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VERY last minute event! How spontaneous are you? I just got the crazy idea to see Studs Terkel's Not Working at Second City E.T.C. stage tomorrow, 7 PM show. This is very short notice I realize, but I figured I would give it a shot. Tickets are $20, general admission. Call 312-337-3992 for tickets, $2 service charge/order. Don't order online, it's much more expensive. No service charge if you buy in person, but of course that takes extra time. Call ASAP, this could sell out soon. You must say you are with me, Ellen Goodman, and give order # E231057, so they can add your ticket to my order so we can sit together. Tix are available at hottix for $17.25, so you save $4.75. http://www.ticketmast...
If you get hottix, call Second City anyway to tell them you are with the group.

RSVP AFTER buying your ticket, so that I know everyone signed up has a ticket. This show is supposed to be hilarious and I've wanted to see it for a while. This is my last chance before the end of the year.
http://www.secondcity.com/?id=theatres/chicago/etc
http://chicago.broadwayworld.com/article/Everything_Works_Perfectly_in_STUDS_TERKELS_NOT_WORKING_20090723
Meet at box office (second floor) at 6:30 to pick up tickets. We will depart for the theater at 6:45. We will get food and/or drinks afterward if there is interest. I'm really looking forward to this--I hope at least a few people can manage to join me. Call 773-818-1343 if you are running late, can't find us, or have questions. Hope to see you there!

This is cross-posted with Fun Chicago Single so only sign up with 1 group.

Due a lead role cast change, American Theater Company is postponing the opening of Yeast Nation by one week. I have rescheduled the outing to Saturday night, September 19th. The discount ticket price of $20.00 is still available. See below for ticket ordering instructions

From League of Chicago Theater Special Offers:
American Theater Company, 1909 W. Byron, is offering Pay-What-You-Can tickets to the following preview performances of Yeast Nation (the triumph of life) this weekend: Thursday, September 17 at 8 p.m., Friday, September 18 at 8 p.m., Saturday, September 19 at 8 p.m., Sunday, and September 20 at 3 p.m.
Pay-What-You-Can tickets go on sale at the Box Office 45 minutes prior to curtain.

From the Tony-Award Winning Writers of Urinetown
Chicago Premiere
Yeast Nation (the triumph of life)
music + lyrics = Mark Hollmann
book + lyrics = Greg Kotis
http://www.atcweb.org/

The Primordial Soup. 3,000,458,000 B.C. The world’s first family, a colony of salt-eating yeasts, float in the brine of the primordial soup under the rule of a tyrannical baritone. When resources deplete and fear pervades, the faith of a single-celled dreamer starts an evolutionary chain reaction that changes the course of existence forever. ATC brings together an all-star Chicago cast including Barbara Robertson, Gary Houston, Michael Mahler, Phil Ridarelli and many more. Here come the Yeasts!

SHOW STARTS AT 8:00PM

If you plan to attend, please buy your ticket as soon as possible. Here is the info on how to purchase the specially priced tickets.

Tickets $20.00 (+$3.00 Service Fee) Use the codeword "meetup" when ordering tickets.

ONLINE
To order tickets online click HERE and use the code 'meetup' for the discounted price.
Code only applies to September 19th show.

NOTE: Online system gives you best available seats. To possibly sit with or near the group, call the Box Office at 773-409-4125 and ask for seating with or near the Meetup Group. Mention the codeword MEETUP for discounted price.

TO ORDER TICKETS VIA PHONE:
CALL THE BOX OFFICE AT 773-409-4125 from 10:00am - 6:00pm, Monday through Friday.
You'll speak with a Box Office representative and make payment via credit card. Reservations cannot be made without payment. Mention the codeword "MEETUP" for the $20.00 price. Ask to be seated with or near the Meetup Group.

IN PERSON:
Stop by the Theater from 10:00am - 6:00pm, Monday through Friday. Box Office accepts payments by both cash and credit card. Mention the codeword "MEETUP" for the $20.00 price.
NO SERVICE FEE FOR TICKETS BOUGHT AT BOX OFFICE.

YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PURCHASING YOUR OWN TICKET.
Seating is reserved so the whole group may not be sitting together.

Note: This is a Preview show.

GET DIRECTIONS TO THE THEATER HERE:
http://www.atcweb.org/bxo/night_out.html

WE WILL MEET AT MRS. MURPHY'S & SONS IRISH BISTRO 3905 N. LINCOLN AVE FOR A PRESHOW MEET AND GREET AT 7:00PM AND WALK OVER TO THE THEATER ABOUT 7:30PM. http://www.irishbistro.com/

IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER MEETUP GROUPS SO ORDER TICKETS ASAP.
Email me with any questions.

Hello, all-
Shameless plug time. I've not posted a show in a while, so here's the latest. I'm performing with Theatre Momentum in our improvised plays over at the Greenhouse Theater Center, and can get everyone some two-for-one tickets! Check it out:

Theatre Momentum presents our latest shows:
Status and The Steps

Status:
In an era of instant communication, it's easy to update everyone we know about how our lives are going at any given second.
Do we need to be honest?
Do we need to be funny?
Does it help us to change our "Status"?

The Steps:
The Steps explores the absurd, sweet, and sometimes comical nature of self-help programs, and the arbitrary and sometimes darkly wise nature of the rules of them.

Casts:
Status:
Kannan Arumugam, Peter Athans, Heather Beeman, Tim Dunn, Megan Farris, Kristen Parise, Tony Rielage (me!), Harz Sondericker
Directed by Micky Govern

The Steps
Len Foote, George Hubbard, Alexis Martino, Kathleen O'Shaughnessy, Jon Sales, Susan Steinke, Scott Whitehair, Maureen Winston
Directed by Regan Davis

Shows are Thursdays at 8 PM, and Fridays and Saturdays at 8:30 PM
August 13-September 12
Tickets are $12 Thursdays, $14 Fridays/Saturdays.

All shows take place at the Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave, Downstairs Studio.

You can buy tickets online here, or via phone at 773-404-7336, or in person at the box office.

Special ticket deals, though, gang- if you use the code "TWOFOR1", you can get two tickets for the price of one! Or, you can use the code "CHEAPSKATE" and get $2 off your ticket. Take your pick- both are a great deal! Oh, and those codes are good for any night of the shows, so even if you can't make it out for this event, feel free to use the discounts anytime.

Oh, and I put the meeting time at 7:30, so I can find everyone beforehand. Doors open at 7:45, show starts at 8.

Hope you can make it out, and maybe join the cast afterward for a drink at one of the next-door bars. See you Thursday!

Save the date--it's the annual Rhythm World Tap Dance show! Every summer Chicago Human Rhythm Project hosts Rhythm World, a 2-week-long tap dance workshop and festival in Chicago. As part of the festival they put on a free tap dance show at Pritzker Pavilion. Some of the best tap dancers in the world will be there. Don't miss it! http://www.chicagotap.org/pg.120.149.873_793_807.aspx?listItemID=14344&listLabel=

Show starts at 6:30. Meet outside the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St. (Washington St. side) at 5:00, we will depart at 5:15. I will be wearing a meetup button. We will be sitting in the real seats, not the lawn, in order to see, so we need to get there early to get seats together. Eat beforehand or bring food with you, there is also a cafe near the entrance. Please call 773-818-1343 if you can't find us, are running late, or have questions. Hope to see you there!

This is cross-posted with Fun Chicago Single, so please only sign up with 1 group.

Hello, all!
Okay, it's been way too long since I posted anything, much less a party. I had an idea that I thought might be a touch unique and figured it would be a great event.

Let's have a party! Not just any party, but a costume party. There's Christmas in July celebrations, why not Halloween in June? I figure, the weather's better for costumes, and Halloween's one of my favorite holidays, anyhow.

All this will go down at Matilda, a really great bar in Lakeview. They've given us their entire back room for the event, till 11 PM- then they have to open it to the public. To keep it "private" (they're treating this like a "fundraiser" party for meetup) we have to charge a cover. It'll be just $3 to get in, unless you're in costume! If you're in a costume (and that's up to the bouncer's discretion), then you get in for FREE!

We'll have drink discounts at the bar, lots of great music, and we'll have a Best Costume Contest around 10:30, with some fun prizes for everyone. Get dressed up and party, people!

I know, I know, where can I get a costume this time of year? Glad you asked. Aside from taking a look in your closet or hitting the thrift stores/dollar stores, here's a few places you can check out:

Ragstock
The Alley
Party City
Card and Party Giant
Chicago Costume Company
Beatnix
Uncle Fun

That's the story, everyone. Please feel free to promote this on your facebook, myspace, emails, whatever. The more, the merrier! See you there!

-Tony