002 19:23:41 GMT     IP: 128.255.153.89

12. I Love Almost Everybody...Except Deadheads
The Hansen-Erwin part was probably my favorite joke 
of the night.  This was in Aprille's piece, however; sorry 
Aprille.

Time: Sat, 09-Feb-2002 19:54:56 GMT     IP: 128.255.202.75

What is the future like?  You must know, coming from 24 whole 
hours into it!?!?!!

Time: Sat, 09-Feb-2002 20:23:16 GMT     IP: 128.255.153.89

The justice system moves swiftly, now that they've abolished all 
the lawyers.

Time: Sat, 09-Feb-2002 20:45:22 GMT     IP: 24.4.252.100

No Shame Jungian Watch: Wolves. Production of young onstage. 
Milk. A regressive tendency, reinforced by the resurgence of old-
school monologues and comedy skits? This felt like a show from a 
few years back. Is No Shame returning to the womb? Are we 
starting over? Does this mean I can bring back my old scripts? 
Another possibility; unconscious reference to Rome's founding 
myth. Does this mean I should do that piece in Latin I've been 
thinking about? Should No Shame go out and divide France into 
three parts? I know Aprille would be up for that. 

1. "The Unquestionable Genius of One Rutheford B. Corduroy" by 
Paul Rust-P Rust, A Clarke, AJM River, S Brenneman, M Cassady  [A 
sparrow lays eggs in Paul's mouth, which he thinks gives him 
great 
wisdom and may actually; comedy sketch]

A surprisingly predictable sketch from M. Rust; that said, good 
performances and strong writing. 

2. "Andrew McDougal McAgen McDuff," by Al Angel-A Angel, A 
Clarke, 
J Erwin, M Hansen, P Rust.  [Al recites a rhyming, metered poem 
about a boy who loves to fly and finds comfort in others of his 
kind; poetry performance] 

As cool as last week's, but necessarily less fresh.

2.5. "That's How the Cookie Crumbled," by Bill McKenna-B. 
Oylyssa, 
P. Ookman.  [A huge cookie won't fit into a pitcher of milk; P 
reminds B of its un-baby-like breakability; comedy sketch]

The best in-joke sketch I've seen at NS since the Gogerty era. 
Even so- in-joke sketch, y'know?

3. "Why I Will Never Have a Real Job," by James Horak-J Horak, M 
Hansen [J finds lots of great things to do with his broom, 
including killing the man who wishes him to do only mundane broom 
things; comedy sketch]

Decent. I have to disagree- "I saw that!" was the best line of 
the piece.

4. "In the Background," by Tony Sparancino-T Sparacino [T recites 
a poem about the loneliness he feels when a loved one is in the 
hospital; poetry performance]

Never been a big fan of rhyming poetry at NS, because more often 
than not, the words get mangled in the process of bashing them 
sqaure pegs into the round hole of rhyme. This didn't seem to 
happen so much with this piece.

5. "Andrew," by Pookman-P Ookman [P hates a lot of things about a 
particular woman for whom he feels love; monologue]

I was in the mood for this. If you know what I'm talking about, 
I'm doing a lot better. If you don't, I'm doing a lot better, so 
no point in asking now.

5.5. "Experimental Theatre:  Matt Tries Unsuccessfully to Do a 
Handstand," by Matthew Hart-M Hart, J Nebergall.  [M tries to do 
handstands; succeeds only in doing many very brief headstands; 
physical comedy performance]

Danger Zone! Heehee. What would have happened if he'd succeeded? 
That's my question. Also, once it looked like he was snapping his 
neck there and I got squirming uncomfortable. 

6. "Barbers Barbaric," by Jeffrey Kite-J Kite, M Cassady, M 
Thompson, P Rust, Brett.  [M's father drops her off at the barber 
shop never to return, forcing her to endure talk of pube 
grooming; 
comedy sketch]

This was funny. And Michelle was so cute! Aww.

7. "Ten Year Plan," by Nozebone the Band-M Hansen, N Clark, P 
Rust 
[3-part instrumentation and vocals/lyrics combine to make a song; 
musical performance]

I like Nozebone. I like DIY. So there.

8. "Tooth Against Brushism," by Mark J. Hansen-J Erwin, T 
Wilson.  
[J as dentist and T as patient talk about J's feelings for her 
and 
his general dental irresponsibility; comedy sketch]

I was in this.

9. "Allow me to Clarify This," by Mike Cassady-M Cassady.  [M 
recounts the tale of a man who maintains his dreams of whaling 
through the trials of a nine-base sexual scale and an unfaithful, 
wolf-raised lover; monologue]

Cassady asserted that this was a "crappy" monologue he wrote to 
psych himself up for more writing. He's full of shite. This 
monologue was great. 

10. "J to the Jizzo," by Jason Nebergall-J Nebergall, A Clarke, C 
Stangl [J is suddenly 23 years old and has many nostalgic moments 
with fellow Gen-Xers A and C; comedy sketch]

As a 27-year old, I was unimpressed by the pop-culture 
references, since all that shiznit is for KIDS, yo! Where was the 
Menudo? Monchichi? Thunderbirds are GO?!? Sigh. Yes. I'm the 
oldest now. I was an angry grunge teen. I protested the Gulf War. 
No blood for oil. God, I'm old. 

11. "The Erwin," by J River-AJM River, J Erwin.  [AJM serenades J 
with a song that came to him in a dream; musical performance]

I was so flattered! I wanted to run home and tell my diary. I 
don't think I communicated to Jamal how flattered I was cause I 
was so flustered. Jamal, I've never been so flattered. golly.

11.5. "Martha's Vineyard:  Real Life Eden, Or Fantasy Island," by 
John F. Kennedy, Jr.-S Heuertz, ?.  [Milk is little help in 
making 
S grow; comedy sketch]

Milk is a lie! It's full of human growth hormone! And plus all 
that environmental estrogen from industrial runoff? This is why 
we have all these poor eight-year old girls going through 
puberty. It's sad. Drink organic milk. Oh, yeah- funny sketch.

12. "I Love Almost Everybody...Except Deadheads," by Michael Tabor-
M 
Tabor, J Erwin, T Wilson, ?.  [M and T skip Egypt and discuss the 
erotic potential of paint drying with J]

I kept inhaling beard bits. 

13. "Breathing Games," a song by Arlen Lawson-A Lawson, AJM River 
[2 guitars with A on vocals combine to make a song; musical 
performance]

Swu-heet.

14. "The Day the Fortune Cookies Came True Part II: Dave," by 
Aprille Clarke-J Erwin, M Cassady, A Clarke, M Hansen.  [A rodent-
loving man seeks the secrets that will help him in the new world 
order; comedy sketch]

Mark, goddammit, you're too funny. I got through the whole night 
until that "Owww!" without cracking on stage. Twice in two weeks, 
I've cracked on stage. Feh.

15. "Let's Get Dead," a love poem by Chris Stangl-C Stangl.  [C 
recites a poem he wrote about him and his girlfriend killing each 
other; poetry performance]

Excellent as ever. I will say this so the rest of you don't have 
to- "Chris Stangl is sooooo hot." There. It's said. Now do a 
review yourself, kiddos.

Time: Sat, 09-Feb-2002 23:40:28 GMT     IP: 64.6.72.200

the sky is still blue and robots still control our professional 
sports leagues, but now instead of a president, we have a "star-
guider", and only andrea bocceli and austrian people get raped.

Time: Sun, 10-Feb-2002 01:39:09 GMT     IP: 24.4.252.112

13. "Gene Will Mix Prefer Nice Can Con Pen,"

I liked this shorter thing by Chris much better than his usual 
pieces.  The longer ones at the end of the show are always good, 
so don't get me wrong.  By my ass is so sore and I'm usually 
about laughed/thunk out by then and just want to go home and 
miss lots of the better parts of his longer pieces.  This gave 
me a chance to appreciate his skills fully without the nagging 
thought of ass-pain in the back of my head.

Factily speaking, I believe J. mal River wrote that.

Time: Sun, 10-Feb-2002 08:27:10 GMT     IP: 128.255.202.75

i've discovered that in the world of tomorrow, words can have 
their letter order reversed and still keep the same meaning.  
deep.

Time: Sun, 10-Feb-2002 18:29:39 GMT     IP: 24.4.252.100

Dear 2002:

Wow! How things have changed here! I have a personal helicopter! 
And next week I'm going to the moon for Comdex 2003! Sweet! I 
have a cyber-thyroid gland and breakfast cereal contains organic 
nano-propellers that keep it evenly spaced all the time! It never 
clumps! And it stays crunchy! I took a tattoo pill and sometime 
this afternoon I should have a large animated skeletal biker on 
my left bicep! Dag, yo! My computer doesn't crash like ever! I 
have a date! Yeah! The future kicks!

James Erwin 00120-AG5, 3rd Tier Citizen

Time: Mon, 11-Feb-2002 19:06:23 GMT     IP: 216.243.220.117

Dear 2003:

O, to have once seen your wonders. For those of us in 2004, they 
are the whispered fables of a Golden Age. The rain blisters our 
flesh. The scorched earth mocks our desperate scrabbling for 
roots or grubs not rotten with blight. The oceans are a blinding 
desert of countless skeletons, and the merest breeze whips up 
salt to burn our eyes and draw tears, which we catch in vials, as 
we cannot lose the water. The sky is a furious eddying of purple 
and red, like a wound that the earth sits within, whilst the 
howling winds serve to remind us of the pain within our souls. 

Today I found a dead rat. It will be a good day. As good as I can 
remember. I know things were better once. I know once, we had 
hope. I have forgotten my mother's face.

James Saltwalker of the Ch'kaago tribe

Time: Mon, 11-Feb-2002 23:27:25 GMT     IP: 24.9.193.130

I know this was just a joke, but WoW.  That was some good writing.

A.J.

Time: Tue, 12-Feb-2002 06:28:24 GMT     IP: 24.6.203.142

Wille Barber once budged in line in front of me.  But that is 
not the bad part.  He also budged in front a girl.  If Willie 
Barber is an animal lover and a true human's rights advocate 
than he should cease and desist all line budging policies he 
might employ at this time.

Please Willie Barber, STOP BUDGING, please.
There is a time and place for everything...except budging.  

Time: Tue, 12-Feb-2002 07:44:44 GMT     IP: 152.163.197.177

in the future, colors and smells are just a little off. The glass 
you put down next to the phone is a few meters away, and you're 
not quite sure how it got there. Blues are deeper, reds are 
darker, yellows are more orange. You don't remember there being a 
tire repair shop on the corner, even though it's been there for 
two years. 

People walk faster, as if they might not get to where they need 
to go. They are quieter, sadder. Their heads hang down, to the 
point where upper back pain has replaced lower back pain as a 
nagging complaint. They drink more, but have higher tollerance.

The pigeons seem more gray. Weather reports now contain the 
word "misty" more. Telephone ringers sound different, higher 
pitched. Nothing has changes, but everything has settled in the 
sand, so to speak.

And killer klowns from Mars run the government.

Time: Tue, 12-Feb-2002 21:48:21 GMT     IP: 128.255.202.75

"The Ledge" mentioned No Shame today!  "The Ledge" mentioned No 
Shame today!

Time: Tue, 12-Feb-2002 22:20:38 GMT     IP: 216.243.220.117

Great! What's the Ledge?

Time: Wed, 13-Feb-2002 00:22:55 GMT     IP: 216.243.220.117

Mike! That's not the future! That's cause you're downtown! Take 
the el out to the suburbs. 

Except for the killer clowns thing. I think you're high on ethyl.

Time: Wed, 13-Feb-2002 07:18:43 GMT     IP: 128.255.189.57

The Daily Iowan features "The Ledge," which blatantly rips off 
Letterman's top 10 list. The topic today was "Things You'll Never 
Hear In Iowa City." One of them was "I'd go to No Shame, but I 
can't afford it" or something to that effect. Ha!

Time: Wed, 13-Feb-2002 18:56:40 GMT     IP: 205.188.199.21

I thought the Ledge was that organic wheat crust pizza joint near 
the Q. Or maybe it's not there anymore, and I'm thinking of shit 
from two years ago. I'm so two years ago.

Time: Thu, 14-Feb-2002 07:24:33 GMT     IP: 128.255.202.75

The 10 Minute Play Festival consists of 8 original plays 
written by U of I undergraduates. The shows are:

Feb 14th - 16th: 8:00pm
Feb 17th: 3:30pm

It's in Theatre B. It costs $3 if you're a student or a toddler 
or an old man.  It costs $5 if you're a non-student or a middle-
aged office drone.  Keep workin' for the man, $lave!

From what I hear, this is a popular event, so if you want in, 
you have to be there when the box office opens, which is ONE 
HOUR BEFORE the show starts.

This festival features many of the No Shame writers and 
performers you've come to know and secretly disdain.

After all, I wrote one!

Time: Thu, 14-Feb-2002 07:35:19 GMT     IP: 128.255.202.75

The guilt of not givin' credit where credit's due is too great. 
Here's some other No Shame writers and performers who are 
involved with the festival:

Aaron Galbraith, Spencer Griffin, Michele Thompson, Jeff Kite, 
Sheila Franklin, Emily Happe, Chris Shover, Allison Reeger, Tina 
Sherwood, Laura Pfeiffer.

I am absolved and my guilt is erased.

Ash Wednesday.

Time: Fri, 15-Feb-2002 07:26:23 GMT     IP: 205.188.199.48

Anyone have Sheila Franklin's email address? I'm working with 
someone who knows her, and wanted to let her know.

And I'm pregnant with her child. It's sordid, yes. But such is 
life.

Time: Fri, 15-Feb-2002 14:27:09 GMT     IP: 128.255.163.35

sheila-franklin@uiowa.edu

remember to stretch first, drink plenty of fluids, and dream of 
Jeannie with the light brown butthole.

Time: Fri, 15-Feb-2002 18:55:25 GMT     IP: 128.255.189.101

   Yes!  Now I have Sheila Franklin's email address, too!

Time: Sat, 16-Feb-2002 08:43:46 GMT     IP: 63.95.18.242

NO SHAME THEATRE 
15 February 2002

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The Ten-minute Play Festival is this weekend in the Theatre 
Building, Saturday night and Sunday afternoon.  It features many 
No Shame humans.

ORDER:
1. "Disney's 101 Dalmatians," by Cicely Tyson-S Heuertz, T Wilson, 
A Clarke, Boylyssa, M Cassady.  [Three characters deliver 
staggered monologues while Boylyssa, wrapped in aluminum foil, 
occasionally crosses the stage, M in lukewarm pursuit; comedy 
performance]

2. "Lim'ricks," by Al Angel-A Angel, M Thompson, J Erwin, A 
Clarke, J Nebergall.  [A delivers limericks on a variety of 
subjects, physically portrayed by other actors; poetry 
performance]

3. "Worlds of Fun and Regret," by Paul Rust-P Rust.  [P portrays a 
melancholy caricature artist who had dreamed of something better 
and expresses himself through self-portraits; monologue]

4. "Old Man Tears with Genghis and Hopey," by Arlen Lawson-A 
Lawson.  [A, as an old folks' home nurse, tells the story of a 
fistfight between two residents and the relative pain of youth and 
age; monologue]

4.5. "Garden Party," by Ron Wright-R Wright.  [Anwar Sadat, from 
beyond the grave, discusses his attempts at cultivating peace; R 
wonders if wheat might have been a better choice; comedy blackout]

5. "Matt and Doug," by Pookman-J Erwin, P Ookman, M Tabor, J 
Nebergall.  [5 days' time provides for breakfast-table-based 
misunderstandings and miscommunications; comedy sketch]

5.5. "The Preset Blues...Or Are They?" by Seth Brenneman-S 
Brenneman, Boylyssa, M Hansen [S impresses the world with his pre-
programmed keyboard playing, even the inventor of the Suzuki 
method; comedy sketch]

6. "Recess at Shakespeare Elementary School," by Brian Tuttle-B 
Tuttle, P Rust [Sparked by bubble-blowing, two elementary kids 
battle in Shakespearian-style speech; comedy sketch]

7. "How I Learned to Stop Loving and Break UP with Myself," by Tom 
Kovacs-T Kovacs, ??.  [A man has a superpowerful toe that, among 
other things, keeps the Green Party out of office; comedy sketch]

8. "Underwater Sunset," by Mark J. Hansen-M Thompson.  [M's 
character remembers the time she saw a sunset while nearly 
drowning and her subsequent blindness; monologue]

9. "I Love Almost Everybody...Except Sisyphus," by Naked Michael 
Tabor-M Tabor, M Hansen.  [MT, held prisoner by MH, is required to 
pass various tests in order to win his freedom; comedy sketch]

10. "Valentine's Day Is Over, But I Wrote a Thing About It," by 
Jason Nebergall-J Nebergall.  [The Sad Pirate recalls his various 
Valentine's Day woes that have contributed to making him such a 
Sad Pirate indeed; monologue]

10.5. "The Mystery of the Missing Red Diamond.  And the Animal 
Stealed It:  A Poem I wrote When I Was Six," by Alyssa Bowman-C 
Stangl.  [C performs a poem written by Alyssa relating to her late 
grandmother, many animals, a general sense of like, counting, 
monsters, witches, black people, black witches; poetry 
performance]

11. "Sixty Lines," by J Lin Erwin-J Erwin, M Cassady.  [J and M go 
back and forth with semi-sequitors in various intonations; comedy 
dialogue]

12. "Emma, an Apology," by Toni Wilson-T Wilson, M Cassady, A 
Clarke.  [E, attempting to help her friends get writing 
fellowships, musical gigs, and love, wreaks havoc; comedy sketch]

13. "OGRE," by Areli River-AJM River, P Rust, C Stangl, M Cassady, 
J Nebergall, M Tabor, P Ookman.  [AJM and others read a transcript 
of a childhood story AJM told; wrestling mounts in the background; 
comedy performance]

14. "The Day the Fortune Cookies Came True, Part III: Garrett," by 
Aprille Clarke-J Erwin, M Hansen, T Wilson, M Cassady, A Clarke, 
Boylyssa, J Nebergall.  [M is a man who cannot be specific; the 
others in his life taunt him for this fact; comedy sketch]

15. "Thick City, a story and a poem," by Chris Stangl-C Stangl, A 
Clarke.  [A and C tell the story of a potentially violent, 
possibly genius teen writer; C tells a poem of the fantasies 
possible at home and constantly accumulating regret; comedy 
performance]

Time: Sat, 16-Feb-2002 18:51:25 GMT     IP: 24.9.193.130

I need sleep.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1. Cicely Tyson - Disney's 101 Dalmatians

The three monologues were nice, but the Boylissa-tinfoil thing--
though funny--was...odd.  Overall a good, fun sketch. Nice way 
to start the night.

2. Al Angel - Lim'ricks

Ahh, the cuteness persists.  Will this be a semester-long 
thing?  I hope so.

3. Paul Rust - Worlds of Fun and Regret

Serio-Paul, my favorite of the Paul Rust action figures!  
Collect all five!

4. Arlen Lawson - Old Man Tears with Genghis and Hopey

I always love Arlen's monolouges, but this one struck a real 
good chord w/ me.  I worked at a nursing home for three years 
and saw this scene (or an aproximate) more than once.  You kind 
of feel bad about it, but an hour after it happens you ARE 
laughing your ass off.

4.5. Ron Wright - Garden Party

Political humor.  I really do wish I saw more of this.  Drunk 
audience wanted poop and weiner jokes might disagree.

5. Pookman - Matt and Doug

Yay me!  I wrote something besides a monolouge!

6. Brian Tuttle - Recess at Shakespeare Elementary School

This was funny and very well-written, but seemed to last too 
long (just like actual Shakespeare).  

7. Tom Kovacs - How I Learned to Stop Loving and Break UP with 
Myself

This was an awesome idea, but I think there could have been much 
more done with it.  We really do need a superhero whose purpose 
is keeping the Green Party out of power, however, so Kovacs gets 
idealistic style points.

8. Mark J. Hansen - Underwater Sunset

I was sitting in the vicinity of an actual blind person (so was 
Mark), and I couldn't help but look over at the end to see what 
he thought.  He liked it, it seemed.  This speaks well of the 
writing.

9. Naked Michael Tabor - I Love Almost Everybody...Except 
Sisyphus

Tabor sucks.  Sucks, Sucks, Sucks.  He tackled me in mid-air 
super-elbow drop on Stangl.  Yes, Tabor sucks so much he creates 
a vacuum as he walks through campus.  This piece, however, did 
not suck.  This piece was funny.  "......I won."

10. Jason Nebergall - Valentine's Day Is Over, But I Wrote a 
Thing About It

Seeing this Sad Pirate sketch realy makes wish I had been around 
last semester to see the original Sad Pirate sketch.

10.5. Alyssa Bowman - The Mystery of the Missing Red Diamond. 
And the Animal Stealed It: A Poem I wrote When I Was Six

Aww.  And ha-ha.  Haww-haww.

11. J Lin Erwin - Sixty Lines

What most people don't realize is that the name of this piece 
refers to Erwin's passtime activites and not the contents of the 
piece.  With this in mind, that little coke-monkey did good some 
writing in this piece.

12. Toni Wilson - Emma, an Apology

This was funny, but predictable.  Sitcom predictable.  That's 
not bad thing, really, but I prefer to be surprised with pieces.

13. Areli River - OGRE

Wrestling should become a mainstay at NoShame, really.

14. Aprille Clarke - The Day the Fortune Cookies Came True, Part 
III: Garrett

I haven't comented on the first two, but all three have been 
good so far.  I do, however, think this third installment is the 
best.  

15. Chris Stangl - Thick City, a story and a poem

Chris is somewhere shitting his pants with greasy chunky ass-
juice right now b/c of the Pepto.  You go through that just to 
appease ~100 people, and you got my respect.  Hearing Stangl's 
writing delivered by someone other than Chris is always nice, 
too.  You can hear Stangl's voice coming out of someone else's 
mouth.

Time: Sat, 16-Feb-2002 20:11:41 GMT     IP: 128.255.108.129

A couple of quick corrections, just so the story is straight for 
future generations, in the future.
1. Featured Seth Brenneman instead of M. Cassady.
5.5 Featured Paul Rust instead of myself.
6. Featured Mike Cassady as well as Brian Tuttle and Paul Rust

That's it, Davey

Markoooo

Time: Sat, 16-Feb-2002 20:36:14 GMT     IP: 128.255.179.87

One small thing on mine, Michele Thompson was in my piece as 
Emma, not me.

Great show last night. Review from me will be forthcoming.

Time: Sat, 16-Feb-2002 23:45:45 GMT     IP: 128.255.88.154

Yeah, this also reminded me:

I noticed last night that no one calls me by my first name, Andy, 
at NoShame.  Feel free; or even call me Andrew if you want.

The only reason I go by Pookman when I write a piece is because 
That's what I used to write under in my piddly Junior-High Paper, 
then in the HS Paper, then the Local Paper, and then the bigger 
local paper.  They were all columns were I wrote opinions and 
stuff in a humorous manar, and I didn't want people looking me up 
in the phone book and calling me/writing me their pissy replies.  
I just keep writing under that name out of habit.  That, and the 
fact that the name sticks in people's heads.

Okay, thanks.

++The Sad Recluse (Pirate Wannabe)

Time: Sun, 17-Feb-2002 01:03:49 GMT     IP: 128.255.195.97

The DI is a liar.  Paul's wiener didn't even make a cameo.

1. "Disney's 101 Dalmatians," by Cicely Tyson-S Heuertz, T 
Wilson, 
A Clarke, Boylyssa, M Cassady
I thought the random appearances of Boylyssa and Mike were a 
good contrast to the blocking-free monologues.

2. "Lim'ricks," by Al Angel-A Angel, M Thompson, J Erwin, A 
Clarke, J Nebergall
Cute.  It's good to see limericks used for something other than 
body fluid jokes.

3. "Worlds of Fun and Regret," by Paul Rust-P Rust
The whole time, I was waiting to see Paul's portrait, and then 
there it was right before the black out.  I dug seeing the 
monologue build up to an unspoken but painfully bitter punch 
line.

4. "Old Man Tears with Genghis and Hopey," by Arlen Lawson
Not my favorite Arlen piece.  But it's lot a lot of his 
melancholy and humor that we all like so much about his stories.

4.5. "Garden Party," by Ron Wright-R Wright
Short and does what it wants.  An anecdote with one quick laugh 
that doesn't try for anything more.

5. "Matt and Doug," by Pookman
I really liked this piece.  It was good to see Pookman do 
something different from his old stuff (which I didn't typically 
like).  I'd like to see something more out of him in this vein.

5.5. "The Preset Blues...Or Are They?" by Seth Brenneman
Fun.  Simple and fun.

6. "Recess at Shakespeare Elementary School," by Brian Tuttle
It started off good, but went on way too long.  Honestly, if I 
wasn't running the light board I wouldn't have paid any 
attention.  But there were a couple of good lines buried in 
there which could have been gems if they weren't so buried.

7. "How I Learned to Stop Loving and Break UP with Myself," by 
Tom 
Kovacs-T Kovacs, 
Sense No Shame is evidently all about naked flesh, I took off my 
shoe.  Big thanks to my friend Choyon for playing the part of my 
toe.  He did a great job.

8. "Underwater Sunset," by Mark J. Hansen-M Thompson
This was descriptive enough that I could almost picture it.  
Well done.

9. "I Love Almost Everybody...Except Sisyphus," by Naked Michael 
Tabor
Sometimes really absurd pieces are my favorite ones.  There's 
just this innate charm about harmlessly stupid characters coming 
out as the winner.

Time: Sun, 17-Feb-2002 01:04:48 GMT     IP: 128.255.195.97

10. "Valentine's Day Is Over, But I Wrote a Thing About It," by 
Jason Nebergall
I don't think I could ever get tired of The Sad Pirate.

10.5. "The Mystery of the Missing Red Diamond.  And the Animal 
Stealed It:  A Poem I wrote When I Was Six," by Alyssa Bowman
Sad, funny, and sort of sad again, although cute.  I think it 
gained a lot from Stangl's introduction.  I don't think the poem 
would have stood as well on its own.

11. "Sixty Lines," by J Lin Erwin-J Erwin, M Cassady.  
Well written and naturally performed.  However, I think that it 
would gain a lot if both Mike and James memorized their parts.  
It'd be better without a script on the stage.

12. "Emma, an Apology," by Toni Wilson
Sort of like what I said for Mike Tabor's piece.  While Toni's 
character was prone to stupid mistakes, she didn't quite come 
out the winner.  But there was still this innate charm that went 
with her naive innocent lines.  That and Aprille's character was 
so over exagerated that I couldn't stop laughing.

13. "OGRE," by Areli River
I was just wondering how many people were going to get out there 
and wrestle.  And I didn't know what was going to happen when 
Pookman got up on that chair.

14. "The Day the Fortune Cookies Came True, Part III: Garrett," 
by 
Aprille Clarke
I didn't see the first two parts.  This one seemed pretty self-
contained to me.  I don't really know what it would be following 
up, but it could hold on its own.

15. "Thick City, a story and a poem," by Chris Stangl
I was waiting for Chris to puke up Pepto all over the front 
three rows of audience members.  Whenever he takes lots of Pepto 
of Kava-Kava, or anything like that, I end up just wondering if 
he's going to puke or pass out or something.

Time: Sun, 17-Feb-2002 09:36:30 GMT     IP: 24.4.252.100

So I have elected not to review last week's show. Cause I'm 
sleepy. 

I would like to say that Kovacs did the best piece I've seen him 
write yet. And the same goes for Andy [pook]. Yay!

Also, you should not write pieces that are eight minutes long.

Time: Sun, 17-Feb-2002 19:04:08 GMT     IP: 128.255.191.27

Hey, very sorry for the extra long piece.  I thought it would be 
cutting close, but not that much over.  My mistake.  When I 
started realizing it was going too long, for the most part I 
stopped acting just so I could get through it.  I felt bad so it 
wasn't even fun to have that extra time.  So sorry.  I just 
wanted to submit once this year, so you won't be having any more 
problems from me.  Anyway, overall I thought it was a really 
awesome show the other night.  Very entertaining.  The wrestling 
was hilarious.  But again, sorry for going over, didn't mean it.

Thanks
Tuttle

Time: Sun, 17-Feb-2002 21:17:26 GMT     IP: 64.6.86.232

Ê1:04 am monday february 18, 2002 !?!?!?!?!

Time: Sun, 17-Feb-2002 21:39:14 GMT     IP: 24.4.252.100

Nick, how could you miss that big thread about No Shame being in 
the future? We are. It's true.

Herr Tuttle:
Not a chastisement. Just a friendly reminder. I did like many 
parts of the piece, but yes, it did run long. Rule of thumb I've 
heard bandied about a lot: one full page equals two full minutes. 

Time: Mon, 18-Feb-2002 02:47:37 GMT     IP: 128.255.179.87

Review
NO SHAME THEATRE 
15 February 2002

I hope my review doesn't sound over praisey, or overly boring, 
but damn this was another good, even night. Don't know what else 
to say.

 ORDER:
1. "Disney's 101 Dalmatians," by Cicely Tyson-S Heuertz, T 
Wilson, 
A Clarke, Boylyssa, M Cassady

My only regret with doing this piece was not being able to see 
Boylyssa chased by Mike across the stage behind me. Boylyssa 
wrapped in tin foil before the show was hysterical. From what I 
could tell, it was funny.

2. "Lim'ricks," by Al Angel-A Angel, M Thompson, J Erwin, A 
Clarke, J Nebergall

I would have to agree, this was a much more interesting use of 
this form of poetry. I also agree on the hope that this 
continues through the semester. While I liked the semester of 
poop sketches from last semester, I think I will look back on 
the semester of metered rhymed poetry and have much fonder 
memories. Or something.

3. "Worlds of Fun and Regret," by Paul Rust-P Rust.  

I am used to seeing Paul doing crazy hysterical pieces so this 
was a nice change of pace. The only thing was that Paul's 
references to Worlds of Fun brought back painful memories of a 
hideous church trip to the aforementioned place when I was in 
junior high *shudder*. Otherwise, it was pretty good.

 
4. "Old Man Tears with Genghis and Hopey," by Arlen Lawson-A 
Lawson.  

I can't really say much more about Arlen's pieces than what I 
have already said. I liked it. It was good. Yep. 

4.5. "Garden Party," by Ron Wright-R Wright.  

Let me preface this: I was totally sick and practically dying on 
Friday. I am surprised I got up on that stage. That being said, 
this one was lost on me. It didn't take much to make me drift 
off, and somehow I missed most of this piece (I know it wasn't 
very long, but I was sick I tell ya!) and when the punchline 
came along, I just blinked. I read it later and it made sense 
then. Sorry. 

5. "Matt and Doug," by Pookman-J Erwin, P Ookman, M Tabor, J 
Nebergall.  

I do have to say, I liked this better than the other stuff I 
have seen Andy do. I wonder, was this based on real 
conversations that Andy had with his roommates? Some of it seems 
too random and silly for it to not be real. Good job. You should 
do more sketches.

5.5. "The Preset Blues...Or Are They?" by Seth Brenneman-S 
Brenneman, Boylyssa, M Hansen 

Seth always has these quick and funny pieces and tonight was no 
different. I loved how he fumbled with the batteries to try to 
turn it on.

6. "Recess at Shakespeare Elementary School," by Brian Tuttle-B 
Tuttle, P Rust 

I agree with what other people have said so far about this 
piece, but I did really like it. I am taking a Shakespeare class 
this semester, and I did enjoy seeing the style of the Bard 
modernized. Very cute. It seems like he spent a lot of time on 
it. I hope you do write something else this semester because I 
did enjoy this one.

7. "How I Learned to Stop Loving and Break UP with Myself," by 
Tom 
Kovacs-T Kovacs, ??.  

I also agree, this is the best thing I have seen Tom do. It was 
a very fun idea, methinks, and it came off well in the execution.
 
8. "Underwater Sunset," by Mark J. Hansen-M Thompson.  

The attention to detail in the piece was startling. Mark is my 
new hero. All hail Mark.


9. "I Love Almost Everybody...Except Sisyphus," by Naked Michael 
Tabor-M Tabor, M Hansen.  
 
This is definitely the best thing I have seen Michael do and I 
think he and Mark did it well. Mark was so great at the end, 
when he was looking at the cards. I love this sort of bizarre 
stuff. Very nice.

10. "Valentine's Day Is Over, But I Wrote a Thing About It," by 
Jason Nebergall-J Nebergall

I was glad to see the Sad Pirate make a return.

10.5. "The Mystery of the Missing Red Diamond.  And the Animal 
Stealed It:  A Poem I wrote When I Was Six," by Alyssa Bowman-C 
Stangl.  

This was so freaking cute and amusing I laughed forever about 
this.
 
11. "Sixty Lines," by J Lin Erwin-J Erwin, M Cassady. 

James had shown this piece to me before the show, and I was sad 
to see it not go over as well with the crowd. I guess it just 
wasn't this sort of piece's night because it was great.

12. "Emma, an Apology," by Toni Wilson-T Wilson, M Cassady, A 
Clarke.  

I agree on the predictability of the piece. I think that was 
what I was aiming for. Of course, long after the show was over, 
I thought of a much better ending. Oh well. Next time...

13. "OGRE," by Areli River-AJM River, P Rust, C Stangl, M 
Cassady, 
J Nebergall, M Tabor, P Ookman.  

Yeah, wrestling should happen more often. That was the funnest 
ever.
 
14. "The Day the Fortune Cookies Came True, Part III: Garrett," 
by 
Aprille Clarke-J Erwin, M Hansen, T Wilson, M Cassady, A Clarke, 
Boylyssa, J Nebergall.  

I agree, this was the best of the three. I'm not just saying 
that because I was in it. 

15. "Thick City, a story and a poem," by Chris Stangl-C Stangl, 
A 
Clarke.  

It definitely was cool to see Aprille reading in the piece too. 
It added a different dimension to his work. I am surprised 
Stangl didn't barf immediately afterwards. I hope his body is 
okay, wherever it is right now....

Time: Mon, 18-Feb-2002 17:47:48 GMT     IP: 128.255.163.35

Some thoughts:

1.  Pookman:  I don't remember how I got this impression, 
because I can't recall any specific events that led me to it, 
but I remember thinking Andy ("Pookman") was being 
purposely evasive by not using his real name.  This 
annoyed me, because anonymity bugs me in general.  Yes, 
people often use pseudonyms at No Shame, but it's usually 
when there is general knowledge of who the authors really 
are.  

Until Alyssa was like, "Screw you guys!  I can write too!" 
people were using her name when she didn't really write 
the piece, but it was common knowledge who the real 
authors were.  Same thing with Magnetic--when Brad Harris 
started juggling at No Shame, he went by Brad Harris.  
Eventually he became Juggly Brad, then Juggly Steve joined 
him, and now they go by Magnetic.  Because this history 
was widely known (or easily accesible by just asking 
someone), it wasn't so much a ploy for anonymity as just 
goofing around.

Now, it's quite possible that Andy was just goofing around, 
and the background info he provided about the origins of the 
nickname contributes to that conclusion.  But for some 
reason I thought he was being a jerk about it, like Marilyn 
Manson, who was a big pouting whiner when his real name 
became public.  I don't know why I thought that was the case 
with Andy.  I just thought it was an annoying attention-getting 
scheme.  Perhaps I was wrong.  S'coo.

2.  High points from Friday's show, in my opinion.
     a.  As others have mentioned, Kovacs and Andy gave 
career-high performances.  
            i.  I'm a sucker for an Indian accent.  Kovacs's friend 
was good.  Note to Kovacs:  as others have noted, your stuff 
often reads better than than it performs, perhaps because 
your acting style sometimes isn't very compatible with your 
writing style.  The guy playing the toe meshed better with the 
writing.     
           ii.  I'm impressed with Andy's growth and interest in 
experimenting with new forms.  The sketch form was a 
good medium for his wit while getting away from the 
inherent dullness of a monologue (not just his--
monologues are a challenging genre by nature).  Hint to 
everybody:  audiences like you better when you don't 
scream at them.
     b.  Arlen's monologue was tight.  I must say I prefer it 
when he mixes other actors in (last semester's Dead Week 
piece stands out), because it adds a level of visual and 
auditory interest, but the plot, language, rhythm, and length 
meshed just perfectly in this piece.  This was an exception 
to my general dislike of the one-person-on-stage-reading-a-
monolgue setup.  Good job showing how it can and should 
be done.
     c.  Alyssa's poem, delivered with such sincerity.  The line 
"I see [I forgot exact number] black people" is a keeper, both 
in and out of context.
     d.  Seeing Chris's piece on paper.  It showed me his 
attention to detail; what he makes look natural and easy 
every week is actually sumptuously (yes, i know what it 
means and that's what i meant) planned.

3.  Sorry for the errors in the order.  I guess my really smart 
brain was living in my vagina that night.

Time: Mon, 18-Feb-2002 23:09:10 GMT     IP: 128.255.107.165

Reverend Nicholas Robert Clark, you should be sorry!!! Even if the 
subject heading didn't really relate to the posted message. You 
were missed. 

Sing me to sleep...
Markussey

Time: Tue, 19-Feb-2002 04:02:49 GMT     IP: 128.255.173.71

I think overall this was the best single night of No Shame that 
I have seen in my short career as a student at UI.  I enjoyed 
every piece, but I don't really have detailed comments for all 
of them,

In no particular order I'll mention my very favorites.

-The Sad Pirate rocks because everyone likes pirates, but I 
don't think he should make too many appearances.  The Sad 
Pirate's rarity makes him extra special.
-I liked the nonsense limericks because they made good jokes 
without making references to fecal matter.
-Pookman's breakfast conversations were clever and well 
written.  I haven't seen many of Pookman's material though, so I 
can't make any real comparisons.
-The immortal toe is such an unbelievably awesome idea!  The toe 
having an Indian accent gave a nice contrast.
-The Shakespearian thing rocked.  I am sure that a lot of time 
went into it in more ways than one because it was rather long, 
but Shakespeare is supposed to be long, so I actually enjoyed 
every minute of it.

I actually feel like writing pieces again although they will be 
far different than my previous pieces.  Aprille is correct about 
the audience not really enjoying people yelling at them.  That's 
just self deprecating humor.

Time: Wed, 20-Feb-2002 02:16:36 GMT     IP: 64.6.85.172

I am sorry I misssed friday's show!  Ouch!  I fell asleep at 
7:30 PM!  Ouch!  After telling many people I would definitely 
be there!  Ouch!  After having a conversation with Steve 
Huertz about what a coupla whiners my parents are to say 
that they can't come to No Shame cause they can't stay up 
that late.  Ouch!  And now I finally discern the truth behind the 
whole future discussion.  Pachow!  Pikachu!  Pikachu Street!  
Street Hockey!  Hockey Loogie!  Loogie here!  Here Dresser!  
Dresser Up!  Up Chuck!  Chuck Wagon!  Wagon Tails!  Tails 
Pin!  Pin Point!  Point Settia!  Settia Record!  Record Innate!  
Innate Knowledge!  Knowledge Tusteep!  Tusteep 
Fiveminutes!  FIveminutes Threepallbearersshort! 
Threepallbearersshort Skirts! (RuPaul bears short skirts.)  

Today at work one of the dads flipped out because his three 
year old son was trying on a dress from the dress-up stuff.  It 
made me grumpy.  If you are or ever plan on being a parent, 
don't freak when your three year old son wears a dress-up 
dress.  That's really tacky.

Time: Wed, 20-Feb-2002 19:06:04 GMT     IP: 128.255.202.75

The No Shame board decided to write a letter to the Daily Iowan 
editor, addressing the article about No Shame in last 
week's "80 Hours." I'm assuming that putting this letter on the 
board isn't an improper move since ultimately, it will be 
printed in a newspaper for many others to read. No Shame web-
boarders just get to see it early.


The Daily Iowan's recent article on No Shame Theatre 
("Shamelessly Mindbending or Mindbendingly Shameless?" by 
Carlos Ortega-Amparan, "80 Hours," Thursday, February 14th) was 
a misrepresentation of the forum. 

Contrary to what the article suggested, No Shame Theatre does 
not solely consist of cheap stunts and shock tactics.  It 
features many sophisticated pieces, which present major ideas, 
provoke thought, and express personal viewpoints. Most 
importantly, it features writers and performers' artistic and 
creative work. 

Despite a 40-minute interview, in which No Shame Theatre board 
member Paul Rust shared and reinforced this perspective, the 
article's writer only included one single quote. In addition, 
this quote not only lost its ironic context in print, but also 
misreported how an event truly occurred. Furthermore, it was 
the only quote featured in the entire article. Other viewpoints 
went completely ignored. 

Although it is indeed true that No Shame features risque 
pieces, the article failed to mention their artistic 
intentions.  In fact, at one point, such a way of thinking was 
undermined with a joke about male genitalia ("the pieces are 
interpretive extensions (no pun intended)") 

No Shame Theatre is an open forum for members of the community 
to express their artistic visions.  To reduce it to venue for 
nudity (an infrequent occurrence) and cheap gags is to insult 
all the people who work hard every week to produce a high-
quality show.  These writers, actors, performers, and audience 
members (from the university as well as the larger community) 
deserve a more accurate representation.  Come to the Theatre 
Building at 11 o'clock every Friday night and see for yourself.

-No Shame Theatre Executive Board

Time: Wed, 20-Feb-2002 21:16:17 GMT     IP: 128.255.88.154

Yeah;

I guess I should've said something earlier, but I had already 
sent in a letter (it said pretty much the same thing).  
Considering one written by the board would have more impact, I 
wrote in retracting my original offer.

You go, Board.

++Pooks

Time: Thu, 21-Feb-2002 15:08:35 GMT     IP: 128.255.163.35

Matthew Cover hates us.  I am so, so sad.

He liked No Shame until he read the DI article.  Then he 
decided he hated it.  He's right.  No Shame makes you pee 
on people.  That's not art!  It's pee!  Pee is made of pee, not 
art!

Love, 

Aprille

Time: Fri, 22-Feb-2002 02:18:10 GMT     IP: 64.6.85.228

Another letter to the DI editor; board members, if you feel 
grumpy that I sent this in addition to your letter and without 
consulting you, please drop me an email, and I apologize in 
advance.  The letter made me really angry at Carlos, though, 
and I reacted sorta quickly.

 Matthew Cover's recent letter ("Shame on you, No Shame 
Theatre!") is a clear indication of the irresponsible 
exploitation of No Shame Theatre's more outrageous history 
in Carlos Ortega-Amparan's article ("Shamelessly 
Mindbending...or Mindbendingly Shameless?")  The 
information which Cover cites as "what some of the more 
recent skits involved" is in fact from a piece which was 
performed on November 17th, 2000.  That Ortega-Amparan 
made it seem as though this happened recently, and 
devoted much of the article to descriptions of the most clearly 
shocking events in No Shame performance makes one 
almost anticipate reactions like Cover's.
    To Cover, however, I would say that, not having seen the 
piece, he is in no position to declare that it was not art.  This 
statement is of the same ilk as those of the lawmakers who 
object to the work of such artists as Robert Maplethorpe or 
Andres Serrano based not on any personal encounter
with the work, but on sensational heresay.  And as for the 
assertion that the aforementioned performance was 
unsanitary, I fail to see how watching a performer pee his 
pants is any more unsanitary than visiting a public restroom.  
And the average No Shame audience member does the 
latter several times a week, the former perhaps once a 
decade.
    Mister Cover, and all other people who may have been 
disgusted by Ortega-Amparan's portrayal, I encourage you to 
visit No Shame Theatre.  Do not base your opinion of the 
forum on one poorly written article.  And Mister 
Ortega-Amparan, as someone who appreciates the 
community resource provided by NST, I humbly request an 
apology for your unclear article.

SIncerely,
Nick Clark

Time: Fri, 22-Feb-2002 02:46:34 GMT     IP: 64.6.85.228

Five men is actually only one pall bearer short.  Sorry for any 
incovenience this caused.

Time: Fri, 22-Feb-2002 18:07:20 GMT     IP: 64.106.90.64

i am sorry to hear about matthew cover's ailments, but i bet HE 
pees EVERY DAY. that hypocrite.

as for no shame theatre not being good...if i may quote Karl Marx,
"no shame theatre is the opiate of the masses."  i think that 
sums it up quite nicely.

Time: Sat, 23-Feb-2002 09:18:39 GMT     IP: 64.6.85.28

Tonights show was really really good, however I have been 
struggling to understand the "retard" piece.  It made me 
uncomfortable.  Was that the goal?  Was I supposed to be 
offended?  I can't figure it out.  Any thoughts? 

Time: Sat, 23-Feb-2002 09:37:01 GMT     IP: 128.255.202.75

In my interpretation, "Sometimes I Cry" by Jesse Blaine was 
about a retarded man who attends No Shame and writes a piece 
based on what he sees as well-accepted and well-liked (in hopes 
of being accepted and liked by the audience). In this case, the 
retarded man chose Jason Nebergall's popular "Sad Pirate" piece. 

I myself didn't see this piece as offensive (to the handicapped, 
Nebergall, etc.)  It was just a sad, disturbing, moving piece. 
It was my favorite of the night.   I hope Blaine returns.

Time: Sat, 23-Feb-2002 09:38:21 GMT     IP: 128.255.202.75

NO SHAME THEATRE 2-22-2002
"Unfunny, unartistic, unsanitary, and that's just Paul Rust's 
weiner"

1. "A frog, half a curtain rod, and a fat little cat did 
things," by Creamy, Licorice, and Orange Gel - J Erwin [cat 
writes piece, Cosby Show poops in designated spot; monologue]

2. "A Flute for Kelli," by Al Angel - A Angel, J River, M 
Thompson, T Wilson, J Erwin, P Rust, J Nebergall [girl disliked 
for her fluting skills finds friend and fellow musician in 
drummer boy; poetry performanc]    

2.5. "Waiting for a Bus," by Michele Thompson - M Thompson, S. 
Brenneman, B McKenna, C Pagan [bus passenger must choose 
between tickling stick or the plague; comedy blackout]

3. "Chess Masters," by Aaron Galbraith and James Horak - A 
Galbraith, J Horak [two chess players compete... through 
trickery!; silent comedy sketch]

4. "Lucky Charms: A Serial," by Sir Walter Raleigh - S Heuertz 
[scientists run virus tests on dead bodies, which are gathered 
questionably; monologue]

5. "My Vagina Monologue," by Anthony Weaver - A. Weaver [nine-
time abortion survivor, tells his heroic tale; comedic 
monologue]

5.5. "Garden Party" Pt II, by Ron Wright - R. Wright, M. Hansen 
[Anwar Sadat explains weeding in heaven; comedy blackout]

6. "Dan," by Pookman - A Juhl (P Ookman), M Hart, M Tambor, J 
Nebergall, T Wilson, P Rust, C Stangl [vampire hunters confront 
female vampire and Count Dracula; comedy dedication sketch]

7. "Pineapple Rock, Lemon Platt, Butter Scotch," by 
Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong - M Tambor, T Wilson, M Hansen 
[Tambor and Wilson attempt to trick death at their front door; 
comedy sketch]

8. "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Dauber," by Paul Rust - P 
Rust, A Galbraith [Rust finds hand-holding solace in own 
reflection; comedy sketch]

9. "White Meat Like Pork or Breast Chicken," by Mark J Hansen - 
J River, T Wilson, S Heuertz, S Brenneman, A Galbraith [Chinese 
bank offers various non-sequitor services; comedy sketch]

10. "Run," by King Toad - J River, A Lawson, C Stangl [River 
performs with voice and rhythmic swatter; musical performance]

11. "High-Class Comedy for Being Laughed At," by Jason 
Nebergall - J Nebergall [Nebergall reviews numerous literary 
classics in NS webboard format; comedic monologue]

12. "Dust Bunny - for Arlen Lawson," by Nick Clark - A Lawson 
[narrator and friend Snake trip on LSD in chilly weather; 
monologue]

13. "Sometimes I Cry," by Jesse Blaine - J Blaine [retarded 
man's interpretation of Nebergall's "Sad Pirate" piece; 
monologue]

14. "My Butt is Pretty" a sweet poem, by the best Nina - C 
Stangl, J River [company's collection of butts and poop; 
comedic performance]

15. "The Lady Grew So Fast," by Chris Stangl - C Stangl [man's 
recollection of entering meanest-girl-in-town Courtney's vagina 
after she grew 200 feet; monologue]

Time: Sat, 23-Feb-2002 19:17:36 GMT     IP: 128.255.153.89

Papa was a rolling stone.

If I didn't say anything about a piece, it's b/c I had nothing to 
say.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1. "A frog, half a curtain rod, and a fat little cat did 
things," by Creamy, Licorice, and Orange 

This was almost too far out there.  The only thing that saved it 
was at the end when Erwin said "This is how a cat writes."  But 
by then, it was too late to go back and think about what was 
said.  Catch 22-you couldn't say it at the beginning, or it would 
probably ruin the piece.

2.5. "Waiting for a Bus," by Michele Thompson

Short, sweet, pretty funny.  I would have preferred more of a set-
up, though.  If you only have a really simple joke like that, and 
you don't give the audience time to look around and see what's 
happening, then they're apt to miss it.  I think some did.

3. "Chess Masters," by Aaron Galbraith and James Horak

The "So?" joke was my favorite of the night.  Go Horak, go Horak.

4. "Lucky Charms: A Serial," by S Heuertz 

Ahh.  I liked this.  It was kinda familiar b/c that story has 
been done in several movies and short stories before, but there's 
a reason it's been told so many times in so many ways.  This 
strikes me as a particularily good piece to be transferred to 
film.

5. "My Vagina Monologue," by Anthony Weaver

This piece was ruined for me b/c Weaver was behind me and made 
the glib comment "I'm better than that guy!" before he went up.  
Also, I saw in this piece some of what I think the regulars saw 
in my stand-ups last year, and I finally get why the regulars 
didn't like me.

5.5. "Garden Party" Pt II, by Ron Wright

The first one was funnier.  This joke is somewhat of a one-trick 
pony.  I think the two jokes would do better stringed together 
rather than separated by a week, but that's just me.

6. "Dan," by Pookman

I really wanted this skit to do better.  I think it read better 
than it was performed b/c there wasn't a chance to get everyone 
together and block it out.  My characters were in deep limbo too 
much.  It had some good parts, however, and I think Dan woulda 
liked it.  Thanks to everyone who was in it--except for Tabor, he 
sucks.

7. "Pineapple Rock, Lemon Platt, Butter Scotch," by 
Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong

Whenever I see Tabor's pieces, I think always think that they 
read better than they play-out on stage.  They'd do good as one-
shot comic strips, though.

9. "White Meat Like Pork or Breast Chicken," by Mark J Hansen

There were a lot of good puns and jokes in here that I missed, or 
was reflecting on so that made me miss other ones.  I like that, 
I really do.

11. "High-Class Comedy for Being Laughed At," by Jason 
Nebergall

Joke was little too inclusionary (i don't care if it's not a 
word).  Some of the jokes were priceless for regulars, but were 
all-and-out humorless to the audience.  The audience should be 
the target, though.  

12. "Dust Bunny - for Arlen Lawson," by Nick Clark

This had such an Alren feel to it that I really did think it was 
written by Arlen.  Maybe it's just Alren's monotone delivery that 
made it seem so.  The world may never know.

13. "Sometimes I Cry," by Jesse Blaine

Hrm.  I can't but think that the message of this piece was lost 
on most everyone who saw it.  Including me.

15. "The Lady Grew So Fast," by Chris Stangl

Maybe it's just me, but this night seemed lackluster for the most 
part; it's as if everyone was just tired or bored or not into it 
(audience included).  It's nights like those where I'm really 
good we have Stangl as our interminable closer.  It ends the show 
on a good note for everyone.

Time: Sat, 23-Feb-2002 20:10:27 GMT     IP: 128.255.174.15

7. "Pineapple Rock, Lemon Platt, Butter Scotch," by 
Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong

Whenever I see Tabor's pieces, I think always think that they 
read better than they play-out on stage.  They'd do good as one-
shot comic strips, though.

Actually I co-wrote this with Toni Wilson, so it's only half my 
piece.

Time: Sat, 23-Feb-2002 21:27:14 GMT     IP: 128.255.153.89

Well, Micheal, Toni's cool, but you still suck.

This review was not meant to be insulting.  I think much of 
Tabor's (/Wilson's when co-wrote) stuff is pretty damned funny, 
but that doesn't detract from the fact that it never seems to go 
well on stage.

Time: Sat, 23-Feb-2002 21:32:32 GMT     IP: 128.255.174.15

I understand the review is not meant to be insulting. I was just 
giving credit where credit is due.

What's the deal with saying I suck? Are you still mad from the 
time I TACKLED YOU! OH! I TOOK YOU OUT!

Time: Sat, 23-Feb-2002 22:01:40 GMT     IP: 128.255.153.89

~yes~

Time: Sun, 24-Feb-2002 20:47:48 GMT     IP: 128.255.173.71

NO SHAME THEATRE 2-22-2002
"Unfunny, unartistic, unsanitary, and that's just Paul Rust's 
weiner"

1. "A frog, half a curtain rod, and a fat little cat did 
things," by Creamy, Licorice, and Orange Gel - J Erwin [cat 
writes piece, Cosby Show poops in designated spot; monologue]

I thought that the That-Didn't-Make-Any-Sense-innator was going 
to show up and get him.  The cat joke at the end was good, but 
it lost much of it's impact of humor because I wasted enormous 
mental energy trying to understand the piece. 

2. "A Flute for Kelli," by Al Angel - A Angel, J River, M 
Thompson, T Wilson, J Erwin, P Rust, J Nebergall [girl disliked 
for her fluting skills finds friend and fellow musician in 
drummer boy; poetry performanc]    

I thought it was clever and charming.  I like the light hearted 
poems which have been showing up frequently at No Shame.

2.5. "Waiting for a Bus," by Michele Thompson - M Thompson, S. 
Brenneman, B McKenna, C Pagan [bus passenger must choose 
between tickling stick or the plague; comedy blackout]

Wonderful .5 sketch, short and to the punchline quickly.

3. "Chess Masters," by Aaron Galbraith and James Horak - A 
Galbraith, J Horak [two chess players compete... through 
trickery!; silent comedy sketch]

Silent comedy sketches are always a refreshing change.  The 
theme of playing chess from across the room was very clever.

4. "Lucky Charms: A Serial," by Sir Walter Raleigh - S Heuertz 
[scientists run virus tests on dead bodies, which are gathered 
questionably; monologue]

I didn't like this piece at all.  Serious pieces at No Shame are 
often pretty good, but this was too gruesome for my tastes.  
Also I'm still just a TINY bit biased again Steve's pieces.

5. "My Vagina Monologue," by Anthony Weaver - A. Weaver [nine-
time abortion survivor, tells his heroic tale; comedic 
monologue]

Pretty good, I never would have thought of an abortion survivor 
story.  It was well written to keep the audiences 
attention.  "Not once, not twice, but nine times" was probably 
my favorite line from the whole show.

5.5. "Garden Party" Pt II, by Ron Wright - R. Wright, M. Hansen 
[Anwar Sadat explains weeding in heaven; comedy blackout]

I didn't understand it the first time, and I don't understand it 
now.  That's probably because I'm dense and not because the 
piece was bad.

6. "Dan," by Pookman - A Juhl (P Ookman), M Hart, M Tambor, J 
Nebergall, T Wilson, P Rust, C Stangl [vampire hunters confront 
female vampire and Count Dracula; comedy dedication sketch]

This piece was awesome and full of clever puns.  The use of a 
large cast was nice too.

7. "Pineapple Rock, Lemon Platt, Butter Scotch," by 
Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong - M Tambor, T Wilson, M Hansen 
[Tambor and Wilson attempt to trick death at their front door; 
comedy sketch]

It had good nonsense humor.  I liked the cartoonish chase scene.

8. "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Dauber," by Paul Rust - P 
Rust, A Galbraith [Rust finds hand-holding solace in own 
reflection; comedy sketch]

I didn't see the end coming which was good.  A Galbraith did a 
good job playing Mike Cassedy.  He seemed to talk and act like 
him.

9. "White Meat Like Pork or Breast Chicken," by Mark J Hansen - 
J River, T Wilson, S Heuertz, S Brenneman, A Galbraith [Chinese 
bank offers various non-sequitor services; comedy sketch]

I didn't understand it, but I thought it was funny anyway.

10. "Run," by King Toad - J River, A Lawson, C Stangl [River 
performs with voice and rhythmic swatter; musical performance]

Good.  I have no details to add as my only two adjectives for 
describing music are good and bad.

11. "High-Class Comedy for Being Laughed At," by Jason 
Nebergall - J Nebergall [Nebergall reviews numerous literary 
classics in NS webboard format; comedic monologue]

I thought it was good, but Jason pieces are usually great.  He 
set the bar for his own performances pretty high.  Jason often 
gets the most enthusiastic applause when he name his mentioned.

12. "Dust Bunny - for Arlen Lawson," by Nick Clark - A Lawson 
[narrator and friend Snake trip on LSD in chilly weather; 
monologue]

It did indeed sound like Arlen wrote it, but it could be just 
his reading style.  Arlen can often make something funny that 
wouldn't be funny if anyone else read it.  Maybe I should have 
him read my stories........

13. "Sometimes I Cry," by Jesse Blaine - J Blaine [retarded 
man's interpretation of Nebergall's "Sad Pirate" piece; 
monologue]

I didn't get it then, but I understand it now and I like it.  A 
retarded man's attempt at being popular through imulating the 
Sad Pirate.  I'm just curious about one thing though.  Were the 
people in the audience yelling "RETARD!" part of the sketch or 
not?

14. "My Butt is Pretty" a sweet poem, by the best Nina - C 
Stangl, J River [company's collection of butts and poop; 
comedic performance]

I feel like a dumb ass.  I don't even remember what this was 
about.  I remember both Chris and Jamal up there and I remember 
they did okay, but I zoned out what they actually did.

15. "The Lady Grew So Fast," by Chris Stangl - C Stangl [man's 
recollection of entering meanest-girl-in-town Courtney's vagina 
after she grew 200 feet; monologue]

Pretty good although I don't think this was much different 
quality wise from most of pieces Chris does, Stangl's pieces are 
a nice way to end No Shame.  It gives the shows some 
uniformities and takes the pressure off other writers.  I'm 
usually have a sore buttocks and a full bladder by the end of 
the night.  I'm also sleepyish by that point.  I'm guessing I'm 
not the only one like that.  Chris' pieces are nice because they 
are energizing enough to let us leave No Shame in good spirits.

Time: Sun, 24-Feb-2002 20:59:43 GMT     IP: 128.255.189.93


In regards to Jesse Blaine's performance, I was the one booing, 
and he told me to. Same for the others. He wanted to make the 
audience slightly uncomfortable, so he had us, several friends 
and acquaintances, yell things. I believe he was hoping for it to 
be slightly more alienating than it ended up, but it was still 
effective on those around us. Also, Paul was right in his 
interpretation, judging by how Jesse explained it to myself and 
others. I think the dichotomy between acceptance and how the 
attempt to be accepted led to greater isolation and confusion was 
the real crux of the piece. I personally wasn't a huge fan of his 
piece, but to each their own. He did very well in his 
performance, and it deserves to be understood. 

Time: Sun, 24-Feb-2002 21:36:30 GMT     IP: 64.6.85.20

Ah, I WAS supposed to feel uncomfortable. It worked.

Time: Mon, 25-Feb-2002 01:56:14 GMT     IP: 128.255.108.129

Would somebody please explain to me what in the hell 
happened to Dan Fairchild?  Dan?  Are you reading this?  
Get your ass back to No Shame.

Time: Mon, 25-Feb-2002 19:33:14 GMT     IP: 128.255.187.193

     I was just wondering why aprille wasn't there last week.  
she was missed...

Time: Tue, 26-Feb-2002 03:20:42 GMT     IP: 64.6.83.179

Indeed.  I was considering turning my sights on Aprille as the 
next victim of my homage / mangling, and was hoping to 
have some good material to keep her style fresh in my mind.  
Alas.

Time: Tue, 26-Feb-2002 21:26:54 GMT     IP: 128.255.163.35

It was my mother's birthday, so I spent last Friday night 
celebrating with her and the rest of my family.

When I read the subject line, I braced myself for something 
like "I sure hope Aprille never comes back.  She wasn't there 
last week, and it was the best show ever!  Also, she has 
underarm odor."

But I was so heartwormed (pill-form) to read the message 
that I have sworn off family togetherness forever!  Never 
again!

Time: Wed, 27-Feb-2002 18:44:51 GMT     IP: 128.255.202.75

just in case you didn't notice (i.e. you bookmark this message 
board and go straight to it, you overlooked the homepage, 
insert third option that's silly and therefore comical, etc.), 
there's a new message board starting. 
it's on www.noshame.org/iowacity, to the right of the 
old "board room" logo and it says, "or test drive the new 
message board." it's fairly obvious. i don't know why i'm 
giving such specific details. 
anyway, it sounds like THIS message board will soon be 
evaporating, so it'd prolly be good to check the new one out if 
you still want your daily dose of orders, reviews, and the 
whatnot ha-ha's.

Time: Fri, 01-Mar-2002 01:31:29 GMT     IP: 128.255.110.183

I am posting this up here so you all will see it!

:14. "My Butt is Pretty" a sweet poem, by the best Nina

"Nina," as P. Rust writes it, should be read as "Mina."  That 
is: Maria Hill, 10 years old, Plaen View Dr., Iowa City A fake 
address!)

Also...
"Abortion Survivor..."
Not "fantastically orginal" as claimed by a few people.  I have 
seen this idea appear in one (1) previous No Shame Sketch as 
well as one (1) national comedic sketch show OR nationally 
televised comedic mololgue-type performance.
I am not trying to spank this fella for stealing material (I 
have seen the same N.S. sketches recycled over -&- over without 
the performers even being aware of it), what I am trying to do 
is ask y'all for some help in trying to figure out where I have 
seen/heard/tasted this sketch before.  Because it hurts my brain 
not to remember (one of THOSE things, you know)!  Thank you.

Also...
New message board sucka sucka!!!!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
I hate-a that board, I do!!!!!!!

Luv,
You,
Me,
Baby make Three,
--Al.