KEY:
IC NO SHAME begins...
SEPTEMBER 5TH - 11PM
Theatre B - $1
And here's a couple new things to be aware of for this season:
1) The 5-minute rule is being strictly enforced. After 5 minutes, the stage-lights will give a warning flash. After 6 minutes, a trumpet will be blown and your piece needs to be over.
2) The order will be randomized. Order will be taken at 10:30pm as usual, but during the show, the numbers will be put in a hat and drawn at random. Special consideration (i.e. asking to wait one piece) will be given to those who need to prepare before their piece.
---Paul
1. Michael Tabor - Fishin'
(An old fisherman, Tabor, plots the death of his best friend, Quackles, a large duck.)
2. Cassie Gonzales - Turkey Birthday
(Paul likes a girl, but Cassie says that she isn't right for him, much like turkey on one's birthday isn't right.)
2.5 White Cat and Math Teacher (William Callahan and Michele Thompson) - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
(Once again, Michele and William have a car, and the shocks are again causing trouble. They fly through the audience out of the theatre.)
3. King Toad - Gleam
(King Toad, consisting of Jamal River and Al Angel, perform a musical number.)
4. Dave or Steve - Dave or Steve Dot Com
(Two men, via AOL Instant Messenger, fight. The complication? They each have one arm. One is missing the left, the other is missing the right.)
5. Jason Nebergall - Autumn
(Jason recalls losses in his life, the lack of profundity in the world, and how youth seems a hinderance.)
5.5. David Fishel & Paul Rust - What SHE Said
(Dave and Paul, office workers, escape into fantasy by performing a seated dance to 'Singin' in the Rain.' Standing ovation follows.)
6. Dan Brooks - Hot Knives
(Before being cut off for time (after about 7.5 minutes), Dan, Aprille, Michele, Paul, and Spencer discuss snorting confections up their nose and unbalanced soda machines.)
7. Scot West - How I Spent My Summer Vacation
(Unlike 8-year-olds Michael and Cassie, Scot spent his thirty-somethingth summer in jail, divorced, and miserable.)
8. Alyssa Bowman - Spiders Ate My Brownies
(Spiders ate mad scientist Jamal's brownies, but for the sake of science. Incredulous, Paul eats a brownie and poops it out his mouth, like a spider apparently does.)
9. Aprille Clarke - Big Black Man
(A musical ode to a deceased friend, sung by Aprille, accompanied by Jamal and Al.)
10. Stephen Ptacek - Languorous
(Steve and Denise have a strange encounter. Denise wears sunglasses and doesn't respond to Steve. Then her book eats his paper.)
11. Dave Strackany - A Song
(Dave sings a song and plays guitar.)
12. Paul Rust - Adorable
(Paul, in a ridiculous outfit, tricks Jamal and Spencer into doing nice things for him. We all learn a valuable lesson about manipulation.)
13. Nick Clark - Beirut's Nightmare
(The letter B begins many words. Alliterative fun for all. Paul and Jason say these words.)
14. Angry Lemon - We'll All be Dead
(In varying periods of time, we will, as suggested, all be dead. This song was yelled by Al, Jamal, Dan, and Paul)
15. Cool Jesse (Blaine) - For Lack of a Better
(Two groups of people, one comprised of Jesse and Arlen, the other by Jason, Steve, and Paul, say non-sequiturs and incomplete sentences.)
Last Friday's No Shame will be on PATV, Cable Channel 18, this Tues. @ 11pm. I loved the show. If you did too, you can watch it a 2nd time. If you love every show for the rest of the season, you can watch each of them a 2nd time: Tues. nights at 11pm, Channel 18. Don't not go to the real No Shame just because you can see it rerun on TV, though. That was an excellent crowd last Fri, and it really helped make the show more exciting. I didn't type my name funny on purpose, my typing skills are just that poor. ---Jamal
.5) Shock Boyz - Final Fantasy XXX
(The Shock Boyz, Matt Hart and Jason Nebergall, prepare to play a rock song, but once "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash begins to play, they whack one another on the bottom with their instruments. Then Al Angel complains, and Matt brags about his sexual prowess.)
.51 David Fishel - The Magnificent Riches of Emperor Salisbury
(A magnificent empire, comments Cassie. Dave built it.)
1. Jason Nebergall - The Oldest Boy in the World
(Jason discusses how he has always felt old until recently.)
2. Dan Fairchild - The Old Bowling Ball and Chasin'
(Dan speaks to a man about headaches and bowling)
3. Jeremy Hoffman - Barky the Wonder Dogg Saves Ex Mass
(God, played by someone I don't know, Satan, played by Hoffman, and Barky, played by Mike Dhar, play poker for possession of Savannah, GA.)
4. Sarah Neilson - The Sax Man
(Sarah, a waitress, remembers how a small-town musician saw the ghost of Buster Keaton one night.)
5. Arlen Lawson - The Ferocious Swarm of Eric Vaughn
(Youthful mischief leads to horrible stabbings by Arlen's friend.)
6. Michael Tabor - Triple Play
(A baseball player accidentally kills a fan with a piece of his bat. Three people, Dan, Michele, and Michael, recall this from different perspectives.)
7. Michael Dhar - Burt, Who Ain't in Heaven
(Cockney actor Burt Reynolds, Fishel, tries to win his wings, but cannot help a boy, Dhar, who wants his father back. The boy's very strangely-voiced mother, Spencer Griffin, doesn't help matters.)
8. Emma Tremmel [& Cool Jesse (Blaine)] - Cool Jesse Presents the Teddy Bears' Picnic: a Song
(Emma tries to sing, but she cannot because Bill, Jesse, Michael, Paul, and Arlen keep interrupting her. Then Steve somehow administers fellatio to Cassie. Then things fall from the sky. The titular song never occurs.)
9. Danger Brooks - The Cold Nazi Method
(The title refers to a technique for the manufacture of crank. Some boys, one of whom is Brooks, who enjoy killing frogs with hammers, attempt this with dire consequences.)
10. Lucas Salazar, Diana Grisanti, Sam Van Horne
(People in public have odd conversations, as this piece demonstrated. The authors have these conversations, in addition to foreign man Paul, and Cassie, and others I do not know.)
11. Brad Hansen - 'Twas Beauty Killed This Beast - Or a Samurai
(Studio politics ruin Brad's artistic vision of an updated King Kong (Tabor). Then a samurai is unleashed, and nobody knows what's going on. Included in this piece were Jesse Blaine, Jason Nebergall, and Paul Rust as the helicopter.)
12. Denise Dooley - Joseph Estrada is Queen of the World
(A boy, Fairchild, talks about setting a house on fire after his sister (?), Denise, leaves after an argument.)
13. Dave (Strackany) - Song
(Dave on guitar, Steve on drums. Rock music ensues.)
14. Paul Rust - Cowboy Brian's Therapist is Bitten by a Horse
(Paul can't get an erection, no matter how much Cowboy Brian, Jamal, tries to make him.
14.5 White Cat and Math Teacher (William Callahan and Michele Thompson) - Happy Halloween from Jim Davis
Paul's NoShame Dick Tally (PNDT) 2003: 1)
(The littlest trick-or-treater shows up at Michele and William's. The littlest trick-or-treater is about 8 inches tall. It's cute.)
15. Michele Thompson and Paul Rust - Two Peas
(Michele and Paul discuss their recent wedding and purchase of furniture.)
1. Shock Boyz - Dentist Smiling Again After His Missing Giant Toothbrush is Returned
(Shock Boyz Hart and Nebergall explain the mission of Shock Boyz; a satire of NoShame's male writers heavy use of shock humor. Then butt-poking ensues to prevent electric shock.)
2. Michael Dhar - Aphorize This!
(Socrates (Dhar) and Wittgenstein (Fishel) argue over Wittgenstein's affair with Socrates' wife. On Christmas morning, no less.)
3. Cassie Gonzales - Belladonna Wine
(In a monologue, the Devil, God, as well as several other deities, get drunk on the title potable.)
4. Brad Hansen - God in Grade School
(Satan wrecks the world, which took lil' God (Rust) seven whole days to make, and God's parents (Dooley and Hansen) must remedy this.)
5. Jamlyssa Bowfart (Jamal River and Alyssa Bowman) - Dear Crumbly
(Old Man Arlen can't find his hat. Young Man Jamal mocks him. Arlen swears bitter revenge.)
6. Denise Dooley - You Make A Better Door: a Monologue for Candie
(Candie discusses how tv documentaries are interesting, as well as the death of a friend's mother.)
7. Improvisation (Al Angel and Jamal River) - Tripshugla
(Jamal and Al blow through tubes, a la a didgeridoo.)
8. Dave Fishel - A History of American Policy
(Fishel and Rust, rock stars, come back and tell folk about the foundation of the US about thirty years ago.)
9. Cool Jesse (Blaine) - The Sunlight Diaries
(Misogynist misanthrope Jesse says a bunch of cuss words in a story of himself berating a woman while Denise and Emma roll a bowling ball. Then Jesse harasses a hamster as if the hamster were the woman from his story.)
10. Jason Nebergall - Sleep
(Jason, by lamplight, talks about the cinematic aspects of dreams.)
11. Scot West - Angry
(Scot's ex tells him he is angry. Jason yells at him. Scot then feels lonely.)
12. Paul Rust - I Always Thought You'd Look Nice with a Tight Perm
(Paul dates a cute puppy, who is drunk. After embarrassing Paul in front of Jamal, Michele, and Dan, the doggie eats peanut butter off Paul's face.)
13. (Dan) Danger Brooks - Young Girls
(Dan likes young girls, like Paul. Michele is jealous. James is a squirrel. These narratives intersect in mysterious ways.)
14. Joe Mozina - ITLAPD
(Cowboys and pirates merge into one thing, and a horse gives CPR to Joe.)
15. "J." (James) Lin Erwin - Excerpts from the Iowa Code, Article R: Tree Regulations
(James recites regulations as Dan discusses his son wrecking a tree that Dan planted just for that boy.)
15.5. Michele Thompson, William Callahan, Bill McKenna - How the Camel Got it's [sic] Second Hump
(Michele slaps William's hand twice, then holds it.)
1. Matt Sprengler - Magic is Easy Once You Know the Secret
(The secret is a punch in the gut, as opposed to actually sawing a guy in half, as demonstrated by Matt and Dieter.)
2. Cassie Gonzales - I'm Such a Bitch
(Because she ate all the chips, and because she is ready to fight you about that, Cassie is a bitch.)
3. Erin Brodersen - I Hate Fish
(Erin literally shoots fish in a barrel before realizing that someone else might own these fish.)
4. Paul Rust - We Published Your Diagram on How to Jump
(Paul can't make a silly enough face for the family portrait. Dave Fishel attempts to instruct him, but when the extended family shows up, Paul cries out of frustration. Luckily, that expression is silly enough.)
5. John Schlotfelt - Red Eye
(A song on acoustic guitar.)
6. Cool Jesse (Blaine) - Room Temperature
(Jesse vs. playwright Denise, who writes angry letters, but never sends them.)
6.5. Sam Brown (William Callahan?) - What am I?
(He's an ice cube, of course.)
7. Arlen Lawson - The Surrogate Funeral
(Arlen returns home to find his dog has died, and the old man has some things to say.)
8. Jason Nebergall - What's Your Deal?
(Jason interviews audience member Drake.)
9. Angry Lemon - Angry Lemon
(Al Angel angrily delivers the band's statement of intent.)
10. Aprille Clarke - The Greatest Pen Pal in the World
(It's David Bowie... or is it? No, it's not. It's Michael Tabor, in a horrible marriage to an abusive African American woman.)
10.5. Caleb Brown - When Bitten Thumb Meets Middle Finger
(Caleb pulls a bolt out of his pants, claiming it's a screw, in order to seduce Cassie.)
11. Denise Dooley - Fort
(Denise is in a fort, not by choice, but because her babysitter is negligent and locked her in a cupboard. She reminisces about forts she has made while so incarcerated.)
11.5. Shock Boyz - Order Filler
(Since Matt is gone, Jason must poke himself in the butt. Sadly, this does not shock Al or Michael, and Jason is crushed.)
12. The Yakamishiis - Beagle Town
(Puppy love. LITERALLY!!!)
13. David Fishel - The Family Unit
(A family of scientists discovers the single mother. Ah, but is it a new genus? Family? Phylum, perhaps?)
14. Michael aka Red aka Jesus Oehler - Radio Conspiracy
(Those damn DJs never tell you what song they just played, and there are too many commercials.)
15. Dave Strackany - A Song
(Dave plays acoustic guitar and sings.)
16. Michael Tabor - I Like to Play Sports
(He sure as hell does! Poetically, even.)
Special 17th Anniversary Retro-Shame in the Truck1) Todd Ristau (Iowa City, New York, Chicago, Charlottesville, Verona, Roanoke) - Chicken Sunday, (October 3rd, 1986: this may have been the very first piece I ever performed at No Shame.)Special thanks to Guy Snodgrass for the truck and the lights. And to all the people who volunteered to run them... (Ashley? who else?)
2) Paul Rust (Iowa City) - My Own Private Sitcom (performed on March 23, 2001 and later at BONS on May 5, 2001)
4) Mike Rothschild (Iowa City, Los Angeles) - Separate The Man From His Head, (LA November 1st, 2002, and at Best of LA)
5) Michael Tabor and Al Angel (Iowa City) - The Dog Can Fly, (May 2nd, 2003)
6) Mike Moran (Iowa City) - Stan Guthrie Quits Smoking, (October 20th, 1989)
6.5) JC Luxton (Iowa City) - The Hoop Sketch, (April 5, 1991)
CAST: Luxton, Smick, girl from audience7) John Smick (Iowa City) - To Anna, (April 11th, 1997)
TO BE PERFORMED BY: Adam Burton, Carolyn Jacobson, J.C. Luxton, Fred Norberg, John Smick
9) Tony Trout (Iowa City) - It's the Going (1986)
CAST: Trout, Luke Pingel, Andy Schroeder, Jeff Lenhart
8) Howard Zimmerle and Jesse Wozniak (Cedar Falls, Iowa City) - The Hand Job: Redux, (debuted October 6th, 2000)
10) Neil Van Gorder (Cedar Falls, Iowa City), - The Greatest Treasure of the Whole Fair (November 16, 2001)
11) The Beckett Parody (Iowa City) - James Lin Erwin, (September 3rd, 1999)
CAST: James Erwin, Dan Brooks
12) Katie F-S (Cedar Falls) - My Vagina Monologue
13) Dan P. Brooks (Iowa City, New York) - Brett Deckers: Highly Excellent (October 29, 1999)
14) Mark Hansen (Iowa City) - A Pit-Stop in Pinterville, (February 19, 1999)
CAST: Mark Hansen and Chuck Monson in the leads, and Nick Clark as Chic, the denizen of Mamet Town.
15) Luke Pingel (Cedar Falls) - Agatha Christie (January 17th, 2003)
16) Michele Thompson (Iowa City, Yes Shame) - The Real McCoy, (September 20th, 2002)
CAST: Michele Thompson, Michael Tabor and Bill McKenna
17) Carolyn Jacobson (Iowa City) - Grappling with Charlotte Bronte (September 20, 1996)
18) Adam Burton (Iowa City) - Dish / Spoon (December 11, 1998)
CAST: Adam Burton and Chris Okiishi
19) John Shirley (Charlottesville, Verona) - Whipping Boy (November 22, 2002)
20) Adam Hahn (Iowa City, Austin, and the world) - According to David Harman, This Monologue is All About Sex (October 22nd, 1999)
21) Ronnie Wright (Iowa City) - Not Another Vegetable Sketch!, (April 19, 2002)
23) Jason Nebergall (Iowa City) - There's Nothing Sadder Than a Sad Pirate, (November 9, 2001)
CAST: Jason Nebergall, Matt Hart
24) James D. Wolf, Jr. (Iowa City) - Gary, Indiana, my Own Hometown or Why I Got Culture Shock in Iowa, (April 25, 1997)
CAST: Wolf, ??
25) Jeff Goode (Iowa City, Chicago, Los Angeles) - Doctor Yahtze: First Position (October 3, 1996: This was the first piece I ever performed at No Shame)
CAST: Goode, with Mike Rothschild
Carolyn, Smick & Kris Farrar all got some pix of the show, which will be up on the website soon.
[#3 Mark Lohman and #22 Ben Schmidt were last minute cancellations. #9 Tony Trout jumped the gun, so #8 & 9 were performed out of order]
Friday, October 3rd, 2003
- [Theatre B]
1. No Author Listed (John Shirley) - Thinkerspeak
(A man in the position of Rodin's "The Thinker" discusses his nudity and his desire to feel.)
2. White Cat and Math Teacher - Happy Halloween from Garfield
(Michele and William open their trick-or-treat bags to catch candy falling from the sky.)
3. Jeremy Hoffman - Names Changed to Protect the Stupid
(Jeremy recounts the story of when he walked in on his roommate's cocaine party, and his roommate's subsequent overdose.)
4. Paul Rust - Brothers in White Tuxedos
(Paul talks about how the date of October third has great significance in his life. Then, just as his piece approaches the six-minute mark, he requests that the clock be stopped and he proposes to Michele, who rejects him.)
5. Mark Norris (Paul Rust) - 2003: A Toast 'Em's Odyssey
(Mark starts to talk about the titular pastry when Paul interrupts, seemingly upset from the rejection of his proposal. He then decides to marry the pastry.)
6. Liz Lazer - Dedication to Fanboy
(Slam poetry about the moral descent of high school boys.)
7. Cassie Gonzales - For Papa
(Cassie tells of her sexual misadventures at a Hemmingway look-alike contest.)
8. Jesse Wozniak and Howard Zimmerle - A Dissertation
(Pants are angrily ripped off and thrown in the audience as Jesse and Howard speak their mind on several topics.)
9. Brad Hansen - One for the Audience Members
(Brad gets the audience involved by having two people fight. Jason says this is against the rules, and Brad has to fight Paul as punishment.)
10. Michael Tabor - Bob Dylan Goes Crazy
(Mr. Dylan goes homicidally insane at a rock concert. The piece was cut off after six minutes.)
10.5. Sadie ??? - Underpants Joke
("Under where?" "Under Pants.")
11. Nozebone the Band - Do the Nozebone
(Rock song from Nick with Al. People are invited to dance.)
12. Shock Boyz - I'm Gone Poke U in da Ass
(Given the opportunity to poke someone unsuspecting in the ass, those wily Shock Boyz simply want to poke one another.)
13. Sarah Neilson - I'm Sick and Barely Have a Voice so Cassie is Playing Me
(Cassie talks about turning 20 and trying to experience something only a teenager can.)
13.5. Fran Boyken - Man Eats Out Woman While She is Giving Birth
(That's what happens. Cassie is the mother-to-be, Steve is the father-to-be, Fran was an attendant nurse, and other Steve was the doctor. Salsa is flung everywhere, damaging the space and the audience, and the piece is ended.)
14. Naomi Nordine - The New Blue
(Naomi talks about being close with another person.)
15. Angry Lemon - Blood in the Water
(Al, with Paul and Jamal, perform a song.)
16. Adam Heniger and Mark Norris - Babies of the Round Table
(Two newborns debate the heredity laws of the kingdom.)
17. Andy Schroeder - True Film Facts
(Found theatre involving nerds' posts to www.supershadow.com)
18. Jason Nebergall - What's Your Deal?
(Jason interviews audience member Courtney, who didn't have too much to say.)
19. Michael Dhar - I Put Something Up Your Butt Last Night and I'm Not Telling You What It Is Until You Marry Me
(The title is the first line. What is the thing up the butt? A wedding ring.)
20. Aprille Clarke - Stuff I Hate
(Aprille hates lots of stuff, as do unicorns. Once Michael Tabor the unicorn is ascertained not to be David Bowie, Aprille hates him too.)
21. Dan Brooks - Love Letter from Las Vegas
(Dan talks about the debauchery in Vegas and how he stills holds out hope for the love of a mysterious woman.)
21.5 Seth Brenneman - The Enchanted Forest
(Seth and William, with a bucket of dry ice, name the many enchanted thing in the forest.)
Friday, October 10th, 2003
- [Theatre B]
.5. Seth Megrit - Megrit
(Seth has too many dates. These dates, several women and a few men pulling their shirts in such a way as to indicate odd, perky breasts, enter.)
1. Michael Dhar - Dog Eat Dog Eat Dog
(It's not that two stuffed animals are having dinner, it's that two men with odd, high voices are going to eat them for dinner.)
2. Spencer Griffin - Suex Ex Machina
(Paul, Spencer, and Dan profess their sexiness. Dan keeps saying "Boobs!")
3. Angry Lemon - Pneumonia
(Al plays a folky tune on his guitar.)
4. Paul Rust - I Thought You Said Ping Pong Balls
(Paul and Michele try to capture King Kong, until Michele has ethical problems with that. She attracts Kong, and they go off together, and Paul has a heart-to-heart with the audience.)
5. Shock Boyz - Mice
(When faced with the possibility of bottom poking, Matt and Jason realize they have no instruments of poking. They steal some crutches and then go at it.)
6. Mark Norris - Worst Exit EVER
(After an argument, Mark makes a hasty retreat. Several, in fact.)
7. Tom Kovacs - The Kitty Dilemma
(Paul suggests cloning Michele's cat, much to Tom's dismay. The cloning goes terribly wrong; the cat becomes a maniacal Michael Tabor, who attacks poor Mecial.)
7.5. Arlen Lawson - Gaining Power
(A monologue about Sam's intestinal trouble, and how Hortie suggests it may be evidence that the world is hell. The intestinal trouble is seen as the devil raping Sam. Hortie is saddened.)
8. Math "Sans White Cat" Teacher - Send in the Clown
(To replace Chris Stangl in Theatre of a Glow-in-the-Dark Skeleton, Michele enlists an actual glow-in-the-dark skeleton. The skeleton dances.)
9. Cool Jesse - Moped
(After a friend's suicide, Jesse's feelings towards a moped gang become violent.)
10. Andy Schroeder - Grand Theft Auto 3 Makes Andy Crash His Car Into Other Car
(Michael Tabor enthusiastically describes something.)
11. Cassie Gonzales - The Greatest Gravedigger in the World
(Cassie discusses the titular gravedigger, Ronnie, and how he dug the best hole for himself and his lover.)
12. C. Matt Wiegand - Sweatshop Song
(A folk song about the evils of capitalism.)
13. Jason Nebergall - What's Your Deal?
(Jason interviews James, a very nervous freshman.)
14. Aprille Clarke - The Worst Pen Pal in the World
(No longer David Bowie, the worst pen pal in the world is now the ghost of late fashion designer Gianni Versace. They use their intestines to knit internal sweaters.)
15. Dan Brooks - Date Fuck Kill
(Dan and his friends pick three women, and give themselves three very limited options regarding their conduct with said women.)
.5. The Welcoming Society - Lemonade for Sale
(Two guys are selling lemonade. Ellen asks them if they have any. They drink the lemonade and say "yes.")
1. Paul Rust - Peach Cobbler
(Paul's dad sends him a pillow in the shape of breasts. Paul feels weird about drugs, alcohol, and his dad turning the family store over to Trevor.)
2. Doug Long - Trapped in an Igloo: A Tragedy in One Act
(Doug has trouble talking to a girl he thinks he might know.)
3. Dan Brooks - The Curse of Ming Lo Huoai
(In the style of a 19th century pulp adventure story, Dan recounts a strange tale of the title curse.)
4. Timm Sitzmann - Talk About a Party
(A line of people talk about a party, then get confused. It's meta-theatre!)
5. Cool Jesse - The Most Fun You Will Ever Have
(Tabor appears to state the proposition that Coca-Cola uses paramilitary organizations to intimidate workers in its plants in Columbia. Jesse negates this by dropping Coke cans on Tabor.)
6. Angry Lemon - June 18th
(A song about a woman making shapes with menstrual blood.)
7. Brian Lenth - Two Guys Talk About Superman (Or So They Think)
(We learn that Superman has a minimum speed, as do most superheroes and regular men.)
8. Matt Wiegand - Black and White Movie
(Matt rocks and rolls with a guitar and keyboard.)
9. Nick Clark - I Love You, Jesus
(Nick has an Easter Egg hunt.)
10. Brad Hansen - God in High School
(God's plans to go to prom are thwarted when Zeus decided to take Athena to prom, in a strange and incestuous turn of events.)
11. Jamal River - The Lady Who Found a Booger
(Jamal is a woman who finds a booger on the sidewalk. Paul ends up putting it in his butt.)
11.5. Scott Presslak - The Most Hated Man in America
(It's the guy who caught the ball at the Cubs game.)
12. Cassie Gonzales - The Game of Not Breathing
(Cassie describes lying under obese people.)
13. Michael Tabor - Michael Tabor Colon(:) Asshole
(Michael only does it for the money, the women, and the prestige.)
14. Denise Dooley - The Presents are for You to Keep
(Denise and Mark sing a bizarre, bizarre song and throw plush animals at the audience.)
15. Mark Norris - College: 2120
(Robot searches for his purpose on a college campus.)
16. White Cat and Math Teacher - Why! You're a Living Cake of Soap
(A rockin' party is disrupted by a hobo and Sonic the Hedgehog, delivering pizzas.)
17. Jason Nebergall - Tjuzing
(Jason screeches incoherently about his fascination with contemporary fashion and the TV show "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy)
18. Arlen Lawson - Human Birth Agony
(Arlen recounts an experience in the mutilation of dead kittens.)
Heloo. I write to let you know that starting next week, "No Shame" theatre will no longer be airing on PATV. Nobody (me or Alyssa) wants to tape it anymore, on account of it's annoying to stare at the LED screen the whole show. So once again, each Friday night's performances will be lost to the ages, as God intented them to be. ---Jamal (10/22/03)
.5) Bill McKenna- 3 Short Dialogues Wherein Paul Asks Ordinary, Every-Day Questions and Bill Responds Hinting at His Financial Irresponsibility
(Paul asks Bill innocuous questions, such as "What's up?" Bill replies with strained references to his financial situation.)
1) Cassie Gonzales - Mustache
(Cassie's sister's boyfriend draws the hatred of Cassie, her reasons far deeper than his antiquated mustache.)
2) Jesse - This
(Jesse gets fed up with it all, walks off stage.)
3) Dan Brooks - Screw You, Microsoft, Retard is So a Word
(Paul plays Willy, a mentally retarded boy who enjoys urinating on people during the 1986 World Series. Willy's actions annoy Dan a great deal.)
4) Mike Oehler - Rant
(Have you ever noticed how guys in college all talk the same way? Mike has.)
5) Matt Wiegand - Servant's Song
(A highly distorted, structurally fragmented song on guitar.)
6) Anne Sullivan - Alfonso
(Alfonso is a tiger wearing Anne and Sadie's boots. Sadie gets eaten.)
7) John Schloffelt - Love Letter
(John sings a strident ballad to late singer-songwriter Elliott Smith.)
8) Aprille Clarke - The Most Paralyzed Pen-Pal in the World
(The title pen-pal is Paralyzed Frankenstein. Over the course of five minutes, the relationship between Paralyzed Frankenstein and Aprille sours considerably.)
9) Jason Nebergall - Marigold Days
(A woman recalls a day of driving an old car around town.)
10) Mark Norris and Paul Rust - How to Treat Bunions When Lost in the Wilderness: A Survival Guide
(Mark and Paul are lost on a raft. Well, not so much lost as on the raft ride at Worlds of Fun.)
11) Spencer Griffin - Saved By The Bell
(Spencer's play version of the high school sitcom fails when everyone he wants to cast would make an excellent Screech.)
12) James Horak - Machinotron 2000
(After building, playing with, and losing in the river a nonfunctional robot, a boy watches as his friend father beats her.)
13) Paul Rust - Paul Rust Masturbates On Stage
(Paul's preparations to follow through on the title are interrupted by himself at ages 6 and 72. They both are disgusted with his antics.)
14) Jamie Margolin - Baby Jamie
(Jamie realizes how easy it is to replace the word "baby" in pop songs with his own name.)
15) Michael Dhar - Investing in Our Future
(A company, run by Michael, decide to hire Aprille and Max's young child, Paul, for a large salary and corner office.)
Mike Brooks (brother to Dan, cousin to the famous shoe company) offered No Shame this opportunity...The 10,000 Hours Show, a homegrown James Gang endeavor that's producing a big time concert for which admission is hours of volunteer service in IC for the spring of 2004, is opening to the public for the first time this week. They're having a "FREEky Friday" ped mall event from 3 until 6 or 7 pm this Friday, October 31st.
From 3-4pm, No Shame Theatre will have the stage (in front of the Sheraton in the Ped Mall). If you're interested in writing or performing, show up around 2:45pm with your piece. Anybody can do this.
If you decide to, email Mike Brooks at mike@thejamesgang.ws, so he knows he can expect you.
Friday, October 31st, 2003
- [Theatre B]
1. Brad Hansen - Monster! Aaa!
2. Cassie Gonzales - A Monologues Which I First Performed One Year Ago
3. James (Happy Halloween) Horak - Willow Tree
4. Matt Wiegand - Hard Interstate
5. Jason Nebergall - AnDY laffS yOU UPP!!!
6. Anne Sullivan - Ocean Wave
6.5. Seth and William - William & Seth
7. Cool Jesse - This Will Scare You Stupid: A Monologue So Scary It's Stupid OR I Thought This Up While Watching Spike TV's Friday The 13th Marathon
8. Michael Tabor - Real Slow in the Car
8.5. Mark Norris - What We All Miss About Halloween and Kindergarten
9. Paul Rust - No Shame Entertainment Incorporated Presents... Your 2003 Halloween Sketch
10. Denise Dooley - Do you like a sucker bunny rabbit, do you like a lolly?
11. Andy Schroeder - Penis, Anyone?
12. Aprille Clarke - The Most Reluctant, and Eventually Greatest, Pen-Pal in the World
1. James Horak - Wheezy vs. Hangnail
(Dan Brooks, James Horak)
2. Sarah Neilson - Hot Chocolate
[Two men who hate each other share company, bad habits]
(Cassie Gonzales, Sarah Neilson, Paul Rust, Michael Tabor)
3. Roe Llyod - The Roe Show Volume 1
[Narrator presents seven personified chapters, confronts chapter of "Art."]
(Roe Llyod)
4. Candie W. - Untitled
[Roe shares his observations on having to poop beside people at work and the effects of using a bidet]
(Candie W.)
5. Cool Jesse - Cool Jesse Makes Love to an Otter: An Experiment in Sound
[A mother suggests suicide to her son's many girlfriends - against the backdrop of Amherst and the estate of Emily Dickinson]
(Jesse Blaine, various performers - offer them if known)
6. White Cat, Math Teacher, Bony Macaroni, and Cart Wheel - Earth 2
[Jessi orchestrates various performers' delivery of phrases and sounds.]
(Seth Breneman, William Callahan, Michele Thompson)
7. Mark-pheus Norris - A 5-Minute Rundown of Everything that Happened in the Matrix Revolutions
[With assistance from a keyboard, Seth, William, and Michele discuss the worlds of Earth 2, 3, and 4.]
(Mark Norris)
8. Dan Brooks - A Hilarious Sketch for and About High School Students and Robots
[Mark shares the story of "Matrix Revolutions," combining plot elements from Lord of the Rings, Home Alone, Harry Potter, and The Mighty Ducks (amongst others)]
(Jesse Blaine, Dan Brooks, James Horak, Mark Norris, Paul Rust, Michael Tabor, Michele Thompson, Tessa ???)
9. Michael Tabor - Fancy Pants
[Two nerds calculate the behaviors of Stacy, Cockmaster, Calculabot, and other high school misfits; Dan interrupts with another "long-winded monologue"]
(Anne Sullivan, Michael Tabor)
9.5 Seth Meow Grit and William Breneman - Meow Grit
[Michael insists that his pants are not fancy. Anne disagrees.]
(Seth Breneman, William Callahan)
10. Nick Clark - Cruiser the Cat a Yesbat show
[Michael (from the back of the theatre) distracts the audience from William eating a pizza and Seth smoking cigarettes]
(Nick Clark, James Horak, Michael Tabor)
11. Paul Rust - Derrick and Leroy
[With a puppet on his hand, Nick re-enacts poetry that describes Cruiser the Cat.]
(William Callahn, Paul Rust)
12. Timm Sitzmann - Maybe It Won't Ever Happen
[Derrick and Leroy are matchmakers - except for themselves.]
(Timm Sitzmann)
13. Naomi Nordine - Slash Remix or Its You Who Creates the Art
[Tim struggles with writing a piece that isn't (or is) anti-Semitic or homophobic.]
(Naomi Nordine)
[Narrator expresses love and admiration for artist/friend/lover.]
1. Bill McKenna - Jon Rustanglarkaborgallpookrivonzallahangelson OR It Takes More Than Fiber Supplements to Make You Regular
[Bill's friend Jon wants to be a regular at No Shame, but wants this after only one performance.]
2. Silver Dollar Tabor - Fireball Island!
[Adventure occurs on the titular board game; Island God Aprille kills explorers Jamal and Paul as Tabor narrates.]
3. Andrew Dooley - Ladies in the House My Number is 734-454-6674
[No sense is made as a great many people roll donuts, dance, and wear paper outfits.]
4. James Horak, Age 9 - It's a Wrestler's Life: A Choose Your Own Adventure
[All choices result in the defeat of the main wrestler, as played by Paul Rust and narrated by James Horak.]
5. Aprille Clarke - The Most Sarcastic Pen-Pal in the World
[It's Michael Tabor again... but he, a Sarcastic History Teacher, is also Aprille Clarke]
5.5 Jamal River - I'm not making an excuse, I'm just telling you what happened
[Jamal flushes too early to avoid seeing poop.]
6. Scott Presslak - Questions that Keep Me Up on Friday Night
[Scott asks many questions, some about life, some about No Shame.]
7. Carolyn Space Jacobson - Blind Friend Jim
[Mean Carolyn hurts a baby and laughs at the visually impaired.]
8. Anne Sullivan - Fish Tank
[Anne goes nuts and kills Chris L-W's fish. She apologizes with a mix CD and a disturbing request of Chris.]
9. Candice Weuhle - The Orchid Heart
[Candie tells the tale of many deaths in one family.]
10. Cool Jesse - Damsel in Distress
[Jesse, flanked by Emma and Chris LaVoie, reads from a notebook.]
11. Alyssa Bowman - Old Hippie vs. Young Hippie
[Aprille, Michael, Al, and Paul all say crazy things.]
12. Jason Nebergall - Love in the Atomic Age
[Jason loudly ponders the possibility of love and meaning in an age of theory, nihilism, and unauthorized sex videos.]
13. Angry Lemon - Monster
[Angry Lemon rocks out]
14. Paul Rust - Look at the Limestone Rainbow
[Paul and Grandpa Jamal try to write a suicide note.]
15. Brian Lenth - I Have Written a Review of Tonight's Show
[He hated it. All of it. Even his piece.]
1. Seth "The Beekeeper" Brenneman - Enter the Beekeeper, Written & Directed by the Wachowski Brothers
[Jamal is a beekeeper and Paul is his grandson who wants to put honey on his cereal]
2. Jason Nebergall - Thanksgiving with Mr. Piggles
[Jason talks to his piggy bank about many a topic]
3. David Fishel - The Bedtime Story of Sinclair Synclare
[Aprille and Jamal are Paul's sexual parents, who chastise him for his opinions on movies and his conversations with Al Pacino]
4. Paul Rust - Me & My Girl Are Sick
[Paul talks to a Wendy's cup, which represents the food that made him and his girl sick, though they eventually have sex and Paul reveals his uncaring nature]
5. Matt Wiegand - Vampire Song
[Matt plays and electric guitar and sings a song about vampires]
6. Michele Thompson - Christmas Guest
[The Abominable Snowman/Erin ate Bill!]
7. Candice Wuehle - A Simple Story
[Candie tells a baby the sordid story of its parents' demises]
7.5 Jamal River - Monkey & Cat
[Paul and Jamal stomp around and sing inventive variations on popular children's songs]
8. Aprille Clarke - Checkers' Day at Mercy Hospital
[Carolyn, Aprille, and Michael Tabor provide captions for a coloring book about an abused elephant's day at the hospital]
9. [Jason had to leave, this was not performed]10. Carolyn Space Jacobson - George Eliot's First No Shame Piece
[Carolyn tells the tale of two semi-toothless people and their reading/tooth-hiding habits]
11. Mark Norris - Snakes are for SQUARES
[Mark, who is not afraid of snakes but simply thinks they are for squares, becomes frightened when he learns there is one on him]
12. Michael Tabor - Job 15:21
[Inspired by a Bible verse, Michael Tabor riffs on biblical themes and ends on a tribute to JFK's assassination]
1. Anne Sullivan - Mountain Don't
[Chris delivers a monologue about finding unattractive love while Anne occasionally interjects about various products]
2. Doug Long - Pskik vs. Magneto
[We meet the new mutant, Pskik, who is a bit delusional about his powers]
3. Caleb Brown - There's a Fire in the Hallway! Everyone get out!
[Caleb shouts fire and encourages us to go somewhere, but it turns out shouting fire in a crowded theater isn't cool]
4A. Paul Rust - Knights in Satanic Service
[Who wants to kiss Jamal? Paul, then not Paul, then Jamal doesn't want to get kissed, then he does, and onward]
4B. Timm Sitzmann 6 - Simply Put
[sorry, can't remember]
5. Dave Strackney - Babes to Barbies
[Dave plays the banjo and sings]
6. Mark Norris - The Power of the Rook
[Friends sit around a table playing a card game with scary and supernatural consequences]
7. Cassie Gonzales - Johnny Shot Out of a Cannon
[Cassie delivers a monologue about a one-legged stripper, though she gets interrupted by Michael's ponderings]
8. Brad Hansen - Special Delivery
[Mom orders pizza to get affection from her son; life is painful]
9. Angie Bork - Dirty White Tennis-Shoes
[Angie reads a poem about the reality she dreams of and the reality that she actually lives]
10A. Anon - Jason Maron's Standup Comedy Set
[Jokes about women's bodies and other assorted topics]
10B. Angry Lemon - Malaise
[Jamal and Al perform a musical number with the help of their guitars]
11. Jamal River - The White Stones of Antarctica
[Jamal tells the tale of the great white stones in the four corners of Antarctica and the trials and tribulations associated with gathering them]
12. Aprille Clarke - A Series of Short Sketches About Deadies
[Aprille commemorates her dead friends through short comedy]
13. Jason Nebergall and Michael Tabor - The Jack
[Michael Tabor has a sex tool on him that all women and some men are wild to get at]
14. White Cat and Math Teacher - We Wish You a Merry Mich Mich from White Cat and Math Teacher
[Wearing masks, various people gather around a piano and wish us a very touching merry Christmas]
15. Carolyn Space Jacobson - Piece for Adam
[Adam talks about communicating in various dialects of English/corpospeak with his lover]
Best of No Shame1. Michael Dhar - Dog Eat Dog Eat Dog
2. Michael Tabor - Triple Play
3. Dave Strackany - A Song
4. Denise Dooley - Fort
4.5 Shock Boyz - Sex
5. Dan Brooks - Young Girls
6. Erin Broderson - I Hate Fish
7. Angry Lemon - Oh My god
8. Paul Rust - Cowboy Brian's Therapist is Bitten By a Horse
9. Cassie Gonzales - For Papa
10. Aprille Clarke - The Greatest Pen Pal in the World
11. Arlen Lawson - The Surrogate Funeral
12. White Cat, Math Teacher, Bony Macaroni, and Cart Wheel - Earth 2
13. Carolyn Space Jacobson - Blind Friend Jim
13.5 Sadie Smith - Underpants Joke
14. Anne Sullivan - Fish Tank
15. King Toad - Please Be Nice to People
16. Jason Nebergall - Love in the Atomic Age
17. Dave Fishel and Paul Rust - What SHE Said
