Time: Fri, 01-Mar-2002 13:28:22 GMT     IP: 128.255.179.87

I agree with Al about "The Abortion Survivor" piece. I think I 
have seen this one before and unfortunately I am no help in who 
performed something similar. Sorry. I did want to say, however, 
that the piece was well written, although I thought the deliver 
style lacked something. What that something is I couldn't tell ya.

Also, "My Butt is Pretty" was so awesome. I think me and Al were 
the only ones laughing out loud at this piece. I think the 
audience couldn't figure out what to make of us. At any rate, I 
still think Maria Hill should be made our queen, even if she is 
only ten years old. Someone either needs to get her to No Shame, 
or videotape her pieces so she can see them...

Off to go do stuff with a serious lack of sleep....

Toni

Time: Fri, 01-Mar-2002 13:32:33 GMT     IP: 128.255.179.87

Paul's interpretation is what I also considered as an idea of 
what this piece was about. I think that maybe he was trying to 
the audience uncomfortable, and I think he succeeded, but the 
thing I didn't get was the whole point of the piece. I mean, 
there have been other emulation pieces in No Shame before, and I 
guess those pieces don't have a point necessarily. I don't know. 
Something besides the obvious made me very uncomfortable about 
this piece and I am not certain what it was exactly. Maybe I need 
more sleep. Or more coffee. I haven't figured out which.

Time: Sat, 02-Mar-2002 08:41:03 GMT     IP: 63.95.18.249

No Shame Theatre
3/1/2002

1. Lucky Charms:  A Serial Pt. 2:  Dennis Hopper Movies," by 
Myself, Michael Eisner-S Heuertz.  [S tells a tale about a virus's 
effects on reproductive abilities and the horror that ensues; 
monologue]

2. "Whale Tale," by Al Angel-A Angel, AJM River.  [A reads a poem 
about a whaling whale who misses his folk, AJM physically depicts; 
poetry performance]

3. "Safe Passage," by Christopher Okiishi-C Okiishi.  [C's sinus 
secretions and a trip to Japan with his brother gives rise to 
thoughts about honesty and consideration for others; monologue]

4. "Lou Diamond Philips Plays the Skin Flute," by Bret Libigs-B 
Libigs, M Tabor.  [Attending a haunted house, B meets and makes 
out with Lou Diamond Philips, and M makes small talk; comedy 
sketch]

5. "The Hardest Lesson," by Pookman-A Juhl, T Wilson.  [A 
professes his love for T and seeks validation of the possibility 
of its fruition; T denies him; dramatic sketch]

6. "Empty," by Paul Rust-P Rust.  [P plays acoustic guitar and 
sings a song with many prepositions and images depicting the 
descent of emotions; musical performance]

7. "The Boiled-Egg Vampire, Please!" by Arlen Lawson-A Lawson [A's 
character evaluates his role and friendship with Bobby the dog 
abuser and his brother's desire to learn about local vampires; 
monologue]

8. "Ask your doctor about Zolax today! (because Mike Rocks!)" by 
Erin King-E King, A Clarke, C Okiishi, S Heuertz, P Rust.  
[Characters promote the drug Zolax, the sure-fire cure for life; 
comedy performance]

9. "The Argyle Tremens," by Nick Clark-A Burton.  [A man played by 
A composes a letter to his girlfriend, Brandy; monologue]

10. "Garden Party III" by Ron Wright-R Wright, A Galbraith [A and 
R (as former President Anwar Sadat) extend the metaphor of 
gardening to world politics; seriocomedy sketch]

10.5. "This is a Comedy Piece, So You Will Ideally Laugh," by 
Jason Nebergall-J Nebergall, M Tabor, A Lawson.  [A is a talking 
dog who will take no more of J's bad treatment; however, dog's 
lack of voting rights thwarts it; comedy sketch]

11. "I Love Almost Everybody...Except Roy Orbitson OR Michael's Done 
it Again: Death Count: 38," by Naked Michael Tabor-M Tabor, T 
Wilson, A Clarke, P Rust, A Angel, A Galbraith, J Nebergall.  
[Excerpts from a website devoted to Roy Orbison-just how blind is 
he?; comedy sketch]

12. "Electromagnetic Intergalactic Frog Sauce," by Jeff Kite-J 
Kite [Accompanied by a drum machine, J tells a tale of 
interplanetary adventure; monologue]

13. "Revelations at Malone's," by Jamie Margolin (Margobin?)-J 
Margol(b)in, ??.  [Two seemingly macho bouncers fantasize about 
the other's sexiness; baby oil and buttcracks emerge; comedy 
sketch]

14. "The Day the Fortune Cookies Came True Pt. IV: Cherise," by 
Aprille Clarke-A Clarke, P Rust, N Clark, A Galbraith, others 
[Everyone is glad little Tad is dead, so much that they could sing 
about it; musical comedy sketch]

15. "Shock Theater!" by Chris Stangl-C Stangl.  [While waiting for 
a Greyhound bus on Thanksgiving, C meets and avoids people who 
seek their family; his sister seeks him; monologue] 

Time: Sat, 02-Mar-2002 18:28:32 GMT     IP: 64.6.70.113

abortion sketch mike cassady remembers the most:

Friday, October 15, 1999 - [Theatre B]

10) Neil "Balls" Campbell - The Fetal Follies

but that sure was a long fucking time ago.


What Would I Do?  I'd stop using my name to sell bracelets, tee-
shirts and lunchboxes...and start doing yardlong lines of 
cocaine off of a naked hookers back.

but thats just me.

-jc

Time: Wed, 06-Mar-2002 00:15:28 GMT     IP: 128.255.106.103

I do not want this board to go away.  Not because it is so 
great, but because the other is so not.  It is:
Ugly.
and
Irritatingly sorted by thread instead of date.
and
According to James, it could be sold to an outside party without 
the consent/knowledge of its operators/users.
also
You are required to give information that I, for one, would 
rather not.  I cannot think of a single reason not to 
immediately distrust anything/anyone I don't know that asks me 
for financial information.

Why is this old board so bad?  It is not.
Occasionally, someone posts twice.  A minor, minor problem at 
most.
Sometimes, someone has a problem when posting and loses some 
information.  There are easy ways to avoid this.  
Rarely, there are some issues with people posting anonymously.  
This is rude, maybe.  Rude, maybe annoying: not a catastrophe.  
People are going to be rude on any web board.  I promise (*see 
below).
A long time ago, people posted as other people.  The bulk of 
these posts were ridiculously silly to the point where almost no 
one would mistake the poster for the person.  Also, the people 
being impersonated were all regular users of the board, and had 
(and made use of) the oppourtunity to set things straight.  Now, 
really.  This whole identity crisis we had (what?  a year ago?) 
was NOT as big a deal as SOOO many people made it out to be, and 
it really hasn't been repeated.  So what's the problem?  Only 
the new board, that's all.

*I am not going to give out any personal information just to use 
the new board.  If I must use it, I will assume another identity 
while lying my ass off.  That sounds like a threat, but it 
isn't.  It would be the only thing I'd feel comfortable doing.  
Isn't that the sort of thing this new board is supposed to 
discourage?  So doesn't that defeat the purpose?  So what are we 
doing?

Nobody read this, I'm sure.  You're all over on that OTHER 
board, throwing out your info to some company that's going to 
turn around and sell it to someone.

I love you all!

Come back!

Al!

Time: Wed, 06-Mar-2002 04:49:43 GMT     IP: 64.6.83.15

I lookie. I seeie.  I agreeie.  Though I am registered on the 
other board.  I either lied about my annual household income 
or found a way to leave it blank.  I don't recall.  But yeah, 
having something ask my my marital status and income just 
so I can gab about No Shame is big messy boogers.  This 
board may lose your message if you forget to put in your 
name and email.  THat one will lose your message if you try 
to spellcheck.  This one cuts long messages off.  THat one is 
seriously difficult to navigate.  This one tells you it's 12 hours 
later than it really is.  That one's selling your personal 
information.  This one has ads, that one has cookies.  This 
one is more familiar, that one is more feature heavy (silly 
crud like having a picture of your face.  WhY?).  In quantifying, 
this one wins by a Veeery narrow margin.  Potentially giving 
out personal information is icky.  It goes very much counter to 
the underlying spirit of NS, which is a forum available to 
anyone with no ulterior motive other than to be a forum 
available to anyone...

Time: Thu, 07-Mar-2002 22:28:11 GMT     IP: 12.217.238.85


I know that each one of you needs to live somewhere.  And 
several of you probably don't know where that somewhere 
will be come August 1.  If you have $312.50 and you don't 
smell too bad, that place could possibly be at 1027 E. 
College St. with me, Ben High, two nice kitties, and this neat 
vegan engineering girl named Michelle Siebke.  We're 
applying to rent the place now, but we need another 
roommate in case they decide to let us live there.  It is really 
pretty!  It is a house with a 2-car garage, free laundry in the 
basement, big kitchen, living, and dining rooms, central air, 
and hardwood floors.  It is super nice and I know you want to 
live there.  So if you weren't stupid enough to sign a lease 
for fall already, make me an e-mail at smerideth@gmx.net.  
Strangers and patchouli-stinkers need not apply.

Love,
Merideth Nepstad

P.S. We have a juice maker, which Chris, Jamal, Alyssa, 
and our neighbors will tell you is mega fun.

Time: Fri, 08-Mar-2002 08:17:40 GMT     IP: 172.159.235.101

I don't want y'all to get the idea that the old boards are being 
replaced just because of a few double posts, so I guess I'll 
take this opportunity to lay out some of the reasons why this 
message board will (most likely) be phased out shortly.

First of all, I know when we started the beseen boards, many 
people complained that they weren't as good as ISCA, but 
ultimately everybody started using these boards and ISCA 
went fallow, so I guess they weren't so bad after all.  Just 
new.  

That is almost certainly a huge part of what is happening 
now.  The familiar is good, the unfamiliar is bad.  Once you 
are familiar with the new boards, I'm pretty sure everyone is 
going to have a vastly changed opinion of them.

From a strictly objective standpoint, there can be no question 
but that the ezboards are far superior to the beseen boards.  
They are a lot more versatile, have a lot of features (which 
though trivial are already getting a lot of play) and actually 
once you get to know them they are much easier to navigate.

There have been constant complaints about the beseen 
boards from day one but those complaints mostly end up in 
my mailbox, so most of you may not be aware of how disliked 
these boards are.

On top of the general lameness of the old boards, the 
software is also extremely glitchy.  Every few months, one of 
them will simply crash and never come back.  You probably 
haven't noticed this because I try to replace it with a new 
board as soon as I can.  (Which means I have to go thru a 
registration process much more painful than the one 
ezboard members have to undergo, every few months.)  In 
fact, the Iowa City board was down for almost 2 months over 
Xmas before somebody caught it.  So if it weren't for some 
constant behind-the-scenes shuffling, no one would be 
praising this board because it would be busted.

The beseen board have been prone to numerous other 
unpredictable bugs such as the months-long period when it 
decided that it would post all the new posts in reverse order 
for no apparent reason.  And then eventually changed back, 
also for no apparent reason.  In short, though it may or may 
not have effected you personally, this board is really quite 
terrible as message boards go.

Compounding the problems of this board is the fact that it 
allows for only one admin, which means your friendly 
neighborhood webmaster has to do all the maintenance and 
handle all the problems for all 5 active no shames.  (And this 
problem will continue to grow as new no shames crop up, in 
NYC, for example)  The ezboards have the distinct advantage 
that local moderators and forum hosts can be appointed 
which will allow a lot more flexibility in letting the actual no 
shamers set policy for their own boards.

As to the double-posting and identity-snatching.  If this were 
a one-time event, I would agree with Al on this, but it has not.  
The beseen boards let users supply their name -&- eddress 
under the honor system, and no shamers have consistently 
opted not to take part in that system.  The abuses have 
ebbed and flowed over the years and ranged from the trivial 
to the prosecutable, but they have never ceased.  And with 
five boards going at once, this can become quite a 
headache.  The final straw was a recent series of incidents 
on one of the other boards which culminated in threats of 
physical violence and several posts which would almost 
certainly be considered libelous in a court of law.  And as a 
historian, I really have no interest in ensuring that these 
boards could be used as evidence in a civil suit.

Regarding anonymous and pseudonymous posts: I have to 
strenuously disagree with the suggestion someone made 
that these are in the spirit of No Shame.  Quite the opposite.  
No Shame is all about free and uncensored expression, but 
No Shame has never been about encouraging as much 
irresponsible and reckless expression as possible, and 
there has never been a mechanism where someone could 
write whatever the hell they please, mail it anonymously to 
the order-taker and some actor would be forced to perform it.  
One of the reasons that No Shame CAN be such a vanguard 
of free speech is that you *do* have to take responsibility for 
what you say.  You can say any damn think you like, but you 
*must* have the cajones to go up onstage and say it to a 
roomful of people.  (Or trick one of your friends into doing it.)  
Something like the recent "pooppooppoop" post or the 
"fartfartfart" post would never fly as a No Shame piece 
because even the most radically rebellious among us 
wouldn't do something that inane -&- boring and expect to 
show his/her face again the next week.  Likewise the "I am 
Tom Kovacs" pieces wouldn't fly at No Shame because 
someone could stand up right then and clear things up.  But, 
contrary to what Al has said, I don't think that issue was ever 
really cleared up on this message board.  I think the real 
Tom Kovacs may have spoken up at some point but there is 
really no way to ever know for sure which is which, nor is 
there any way to guarantee that it wouldn't happen again, 
repeatedly.

This is why, in my opinion, the ezboards offer a huge 
advantage by making their posters identifiable.  You don't 
have to use your real name, but there is certainly much more 
to be gained from a discussion between people when you 
can have some clarity as to who said what, and posters can 
be held accountable for their statements.
 
Listen, I support the first amendment whole-heartedly, and I 
would never suggest, for example, that prank phone calls 
should be outlawed.  At the same time, I don't see anything 
ethically wrong with having caller ID for your phone.

To the con side, I am not entirely happy with the banner ads 
and the pop ups.  But the message boards are free.  And I 
can't really begrudge the beseen people or the ezboard 
people trying to figure out a way to make a buck off their free 
product.

My biggest worry with the popups is that my old computer 
used to crash whenever it hit one, and if anyone else is 
experiencing that problem, we may have to drop the new 
boards for that reason alone.  Hopefully the popup killers 
people are suggesting will be some help.

The personal information thing is also troublesome, but 
there's really nothing stopping you from giving them false 
information.  Though, clearly they do plan to email you some 
spam.

I would not worry so much about them selling the board to 
some business.  I can't imagine anyone wanting it, and even 
if they did, we'd simply cut all the links and start using a 
different board.  It's doubtful that anyone could hope to make 
a profit off a false no shame message board.
  
So all in the new boards offer much better functionality; more 
influence for the local noshamers, less work for your 
loveable webmaster, but some nasty popups and potential 
spam.

I would still lean toward using that over a crappy glitchy board 
whose primary advantage is that it makes it a lot easier to 
post misleading, abusive, spam-ulous, illegal or frivolous 
posts.

Of course the laws of economics will prevail here.  If the new 
boards aren't used, then they won't be used.

One other thing I should point out.  There is nothing to 
prevent someone from hosting their own anything-goes 
beseen boards.  I'd be more than happy to link to any sites in 
anyway related to No Shame or No Shame discussion (as 
you may have noticed from the who's who)  But as the official 
message board of the website, I'm not sure the beseen 
boards are the best choice.

Thus have I opined.

Yours, 

...Jeff

Time: Sat, 09-Mar-2002 08:14:41 GMT     IP: 63.95.18.210

E.C. "This Theater Fucking Bites" Mabie presents...
Girls Gone Wild!

NO SHAME THEATRE
3/8/2002

1. "I Wrote This -&- I Hope it Doesn't Suck," by Jesse Blaine-J 
Erwin, J Blaine, A Clarke, ??.  [Actors stand on stage and repeat 
lines about identity, invisible mushroom clouds, truth, innocence; 
words performance]

2. "Ploppin," by Al Angel-A Angel, AJM River, J Erwin, A Bowman.  
[A frog's fantasy life is physically depicted by AJM and J as Al 
reads a poem describing it; poetry performance]

3. "A Birthday Present Featuring Mike Lee," by Brian Spagnolo-P 
Rust, A Clarke, B Libigs, ?? (Mike Lee?).  [A boy gets a live bass 
player for his birthday; comedy sketch]

3.5. "Garden Party Part IV," by Ron Wright-R Wright, A Galbraith.  
[A jumps to the conclusion that Anwar Sadat's garden images are 
metaphors for people; seriocomedy sketch]

4. "Cornelia and Milligan," by Lisa Day-A Galbraith, L Day.  [Two 
people walk through an art gallery and have different reactions to 
things; comedy sketch]

5. "Barber Barbaric," by Jeff Kite-M Cassady, B Libigs, P Rust, J 
Kite, M Thompson, A Clarke.  [Barbers explain camel toe to little 
girl, among other conversation topics; comedy sketch]

5.5. "Richard," by Pookman-M Tabor, P Ookman, ??.  [A short man 
loves sucking dick/having dick sucked; comedy sketch]

6. "I Stole Your Song," by Ray Parker, Jr.-S Heuertz, M Tabor, P 
Rust, A Angel.  [In three very different styles, three superstars 
talk about things, sometimes interacting and sometimes not; comedy 
sketch]

7. "Light Up on a Table -&- a Chair," by Anthony Werner-B Libigs, T 
Werner.  [What appears to be a session between a therapist and a 
patient is not what it seems; comedy sketch]

8. "Driving Lessons, the Hard Way," by Bret Libigs-B Libigs, T 
Werner.  [A crusty driving instructor has many emotional issues 
his student accidentally triggers; comedy sketch]

9. " Love Almost Everybody...Except Joseph Campbell," by Naked 
Michael Tabor-A Clarke, M Tabor.  [A man makes soup out of his son 
and his wife eats it; their love is renewed; comedy sketch]

10.  "Again with the Comedy," by Jason Nebergall-M Thompson, A 
Lawson, J Nebergall, M Tabor, S Heuertz, M Hart.  [M Tabor goes 
off to Johnson county and/or the catwalk; his family may or may 
not be affected; comedy sketch]

11. "Spleknld (Frank Burns)" by River J-AJM River, M Cassady, A 
Lawson, A Bowman, A Angel.  [People play various instruments while 
A Bowman roams among them, her tapping inspiring a shift in who 
plays what instrument; sound performance]

12. "Trojan Man Was a Pheta Beta Tri Delt," by Jamie Margolin-T 
Wilson, J Margolin, ??.  [Trojan Man appears mid-makeout; 
fraternity/sorority jokes abound; juicy condom is spilled; comedy 
sketch]

13. "John Ritter," by Paul Rust-P Rust [P recounts painful 
childhood memories and his need for affection in spite of/because 
of his weaknesses, all the while smearing himself with excrement; 
odor/emotional performance]

14. "The Day the Fortune Cookies Came True Pt. V:  Nina," by 
Aprille Clarke-A Clarke, J Erwin.  [J, as Carl, reveals his 
malevolence toward young chunky-blooded Nina; comedy sketch]

15. "Live Burial!: An Oscar Wilde Adventure for Young Boys," by 
Chris Stangl-C Stangl.  [Oscar Wilde-style, C recounts adventures 
of exploitation all within the bounds of dignity; also rubs crotch 
in J Nebergall's face; monologue]

Time: Sat, 09-Mar-2002 19:48:45 GMT     IP: 12.217.242.147

emic
poetry fiction nonfiction music
http://www.emic.150m.com
(you like it)

No Shame related features:
music and interview of King Toad
http://www.emic.150m.com/music.html
mp3 of Homemade Surgery by Arlen Lawson
http://www.emic.150m.com/fiction.html

Not a complaint but just wondering why annoucements are no 
longer posted with the order?

Time: Sat, 09-Mar-2002 20:09:02 GMT     IP: 64.6.87.100

:In quantifying, this one wins by a Veeery narrow 
:margin.ÊPotentially giving out personal information is icky. ÊIt 
:goes very much counter to the underlying spirit of NS, which 
:is a forum available to anyone with no ulterior motive other 
:than to be a forum available to anyone...

I should clarify what I said here, not because I disagree with 
what Jeff said in response to it, but because Jeff responded 
to something I hadn't intended to say.  What I meant by this 
statement was that the potential commercial use of personal 
information, and the requirement to provide ezboard with 
income and marital status reflects a very different set of 
priorities in the webboard dealie than there is in the No 
Shame.  No Shame provides a forum for people just 
because NS knows that when you do this, great stuff can 
come out of it.  Ezboard seems to be providing a forum for 
people because they see this as a good way to collect data 
that they can sell to scary corporations.  That's what I meant.  
But I see where Jeff is coming from.

Time: Sat, 09-Mar-2002 20:27:02 GMT     IP: 172.153.14.143

Lucre,

Yah, I wasn't precisely responding to your post per se.  
Someone else had said something to the effect of whatever it 
was, and I think my mind borrowed part of the line from your 
post when I was writing up that paragraph.  And I didn't have 
the original statement handy, so I just left it.  Sorry for the 
compusion.

...Jeff

Time: Wed, 13-Mar-2002 08:55:10 GMT     IP: 172.163.131.62

Althought I think we might have been able to work around 
some of the problems with the new boards, I have not 
figured out a way around the profanity filters, and as you 
probably know, adult language is frequently relevant and 
appropriate to discussions of No Shame.  So for the time 
being the new boards are being abandoned, and we will 
resort to the old boards until such time as a suitable 
replacement can be set up.

Rest assured we are, in fact, working feverishly on such a 
replacement even as we speak, and hopefully it will be up 
soon.

In the meantime, please note the following temporary 
change in message board policy:

Any posts to these boards which are abusive, fraudulent, 
libelous, spamulous or otherwise harmful, will be deleted 
without comment.

In addition, any posts which do not contain a *valid email 
address* and appear to be frivolous, misleading, irrelevant 
or otherwise uninformative, will also be arbitrarily edited.

As always, No Shamers who *do* provide a correct email 
address in their posts should feel free to be as frivolous and 
irrelevant as they please.  But not abusive and fraudulent.

If you feel that someone has falsely posted to this board 
using your identity.  (Or if YOU have posted and would like to 
have your message removed for whatever reason)  Simply 
write to NOSHTH@AOL.COM *from your correct email 
account*, stating that the message in question should be 
deleted, and it will be removed at the first possible 
opportunity.

My apologies for any inconvenience these recent changes 
have caused you, and I hope to have the new boards up as 
soon as possible.

...Jeff

Time: Thu, 14-Mar-2002 02:01:19 GMT     IP: 12.75.101.131

It worked on me, too.  I felt uncomfortable for Jesse, hearing 
the remarks made from the audience; being up on stage is 
uncomfortable enough without having someone taunt you from a 
supposedly-receptive crowd, so it bothered me.  Shortly later I 
wondered if they were a part of the sketch.

Time: Thu, 14-Mar-2002 02:49:27 GMT     IP: 64.6.83.123

The only thing I dislike about this policy is that it is temporary.
-Nick

Time: Thu, 14-Mar-2002 11:27:46 GMT     IP: 172.173.156.159

Just so happened to look my own name up on the internet 
and found this site.  Still in Tennessee directing for 
Cumberland County Playhouse, just opened Sound of 
Music.  Staying here until late Dec. then more than ready to 
find another job.  Love it here but needing to expand my 
horizons.  Love to hear from any U of I alumni. Wow!  What a 
great thing to discover. I learn about this computer stuff 
daily.  
jasonloete@hotmail.com.  
Can't wait to hear form any/all of you. 

Time: Sat, 16-Mar-2002 07:06:48 GMT     IP: 12.217.233.170

Salvaged from old board.  This is more so I can remember what's 
what for BONS.

Re: order 3/2
-----------------------------------------------------------------
---------------
 Grrr. This is the second time I'm writing this. Damned you, 
Error 404! Damned you all to Hell!

Smae as always: If I didn't write something on your piece, it's 
because I had nothing worth saying. That doesn't mean it was bad 
or that I didn't like it.

~~~~~~~~~~~
1. Lucky Charms: A Serial Pt. 2: Dennis Hopper Movies," by 
Myself, Michael Eisner-S Heuertz.

WooHoo! I loved this piece. I loved the last one. It would be 
just fine with me if Steve decided to do one of these each week 
from now on. The fact that people laughed only ruined it for me.


3. "Safe Passage," by Christopher Okiishi

I missed Chris. This piece reflects careful planning from the 
time he was away from NST. I loved the piece and I like Chris. 
Even though it contibuted to a seemingly overstocked gross-out 
night, I was enthralled and hung on every word.


4. "Lou Diamond Philips Plays the Skin Flute," by Bret Libigs

Elron Hubbard joke. I like this. I like this very much. I like 
pieces where the straight man is combined with the goofball in 
the same character. That way the dialouge can consist of someone 
spouting a nonsensical line and the questioning the reasoning of 
their own spouting in the the very next line. Also; this piece 
further affrims that my prior affirmation that Michael Tabor 
sucks is completely and wholy without merit.


5. "The Hardest Lesson," by Pookman

This piece (like all my pieces) was based on true life. Mine. It 
made it very hard b/c one of the people it was written about 
attended (this was not expected). Thank you to Toni for giving 
me a hug at the end. I needed that.


6. "Empty," by Paul Rust

Paul Rust. He rocks. He bested me in the "I have deep knowledge 
of love and pain" thang, and I respect him even more no for 
doing so.


8. "Ask your doctor about Zolax today! (because Mike Rocks!)" by 
Erin King

Some of my favorite jokes for the night were in 
this. "...Temporary blindness...Permanent Blindness..." and the 
Parker/Trotzig slams were shweet. Also; I've had the plan to 
spoof one of those drug comercials forever, but have never 
gotten around to it. Thanks for getting to it, Erin.


9. "The Argyle Tremens," by Nick Clark

BEST JOKE OF NIGHT: the retrospect joke(s)


10.5. "This is a Comedy Piece, So You Will Ideally Laugh," by 
Jason Nebergall

I expected more from this. It wasn't bad--so don't get me wrong--
I just expected more. As has been said: Jason has set the bar so 
high for himself that he now has to blow the roof off or it's 
pretty much a letdown.


11. "I Love Almost Everybody...Except Roy Orbitson OR Michael's 
Done it Again: Death Count: 38," by Naked Michael Tabor

I thought this would do better. It was such a good idea. It 
didn't do bad--so don't get me wrong (dejavu)--be I did think it 
would do better.


13. "Revelations at Malone's," by Jamie Margolin (Margobin?)

The name is James Margolin. Learn it well in case he comes back, 
and I hope he and his friend do. Despite the SNL feel to this 
piece (Yes, ready the torches and pitchforks, I do not like 
SNL), I did like this and thought it was an admiral offering for 
a first-time performer(s).


14. "The Day the Fortune Cookies Came True Pt. IV: Cherise," by 
Aprille Clarke

I was in this. I pushed the button. The CD played betrayed me. 
It did. I pushed the button. I swear to God, I pushed the button.


15. "Shock Theater!" by Chris Stangl

I took a bus ride recently. This brought back a lot of memories 
I thought I had successfully repressed. Damn. Good peice, 
Stangl...you did it yet again. 

Time: Sat, 16-Mar-2002 07:08:30 GMT     IP: 12.217.233.170

NO SHAME THEATRE
3/8/2002
THE MOST INTENSIVE SET-UP NO SHAME EVER!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1. "I Wrote This -&- I Hope it Doesn't Suck," by Jesse Blaine-J 
Erwin, J Blaine, A Clarke, ??. [Actors stand on stage and repeat 
lines about identity, invisible mushroom clouds, truth, 
innocence; words performance]

Hrm. Yeah, I got the point. One of the only places a piece that 
this will work is on stage, but it's inherently boring to watch 
EVEN if you do like it. But nice message.

2. "Ploppin," by Al Angel-A Angel, AJM River, J Erwin, A Bowman. 
[A frog's fantasy life is physically depicted by AJM and J as Al 
reads a poem describing it; poetry performance]

Yay!. I like that this one had such an awesome message to it. Po-
et-ry! Po-et-ry! Po-et-ry!

3. "A Birthday Present Featuring Mike Lee," by Brian Spagnolo-P 
Rust, A Clarke, B Libigs, ?? (Mike Lee?). [A boy gets a live bass 
player for his birthday; comedy sketch]

It's bad if while setting up the piece the piece is upstaged. I 
liked the idea for this, though. And the look on the bass-players 
face was classic

3.5. "Garden Party Part IV," by Ron Wright-R Wright, A Galbraith. 
[A jumps to the conclusion that Anwar Sadat's garden images are 
metaphors for people; seriocomedy sketch]

Short, sweet, to the point, and funny. This returns to what I 
liked so much in the first one (part I).

4. "Cornelia and Milligan," by Lisa Day-A Galbraith, L Day. [Two 
people walk through an art gallery and have different reactions 
to things; comedy sketch]

This piece was all over the place while trying to stay coherent, 
and therein lies what turned me off. I think had it been 
completely non-sequitor OR completely plot driven it would have 
worked better. Yes, there were funny parts, but the two styles 
just didn't mix well with me.

5. "Barber Barbaric," by Jeff Kite-M Cassady, B Libigs, P Rust, J 
Kite, M Thompson, A Clarke. [Barbers explain camel toe to little 
girl, among other conversation topics; comedy sketch]

Yay! I love Kite's dialogs; I really do. I thought that the first 
one of these was much better/funnier, though.

5.5. "Richard," by Pookman-M Tabor, P Ookman, ??. [A short man 
loves sucking dick/having dick sucked; comedy sketch]

The lights went down and no one had laughed yet. This scared me. 
Then everyone got it. This validated me. I can now check off the 
[.5 skit] box on my No Shame Rainbow Project checklist.

6. "I Stole Your Song," by Ray Parker, Jr.-S Heuertz, M Tabor, P 
Rust, A Angel. [In three very different styles, three superstars 
talk about things, sometimes interacting and sometimes not; 
comedy sketch]

Viva las referencias obscuras! I thnk I missed about half of the 
references in this piece, however, which is both good and bad. 
It's good b/c that shows just how much thought went into the 
piece; it's bad b/c a piece's livelihood (sp?) depends on the 
audience's acceptance, and if an audience doesn't catch it all, 
it might not accept the piece very well.

7. "Light Up on a Table -&- a Chair," by Anthony Werner-B Libigs, T 
Werner. [What appears to be a session between a therapist and a 
patient is not what it seems; comedy sketch]

The revelation came almost too far into the sketch to make it 
worth it, but a good revelation it was. The thing I really liked 
about this piece it that I could see it actually happening, which 
is rare among no shame pieces. Also: did anyone else notice that 
the patient went British while he was on the table?

8. "Driving Lessons, the Hard Way," by Bret Libigs-B Libigs, T 
Werner. [A crusty driving instructor has many emotional issues 
his student accidentally triggers; comedy sketch]

Same thing goes for this one as the last, but a little less on 
the "can see it actually happpening" thing. I loved the 
interaction between the two characters.

BEST JOKE OF NIGHT: When the driving instructor called 
him 'Corky'.

9. " Love Almost Everybody...Except Joseph Campbell," by Naked 
Michael Tabor-A Clarke, M Tabor. [A man makes soup out of his son 
and his wife eats it; their love is renewed; comedy sketch]

Best Naken Michael Tabor piece I've seen yet.

10. "Again with the Comedy," by Jason Nebergall-M Thompson, A 
Lawson, J Nebergall, M Tabor, S Heuertz, M Hart. [M Tabor goes 
off to Johnson county and/or the catwalk; his family may or may 
not be affected; comedy sketch]

Good piece. Well chosen actors considering the characters. Funny, 
funny jokes sprinkled throughout. Nice ending. All-in-all a good 
piece.

11. "Spleknld (Frank Burns)" by River J-AJM River, M Cassady, A 
Lawson, A Bowman, A Angel. [People play various instruments while 
A Bowman roams among them, her tapping inspiring a shift in who 
plays what instrument; sound performance]

Didn't get it. Sorry; I just didn't get it. Maybe I'm dense.

12. "Trojan Man Was a Pheta Beta Tri Delt," by Jamie Margolin-T 
Wilson, J Margolin, ??. [Trojan Man appears mid-makeout; 
fraternity/sorority jokes abound; juicy condom is spilled; comedy 
sketch]

Nice deux for the new guys. Funnier (I thought) than last week's. 
The mayonaise-filled jimmyhat was splendid. But the tossing out 
of the condoms at the end was a horrible flaw. Also: I saw Toni's 
boobies.

13. "John Ritter," by Paul Rust-P Rust [P recounts painful 
childhood memories and his need for affection in spite of/because 
of his weaknesses, all the while smearing himself with excrement; 
odor/emotional performance]

I hate to say this, and I know people are going to disagree with 
me, but: I think this was just too much. Yes, it was powerfully 
emtional. Yes, it was an amazing good resolution at the end when 
he asked ppl to hug him. But for me it was just too much. I 
wasn't grossed out by it or anything, but it just seemed too 
heavy for me. It was good.

14. "The Day the Fortune Cookies Came True Pt. V: Nina," by 
Aprille Clarke-A Clarke, J Erwin. [J, as Carl, reveals his 
malevolence toward young chunky-blooded Nina; comedy sketch]

Scarily cool. That's about all I can think to say. (My ass was 
going dead at this point.)

15. "Live Burial!: An Oscar Wilde Adventure for Young Boys," by 
Chris Stangl-C Stangl. [Oscar Wilde-style, C recounts adventures 
of exploitation all within the bounds of dignity; also rubs 
crotch in J Nebergall's face; monologue]

Jason had NO idea. That made it good. 

Time: Thu, 21-Mar-2002 02:34:02 GMT     IP: 12.217.181.138

Jeffypoo! 

1.1- Often, I will post a thing in here, and I will use a fake 
email address as a sort of 'bonus joke', like, say, if I were 
talking about the sudden but predictable demise of the EZBoard 
board, I would call myself jlerwin@menemenetekelupharsin.net or 
if I were discussing Dan Brooks, I would call myself 
jlerwin@highlyexcellent.org, or so forth. My big thing here is 
not to defraud people into thinking I am somebody not me, but 
rather to avoid robot programs sucking up my email address and 
sending enthusiastic missives about horny Danish teens to my 
email. A lost cause, but nevertheless. Will this fall under the 
heavy axe of the Regime Nouvelle?

Time: Thu, 21-Mar-2002 06:16:16 GMT     IP: 172.129.252.194

Jimmy Jam,

A very good question.  Allow me to give an example of what it 
means to me personally, for example, and then go on to 
explain il policy in a little more detail.

Many times (over the years) someone will make an 
offhanded comment on these boards which is of historical 
note (noshame.org being primarily a historical site, please 
remember) such as "the show sucked I can't wait to get back 
to B".  Which leads me to suspect that this week's show took 
place in a space other than theatre B, and perhaps other 
recent weeks as well.  I, as archivist, have to confirm this 
rumor, but there's no need to bore the whole readership by 
asking a question that 99% of you already know because you 
were at the show.  So I write off-board to the poster and ask 
them where the performance took place.  Many times over 
the years, I've received a mailer-daemon error in response 
because the poster used a pseudonymous eddress.  And 
because I do not have everybody's correct email address 
memorized, I have to do a lot of back tracking and research to 
find a piece of information which the poster themself could 
have provided with very little effort.

Now, on the one hand, your friendly webmaster may seem 
like an isolate case, but if you give it a thought there are 
numerous other situations (however scarce) where it can be 
helpful (for the type of communication this board should 
promote) if posters make it a habit to provide a means of 
contacting them.  Suppose, for example, one of ye olde 
reviewers critiques a newby and they want to write privately to 
ask for clarification or advice on how to do better next time, or 
just to say thank you.  But they don't know all of you and your 
email addresses yet.  Or suppose that someone takes 
offense at something posted about them.  (Not an unheardof 
development)  and wishes to take umbrage, or request 
clarification, or etc. without creating a public scene - 
especially if there is a chance it was only a minor 
misunderstanding.  It would be nice if contacting the 
offending party privately was as easy as clicking that link 
above.

I know that the majority of message board posts are 
noshame regulars writing back and forth to other noshame 
regulars.  The noshame.org policies, however, have to be 
designed to deal with the unusual rather than just the norm.  
You don't need someone monitoring the boardroom to make 
sure that Aprille's communications with Al don't get out of 
hand, or to make sure Paul Rust and Arlen Lawson feel 
included.  Following these guidelines will be most helpful in 
making this message board useful to the newbies, the 
casual audience member, the out-of-towners, etc.  i.e. The 
people who will broaden the audience base of this message 
board.

Please read on... [to be continued]

...Jeff

Time: Thu, 21-Mar-2002 06:52:24 GMT     IP: 172.129.252.194

[part 2 of 2, I hope]
Now, I understand the concern for avoiding spam, and I shall 
offer some feeble suggestions below.  But first this...

Some years back, we had a problem at No Shame with 
assholes showing up right before No Shame (and because 
we had just started charging admission and performers got 
in free) signing up a slot, getting up on stage, mumbling a 
few drunken seconds of whatever popped into their heads, 
and then sitting down, having successfully dodged the 
admission price while wasting the time of every single 
person in the audience as well as filling up the order.  This is 
the real reason we started requiring typewritten scripts.  It 
wasn't a total barrier against shoddy work, but at least it 
guaranteed that every performer put a *little* thought into their 
piece.

Of course this policy wasn't instituted to inhibit the Jeff 
Goodes or the Todd Ristaus who of course weren't abusing 
the performer-gets-in-free policy.  But we always complied 
with the policy anyway because IF WE DIDN'T then the Cheryl 
Snodgrasses and the Toby Husses could say, "well, why do 
*I* have to type my script? I'm a regular, too!" and if we let 
THEM slide then the Michele Garbs and the Stephanie 
Stewarts could say, "well, why do *I* have to type my script?  I 
come every couple weeks!" and if we let them slide...  Well, 
you get the point.  If everybody doesn't pitch in by cooperating 
with this simple policy, then we're right back to where we 
started.  And I have noticed, in the time we've had this 
message board, that the *occasional* amusing-joke 
eddresses way back at the beginning segued naturally into 
the *habitual* amusing-joke eddresses which led directly to 
the all-out nuisance pooppooppoop eddresses led to the 
false identities and anonymous posts and inexorably to the 
outright spam and threats of physical violence which have 
occurred in recent months.

In short, mutual voluntary compliance with this new policy 
makes the message board more useful for everyone.  
Harmless hijinks on the other hand mostly leads to more 
vigorous hijinks.  And it is the opinion of your venerable  web 
master that hijinks of any kind are far more valuable on the 
No Shame stage than on the No Shame message board.

Now, as to that spam stuff.  Again, I will not poohpooh 
anyone's fear of the problems of the web, though in my 
experience the risk of what James has described is fairly low 
so far.  My NOSHTH@AOL.COM address is used exclusively 
for this message board (and the ezboard) and so far I receive 
no spam whatsoever on this account.

However, I would suggest that you could defeat many 
robotcrawlers by using a thinly veiled eddress which would 
be clear to your fellow readers.  For example  
MYMAILIS_NoShTh@aol.com would throw off any purely 
automated spammer.  Or n*o*s*h*t*h@aol.com.  But we all 
would know what it means.

Similarly, I don't think its necessary to use your full name in 
the name field.  Just enough so someone who attended No 
Shame could associate a person with a post.  e.g. Aprille, Al, 
Erwin, Pookman, Balls.  All perfectly clear. 
I-poop-and-you-lick-it.  Not so clear.  There's at least 3 
people that could be.  ;)

I hope this clarification has clarified things, and I hope you 
can all find it in your hearts to participate in the new msboard 
policy.  I honestly wish only for this to be a safe and happy 
place for all of us to play.  (Play hard, play rough, play fair - old 
bumper sticker)

...Jeff

Time: Thu, 21-Mar-2002 19:23:13 GMT     IP: 216.243.220.117

Far be it from me to rebut force and penetration.

Time: Fri, 22-Mar-2002 03:06:46 GMT     IP: 64.6.83.106

My approach to the issue is to maintain two emails - one 
which I use for talking to people and another which I put in 
places where spam may be solicited.  I'll still get your 
missive eventually if you email lucre@farts.com, but then I'll 
send you an email telling you an address it's much better to 
reach me at.  That way I don't have to look at spam frequently, 
but I don't miss out on the potentially valuable info-mations 
which come to a spammable address.
Inky

Time: Tue, 26-Mar-2002 01:01:38 GMT     IP: 128.255.179.87

Yo, anyone know if we are going to be in B or Mabie this week? I 
heard that Wonderchild might have a hellacious set. I have a 
piece that I would like to do this week but it's blocked and set 
up for B specifically. If anyone knows or could find out about 
this, it would rock. Hard.

Toni

Time: Wed, 27-Mar-2002 04:27:47 GMT     IP: 12.217.233.170

Why can't we get tip-top entertainment like those freakin' 
cyclones?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
STUDENT UNION BD PRESENTS
DUSTIN DIAMOND
B-&-T TIX REQUIRE FEE CARD
THE MAINTENANCE SHOP
I.S.U. MEMORIAL UNION
MON APR 8 2002 8:00 PM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If there was a just and righteous God, he'd come here.







With all honesty, though, I've seen this guy preform his stand-
up, and it's bad.  Not just sorta bad or kinda bad, but Mariah 
Carey in "Glitter" bad.

Time: Wed, 27-Mar-2002 16:01:54 GMT     IP: 128.255.175.158

hello.  i have a request.  
here's the deal.  this new "area" just opened in currier and it 
has this super nifty "stage/performance area".  so, as an RA, i 
have to use this new "area" and promote it to the students and 
show off all its glory, etc.  
my boss told me he talked to the "no shame people", whatever that 
means, and that they were all super excited about moving no shame 
to this spot one friday night.  i thought that was probably dumb, 
since no one would know that it was actually going to be in 
currier, and it just sounded like a weird idea.
but, i was wondering if anyone would be interested in doing a no 
shame sampler night, so to speak.  
Wednesday, April 17, 9 pm, in the new currier area.  if this 
sounds like something you would be interested in doing, cool!  it 
would be free to the public.  please send me an email to tell me 
if you think this idea sucks or rocks, and if you would be 
interested in performing.  we can probably take between 15-20 
pieces.  i thought it would be fun to dust off some old pieces, 
if you want to play them for a new audience.
also, if anyone is opposed to refering to this night as a "taste 
of no shame" or any such reference, just let me know.  okay.  
cool.
~erin

Time: Thu, 28-Mar-2002 20:40:43 GMT     IP: 167.83.10.24



HEY!

Bring an extra $10 or $20 bucks with you to No Shame on Friday.
Why? You're going to want:

GORGEOUS NEW NO SHAME SHIRTS.

"I love these for $10!"
      -Sky and Telescope

"Fucking Awesome!"
       -Hilights for Children


Stangl OUT

Time: Fri, 29-Mar-2002 05:25:50 GMT     IP: 64.6.86.249

Does anyone know or care that I found out Hakim Bey's real 
name?  I know how cool I am anyhow.

Time: Fri, 29-Mar-2002 18:33:40 GMT     IP: 165.97.46.30

Dear Evil Ratgirl #5,

Jolly good. Make a note of this one. We can steal ideas from here 
for our next No Shame piece. No one will notice because no one in 
our city reads these mechanical boards for the other cities.

Especially the boobs in Austin.

My favorite is the one where the man rubs his crotch in someone's 
face. That's very daring.

Do you want to impersonate Oscar Wilde, by Jove, or shall I?

Evilly yours,
Evil Ratgirl #19

Postus Toasticus: Evil Ratgirl, remind me to send that Mixmaster 
Jeff fellow a pie so he doesn't rat us out.

Time: Fri, 29-Mar-2002 20:15:31 GMT     IP: 216.243.220.117

Huzzah! Are you going to ask him about the porn trial?

Time: Fri, 29-Mar-2002 22:06:26 GMT     IP: 64.6.86.12

Hello all,

The University Theatre Department has recently asked No Shame to 
set some further ground rules for performers to follow.  Before 
listing them, it should be clarified that the Theatre Department 
has no intention of censoring anyone's art in any way, but is 
only looking out for everyone's best interest.  This includes 
ensuring that No Shame is in no danger of losing its right to 
use the University's performance spaces.

The main point we wish to make is a clarification of the "no 
damage to space or occupants" rule.  In the past, as recent as 
three years ago, performers were suspended from performing at No 
Shame for making any kind of mess on the stage.  In the time 
since, this has been overlooked in the cases of water, urine, 
eggs, mayonnaise, and several other materials.  In the future, 
performers should take note that damage to the space does not 
mean just "irreparable" damage.  If a piece necessitates 
cleaning up of any kind, the space has been damaged.  Also, the 
performers themselves are included as occupants of the space; 
self mutilation of any kind will not be allowed.  If necessary, 
suspensions will be handed out for any violation of these rules.

In addition to this, any action or substance that poses a threat 
to the safety or health of the occupants of the space will not 
be allowed.  Since we cannot list all such possible threats, we 
ask that performers check with board members about anything 
questionable before submitting their piece.

Thank you,

No Shame Theatre Executive Board

Aaron Galbraith, aaronRgalbraith@hotmail.com
Aprille Clarke, brackish@hotmail.com
Paul Rust, strangelove45@hotmail.com
Jamal River, frackledart@hotmail.com
Chris Stangl, noemail@stoneage.com

Time: Sat, 30-Mar-2002 08:43:53 GMT     IP: 63.95.18.207

No Shame Theatre
3-29-2001

1. "Furious Skinny," a song by Areli River, performed by Furious 
Skinny-AJM River, C Stangl.  [AJM and C wear big papier mache 
masks and perform a song and guitar and light dance number; 
musical performance]

2. "The Story of the Cow," presented by Al Angel-A Angel, A 
Clarke.  [Al and Aprille read stories about cows written by four-
year-olds; comedy performance]

3. "F.A.Q./F.Q.A.," by Mark J. Hansen-J Erwin, various audience 
members.  [Audience members shout out questions, and J answers 
questions, with no apparent relationship between specific 
questions and answers; comedy performance]

3.5. "Surf Ninjas:  A Road to Excellence," by Seth Brenneman-S 
Brenneman, Boylyssa, S Heuertz.  [Seth chases Boylyssa around a 
table; Seth is thwarted; comedy sketch]

4. "Blue #3," by Anthony Werner-B Libigs, A Clarke, A Werner.  
[Anthony wants to go to law school, much to his parents' horror; 
comedy sketch]

5. "Life's Lessons," by Tom Skerrit-B Libigs.  [B reminisces about 
what he has learned throughout his life after having been in Top 
Gun; monologue]

6. "Today Good Friday," by Bride of Strom-Thurmondstein-A Miller.  
[A talks about the various historical events that led to what we 
now know as Good Friday; monologue]

6.5. "Count Crotchula," by Count Crotchula-J Nebergall, M Hart.  
[Count Crotchula wants to suck your crotch; comedy performance]

7. "Room Serves -&- The Galapagos," by Tony Werner-B Libigs, S 
Griffin, A Werner, M Thompson, A Galbraith, P Rust, J Kite, ??.  
[Guards play poker and talk about raping eight-year-olds; comedy 
sketch]

7.5. "Gone in 60 Seconds:  A Tale of a Fat Ass Eating a Burrito," 
by Josh Goodrich-J Goodrich, ??/  [J attempts to eat a burrito in 
60 seconds or less; comedy performance]

8. "She Doesn't Wear Black," by Erin King-E King, J Kite, T 
Wilson.  [An unhappily married woman is glad when all signs point 
to her husband having been killed in the World Trade Center; 
comedy sketch]

9. "I Love Almost Everybody...Except Bob Kane," by Michael Tabor-J 
Nebergall, A Galbraith, A Lawson, P Rust, AJM River, A Angel, M 
Tabor, M Thompson, J Erwin.  [Batman Jr. and Robin Jr. hang out 
with the various offspring of their fathers' nemeses; comedy 
sketch]

10. "Greatest Moments in World History:  Columbus Discovers 
America," by Toni Wilson-E King, M Tabor, S Heuertz, P Rust, J 
Erwin.  [Columbus discovers America only to find it inhabited by 
various living things; God works things out via internal locusts; 
comedy sketch]

11. "Hi, Mommy!" by Paul Rust-P Rust, Mrs. Rust, S Heuertz, AJM 
River, J Erwin.  [Despite P's best efforts to keep things 
wholesome for his mom, temptation taunts him into bad behavior; 
comedy sketch]

11.5. "Tough Love," by Pookman-J Nebergall, P Ookman, A Werner [P 
learns why you shouldn't lean back in a chair not designed for 
such; comedy sketch]

12. "Oh No.  People Should Really Not Keep Lizards Confined Like 
That.  They Need Their Freedom," by Jason Nebergall-M Thompson, C 
Stangl, J Nebergall, S Heuertz, A Bowman.  [A roaming lizard 
causes problems for people sitting at a table; comedy sketch]

13. "The Sad Sad Tale of Levvie; pt. One-Jackie.  For Aprille 
Clarke," by Nick Clark-A Clarke, M Hansen.  [M writes letters and 
A tells the story of a baby with an IUD scar; parody sketch]

14. "The Day the Fortune Cookies Came True, Pt. VI:  Jackson," by 
Aprille Clarke-A Clarke, J Nebergall, J Erwin, J Kite, E King, M 
Hansen, P Rust.  [A and Nebergall observe things about people who 
walk by them; Erwin tries to find love; comedy sketch]

15. "Loud in My House," a song by Chris Stangl, performed by 
Furious Skinny-C Stangl, AJM River.  [Wearing the same outfits 
from #1, AJM and C perform a song with percussion, singing, 
guitar, and some dancing; musical performance]

Time: Sat, 30-Mar-2002 20:52:12 GMT     IP: 12.217.233.170

No Shame Theatre
3-29-2001
"Aprille-flashin' Goodness."


PREWARNING: spell-check deficient.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1. "Furious Skinny," performed by Furious Skinny

This was just pretty much weird and I didn't want to laugh at 
it.  But after about 34.23 seconds I cracked a smile and giggled.

2. "The Story of the Cow," presented by Al Angel

Hahaha; little kids are so stoopid.  Actually, they present a 
treasure a trove of useful material if you know how to utilize 
it.  Why does every stand-up have bits about childhood?  What 
kept Art Linkletter and Bill Cosby in the CBS limelight for 7 1/2 
consecutive monthes during 1998?  Who are our nations's future?  
That's right: kids.

3. "F.A.Q./F.Q.A.," by Mark J. Hansen

This one fizzled after a while.  It was random, but i think it 
would be funnier if the answers were purposely prepared to be as 
noncongruent to the questions as possible.  But that would take 
away from the randomness and seem too scripted.  Tight line; 
tight line.

3.5. "Surf Ninjas:  A Road to Excellence," by Seth Brenneman

Fuckin' brilliant.

4. "Blue #3," by Anthony Werner

Would have been twice the sketch at half the time [jle].  The 
funny parts were good, but that was about it.  If only the jokes 
were kept and the melodrama was dropped, it would work better.  I 
know it sounds like I'm favouring comedy here (which I do), but 
ast night there were no serious pieces, so I think I can.

5. "Life's Lessons," by Tom Skerrit

Good comedy monolouge.  Tight.  Self-referenced.  Funny.  The 
third time he snuck in the "Viper" from "Top Gun" I was about on 
the floor.  Freddie Murcury sucking dick is a fun mental image, 
also.

6. "Today Good Friday," by A Miller.  

I feel there could have more done with this; which is somewhat of 
an obvious statement considering the topic is world history.  It 
would be an extremely good read, however, regardless of how well 
it is staged.  The theory of relativity joke has been beaten to 
death, though.

6.5. "Count Crotchula," by M Hart.  

Count Crotchula wants to suck your crotch.  Let him.

7. "Room Serves --&-- The Galapagos," by Tony Werner

Dying on stage is painful.  It doesn't help when you keep 
cracking-up.  There was a nice comeback in the second half of the 
piece, though.  Yes, it was about pediphilism (sp?), but I 
thought the lines pertaining to the pediphilism (sp?) were as 
funny as hell.  This worries me.

7.5. "Gone in 60 Seconds:  A Tale of a Fat Ass Eating a Burrito," 
by Josh Goodrich

I was extremely happy with this.  Very unscripted.  Very 
relaxed.  Very funny.  Josh seemed so at home on the stage it was 
mesmorizing me.  The audience participation gave it that little 
something extra, too.  I would have to say this was my favourite 
piece of the night.

8. "She Doesn't Wear Black," by Erin King

Malicious.  Chocolately malicious.

9. "I Love Almost Everybody...Except Bob Kane," by Michael Tabor

Goofy fun.  I liked the fact that Batman, Jr. was taller than 
Batman.  Also, I did think that this piece was better than 
Tabor's earlier superhero prom piece.  The endings are always a 
little anti-climactic, though.

10. "Greatest Moments in World History:  Columbus Discovers 
America," by Toni Wilson

I don't feel right criticizing this piece as I knew about it 
before it was staged.  I did, however, abosolutely love the point 
in the sketch in which another character tells-off God.  Also, 
the Indian's "Who Hell you?" and Leif Erikson's Canadian-
like "Ay?"s were gorgeous.

11. "Hi, Mommy!" by Paul Rust

(James Erwin = God x 2)  A good play on the old "How come stuff 
like this never happens when I want it to?" sketches.  Props to 
Paul's mother; I know few moms that would actually come on stage 
at their son's request (especially with prior knowledge of said 
son's previous stage exploits).

11.5. "Tough Love," by Pookman

This was mine.  It was true.  I think I broke the chair.  Please 
don't suspend me.

12. "Oh No.  People Should Really Not Keep Lizards Confined Like 
That.  They Need Their Freedom," by Jason Nebergall

Steve plays the best God-damned lizard I've ever seen.

13. "The Sad Sad Tale of Levvie; pt. One-Jackie.  For Aprille 
Clarke," by Nick Clark

This marks the beginning of me getting dense for the night.  I 
had a hard time concentrating during the last three pieces, and 
the only honest thing I can say about this one is: I didn't get 
it.

14. "The Day the Fortune Cookies Came True, Pt. VI:  Jackson," by 
Aprille Clarke

Is this one (series) over?  It (piece) seemed like an end.  If 
so, I think this (piece) was a good one (piece) to end it 
(series) on.

15. "Loud in My House," a song by Chris Stangl, performed by 
Furious Skinny

Hrm?
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Time: Sat, 30-Mar-2002 23:48:59 GMT     IP: 64.6.85.43

:13. "The Sad Sad Tale of Levvie; pt. One-Jackie. ÊFor Aprille 
:Clarke," by Nick Clark-A Clarke, M Hansen. Ê[M writes 
:letters and A tells the story of a baby with an IUD scar; 
:parody sketch]


This was not intended as a parody, but rather as a tribute, or, 
more specifically, a challenge to me to see if I could write a 
piece like Aprille.  If it came off as a parody, I failed.

Time: Sun, 31-Mar-2002 07:01:09 GMT     IP: 12.217.181.138

So what exactly was up with last night, huh? It came charging 
out of the gate and then it choked. Opinions?

1. "Furious Skinny," a song by Areli River, performed by Furious 
Skinny-AJM River, C Stangl.  [AJM and C wear big papier mache 
masks and perform a song and guitar and light dance number; 
musical performance]

Easily the best number of the night. You know it. I know it. 
Dogs know it. 

2. "The Story of the Cow," presented by Al Angel-A Angel, A 
Clarke.  [Al and Aprille read stories about cows written by four-
year-olds; comedy performance]

Al's kid pieces are so cute. Let's face it, those kids are 
better writers than we are most of the time. It saddens me to 
think that in a few years, their closest approach to humor will 
be "John's a retard! He's so gay!" Wait- that's funny too. 

3. "F.A.Q./F.Q.A.," by Mark J. Hansen-J Erwin, various audience 
members.  [Audience members shout out questions, and J answers 
questions, with no apparent relationship between specific 
questions and answers; comedy performance]

I liked this, but I was in it. Like so much else of No Shame's 
ilk, this would have worked better in B than in the dark 
cavernous recesses of thrice-damned Mabie.

3.5. "Surf Ninjas:  A Road to Excellence," by Seth Brenneman-S 
Brenneman, Boylyssa, S Heuertz.  [Seth chases Boylyssa around a 
table; Seth is thwarted; comedy sketch]

The best title of the semester, followed by the best .5 of the 
semester. Hellacious.

4. "Blue #3," by Anthony Werner-B Libigs, A Clarke, A Werner.  
[Anthony wants to go to law school, much to his parents' horror; 
comedy sketch]

Dark foreboding here, as not only did Pookdrew say exactly what 
I intended to say, but bracketed my initials after his comment. 

5. "Life's Lessons," by Tom Skerrit-B Libigs.  [B reminisces 
about 
what he has learned throughout his life after having been in Top 
Gun; monologue]

Mostly funny. Except for the homophobia jokes, which came off a 
bit too mean-spirited for me to enjoy.  They would have been 
funny from the mouth of a gay man, but Tom Skerritt didn't get 
up there and quote a Richard Pryor routine either, did he? 

6. "Today Good Friday," by Bride of Strom-Thurmondstein-A 
Miller.  
[A talks about the various historical events that led to what we 
now know as Good Friday; monologue]

As an historian of some minor repute, I wholeheartedly endorse 
this sketch. It's all true.

6.5. "Count Crotchula," by Count Crotchula-J Nebergall, M Hart.  
[Count Crotchula wants to suck your crotch; comedy performance]

The only four-second rimshot gag of the season, and for that you 
have to give Matt props. 

7. "Room Serves --&-- The Galapagos," by Tony Werner-B Libigs, S 
Griffin, A Werner, M Thompson, A Galbraith, P Rust, J Kite, ??.  
[Guards play poker and talk about raping eight-year-olds; comedy 
sketch]

Personally? Not my favorite piece. Note: it is this close to 
impossible to portray dead silent boredom on stage without 
plunging the audience into dead silent boredom. Furthermore, any 
two-minute monologue on raping little girls should not feature 
two giggling cronies. Tony Werner did, however, turn in the best 
acting in this skit. 

7.5. "Gone in 60 Seconds:  A Tale of a Fat Ass Eating a 
Burrito," 
by Josh Goodrich-J Goodrich, ??/  [J attempts to eat a burrito 
in 
60 seconds or less; comedy performance]

This sketch really depended on the audience getting into it and 
they did in droves. Yay! Like I said then, "If he doesn't finish 
that burrito, then the terrorists have won."

8. "She Doesn't Wear Black," by Erin King-E King, J Kite, T 
Wilson.  [An unhappily married woman is glad when all signs 
point 
to her husband having been killed in the World Trade Center; 
comedy sketch]

When it's raining, don't be upset. Cause it's not raining rain, 
it's raining violets. 

9. "I Love Almost Everybody...Except Bob Kane," by Michael Tabor-J 
Nebergall, A Galbraith, A Lawson, P Rust, AJM River, A Angel, M 
Tabor, M Thompson, J Erwin.  [Batman Jr. and Robin Jr. hang out 
with the various offspring of their fathers' nemeses; comedy 
sketch]

Good formula sketch. Tabor may not be on the cutting edge of 
experimental comedy, but his work is dependably pleasant. Which, 
as far as No Shame goes, is all to the good. And also, Michael 
gets props for what I will discuss at length in my next review...

10. "Greatest Moments in World History:  Columbus Discovers 
America," by Toni Wilson-E King, M Tabor, S Heuertz, P Rust, J 
Erwin.  [Columbus discovers America only to find it inhabited by 
various living things; God works things out via internal 
locusts; 
comedy sketch]

More history! I appreciate Toni's sketches because, with the 
exception of the deus ex machina in this piece, she depends on 
the established plot to send her pieces to the finish line, 
rather than throwing in a jarring shift in tone or a 
dramaturgical bait and switch or a self-referential "this is a 
lame ending" ending. With the exception of Stangl and Lawson's 
monologue work, this is a time-saving device we resort to too 
often.

11. "Hi, Mommy!" by Paul Rust-P Rust, Mrs. Rust, S Heuertz, AJM 
River, J Erwin.  [Despite P's best efforts to keep things 
wholesome for his mom, temptation taunts him into bad behavior; 
comedy sketch]

I flubbed a line. It should have been "Paul, the fate of the 
world rests on your ass!" Yep.

11.5. "Tough Love," by Pookman-J Nebergall, P Ookman, A Werner 
[P 
learns why you shouldn't lean back in a chair not designed for 
such; comedy sketch]

Funny! But he hurt the poor chair.

12. "Oh No.  People Should Really Not Keep Lizards Confined Like 
That.  They Need Their Freedom," by Jason Nebergall-M Thompson, 
C 
Stangl, J Nebergall, S Heuertz, A Bowman.  [A roaming lizard 
causes problems for people sitting at a table; comedy sketch]

Cute! 

13. "The Sad Sad Tale of Levvie; pt. One-Jackie.  For Aprille 
Clarke," by Nick Clark-A Clarke, M Hansen.  [M writes letters 
and 
A tells the story of a baby with an IUD scar; parody sketch]

Flashes of genuine Aprille here. Homage sketches are tough to 
do. One thing I saw here, which I also saw in my "One Last 
Parody" homage to Dan Brooks, is that it is wayyyy easier to 
crib tropes from one or two individual pieces than it is to 
create something completely new from someone else's head.

14. "The Day the Fortune Cookies Came True, Pt. VI:  Jackson," 
by 
Aprille Clarke-A Clarke, J Nebergall, J Erwin, J Kite, E King, M 
Hansen, P Rust.  [A and Nebergall observe things about people 
who 
walk by them; Erwin tries to find love; comedy sketch]

Didn't click. I'm not sure why, so I abstain from reviewing this 
piece further.

15. "Loud in My House," a song by Chris Stangl, performed by 
Furious Skinny-C Stangl, AJM River.  [Wearing the same outfits 
from #1, AJM and C perform a song with percussion, singing, 
guitar, and some dancing; musical performance]

Didn't click like the first Furious Skinny song. Furious Skinny 
established a persona so effectively in #1 that this felt 
entirely like a Chris Stangl song translated into Furious 
Skinny, rather than Furious Skinny. Of course, if Chris had gone 
first, then Jamal's song would have felt like a King Toad song 
translated into Furious Skinny. Did I say Furious Skinny enough? 
I don't think so either.

No Shame Jungian Watch: God, sexual transgression. Combined with 
the relentless if light-hearted recurrence of regressive 
prepubescent expression (Al's piece, school pageant history, 
demonstrative eating, superheroes, wearing masks and shouting, 
cartoon sight-gags), I would have to say that No Shame is 
beginning to manifest signs of a severe crisis of self-
identity.  Who is No Shame, really? What are the acceptable 
limits of behavior for No Shame? What makes No Shame special 
when you compare it to popular theatres, like Steppenwolf or PS 
122? No Shame is really vulnerable right now, and I think we 
should all be supportive. However, as with any troubled 
youngster, No Shame also 

Time: Sun, 31-Mar-2002 07:02:04 GMT     IP: 12.217.181.138


No Shame Jungian Watch: God, sexual transgression. Combined with 
the relentless if light-hearted recurrence of regressive 
prepubescent expression (Al's piece, school pageant history, 
demonstrative eating, superheroes, wearing masks and shouting, 
cartoon sight-gags), I would have to say that No Shame is 
beginning to manifest signs of a severe crisis of self-identity.  
Who is No Shame, really? What are the acceptable limits of 
behavior for No Shame? What makes No Shame special when you 
compare it to popular theatres, like Steppenwolf or PS 122? No 
Shame is really vulnerable right now, and I think we should all 
be supportive. However, as with any troubled youngster, No Shame 
also needs a firm guiding hand.  

PPS- Why am I cast as God? Twice in a row? Is it the 50s 
sweaters? Is it cause with Okiishi gone, I'm the non-threatening 
father figure now? Dammit, I want to be young and threatening. 
Cast me as a loner punk who has sex with roadhouse waittresses or 
don't cast me at all. I didn't mean that. 

Time: Sun, 31-Mar-2002 21:10:39 GMT     IP: 64.6.87.148

I am intentionally not reading other people's reviews until I 
have finished this one.  If I say something redundant, the to 
hell with the other people who said what I meant before I did.  
I might later post an additional review where I take issue with 
other people's stupid reviews of the show.  It reamins to be 
seen, in any case.

1. "Furious Skinny," a song by Areli River, performed by 
Furious 
Skinny-
Made me think of a folk rock version of the Art Ensemble of 
Chicago.  I wish people hadn'ta been laughing so much 
through this.  I woulda liked to hear some of the words.  They 
were hard to hear cuzza all the laughs and the masks that 
retarded the flow of the singing voice over the audience.  
They're wearing masks.  Get over it and listen, people.

2. "The Story of the Cow," presented by Al Angel
I work there too.  I am bummed that Al did this before I did, 
and, evon though I had heard these stories before, from the 
very children who created them, they were still verry funny, 
very cute and very cool.

3. "F.A.Q./F.Q.A.," by Mark J. Hansen
I liked this idea a lot.  Also it worked really well.  It was fun in 
every important way.

3.5. "Surf Ninjas: ÊA Road to Excellence," by Seth Brenneman
Why is it the most hilarious thing in the world to see one of 
the oldest cartoon clichŽs in the world acted out onstage?  
Who knows, but it is.

4. "Blue #3," by Anthony Werner
Somewhat funny, but most of the jokes were drawn out too 
long - a weak rhythm to the humour defeated it.

5. "Life's Lessons," by Tom Skerrit
This kind of humor kinda disturbs me - both because I don't 
really have the requsite knowledge of film trivia to totally 'get 
it', and because knowing that the character is based on a 
human being makes me uncomfortable  ("there's a real 
person out there like that?  Phooey.").

6. "Today Good Friday," by Bride of Strom-Thurmondstein
Pretty clever writing.  Would have been a lot funnier to see 
this interpreted by a more comfortable actor; A's stumbling 
around the stage nervously was severely distracting to me.

6.5. "Count Crotchula," by Count Crotchula
Funny in that way that stuff that isn't funny at all is funny.

7. "Room Serves --&-- The Galapagos," by Tony Werner
Another piece that played its jokes out too long and thereby 
thinned them beyond funniness.  The piece was saved by the 
adorable 'actor cracking up at his own jokes' trick.  That's my 
favorite.

7.5. "Gone in 60 Seconds: ÊA Tale of a Fat Ass Eating a 
Burrito,"  by Josh Goodrich
"I've got 5 minutes up here, I might as well waste it" bugged 
me, but the concept was surprisingly interesting to me.  The 
guy had a pretty quick wit too.

8. "She Doesn't Wear Black," by Erin King
This was a clever and funny answer to the obsession with 
the reverence and tragedy of sept 11.  I'm really glad that it 
can continue to be a joke.

9. "I Love Almost Everybody...Except Bob Kane," by Michael 
Tabor
This was cute and I liked it.

10. "Greatest Moments in World History: ÊColumbus 
Discovers America," by Toni Wilson
I was bummed that God worked things out in the end.  It 
seemed too convenient a way to resolve such a complicated, 
historically destructive issue.

11. "Hi, Mommy!" by Paul Rust
Paul's mom was just too adorable.  Getting up out of the 
chair and tellting Paul not to moon the audience is one of my 
favorite moments at NS in a long time.  This was one of 
those truly magnificent pieces of theatre which combines 
profanity with sweet naivŽte.

11.5. "Tough Love," by Pookman
A good .5.  A good knowledge of how much time this subject 
could carry in the order.  A good .5.

12. "Oh No. ÊPeople Should Really Not Keep Lizards 
Confined Like  That. ÊThey Need Their Freedom," by Jason 
Nebergall
I remember the piece visually, but I don't actually remember 
the dialogue at all.

13. "Every Dog Had Doris Day" by Cop O'Malley
I wish this piece just hadn't happened.  I mean, really.  Is if 
just letting dogs loose onstage weren't bad enough.

14. "The Day the Fortune Cookies Came True, Pt. VI: 
ÊJackson," by Aprille Clarke
I liked it, though Carl's Narrator status has never been clear, 
and never less so than in this piece.

15. "Loud in My House," a song by Chris Stangl, performed 
by Furious Skinny
My fave of the two - either cuz people weren't larfing so much 
or because the paintcan drum was a really good addition.