An excerpt from Jude Tedmori's diary

Dear Diary,

Jude here, with some big news.  HIJINKSBUSTERS (after being pushed back a million times for things like Jangleheart, HIJINKSfest, and prom) is FINALLY tomorrow!  

In case you didn’t know, diary (AS IF I HAVEN’T TALKED ABOUT IT ENOUGH) HIJINKSBUSTERS is my DREAM SHOW! I get be a HIJINKSBUSTERS for one whole night! I get to be Jamie, Venkman, Adam, Slimer AND Carl Spackler all wrapped in a JUDE BLANKET SANDWICH! O.M.Gosh! I hope all the girls think I’m cute after the show! I’m talking to you, Steph Cook (don’t tell, diary! :-P!!!).

When I first came up with everyone’s individual HIJINKS (HIJINKS=Myth *~*ObViOuSlY*~*), I just thought it would be funny to see that specific person do it, little did I know I had stumbled upon their greatest weaknesses!

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Two Bunnies Eating Flowers and their director, Mike Klasek talk process

Earlier this week, Chicago-based writer/performer/director Mike Klasek posted some insight into the rehearsal and idea generation practices he uses when directing sketch group Two Bunnies Eating Flowers on a Facebook thread about experimental comedy. Since my life is one of an audience member, I rarely get to engage with the behind-the-scenes practices of groups like Two Bunnies.

I reached out to Mike about fleshing out this post into something a bit more structured. He wrote up a list of some ideas he's tried out since coming on as the groups director, and had each of the three members of Two Bunnies offer annotations on this list, giving their take on the experiences and experiments. I found the glimpse into the processes of one of the most unique sketch groups going super interesting and I hope you do too!

Two Bunnies Eating Flowers are at Sketchfest tomorrow night, Saturday January 17th at 11pm. Tickets are available now!

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Sovereign and Two Bunnies Eating Flowers present: The Hijinks Soundtrack

In anticipation of tomorrow night's installment of their collaborative monthly sketch show Hijinks, (Clayton Margeson and Mike Klasek) and (Alex Hanpeter, Kyle Reinhard, and Jude Tedmori) have sent over some multimedia samples from the last show.

Check out the three track soundtrack from last month's inaugural show, featuring cover versions of three popular songs ("Semi-Charmed Life," "Earth Angel," and "Don't Speak"), which Jude from Two Bunnies explains: "we thought it would be funny if instead of using the original songs, we would re-record the songs by ourselves and then use those instead." Also, check out a handful of pictures shot by Dan Shar documenting the nudity, danger, and crossdressing!

See you tomorrow night at 11pm at the Public House Theater for

 

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Mike Klasek rides for The S.O.B. Show

Here's the next short from the ongoing series of clips that will be running on The Steamroller this week in advance of , a special, one-night-only engagement at The Playground this Friday, June 14th at 10pm. The lineup features some of the most boundary-pushing and fearless sketch performers going, including (Mike Klasek and Clayton Margeson), Anthony Oberbeck, and (Alex Hanpeter, Kyle Reinhard, and Jude Tedmori).

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A death-defying promo for The S.O.B. Show!

This is the first of several shorts that will be running on The Steamroller this week in advance of , a special, one-night-only engagement at The Playground this Friday, June 14th at 10pm. The lineup features some of the most boundary-pushing and fearless sketch performers going, including (Mike Klasek and Clayton Margeson), Anthony Oberbeck, and (Alex Hanpeter, Kyle Reinhard, and Jude Tedmori).

This first clip features Clayton from Sovereign, performing a feat of bravery so intense my hands got all clammed up the first time I watched.

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Interview: Walt Delaney, John O'Toole, and Mike Klasek of Small Americans

Small Americans is a long-form short film produced in 2012 by Walt Delaney, Mike Klasek, Zephian Michaels, and John O'Toole that follows the ridiculous events of a local election in New Burnside, IL. The film was retooled after a screening in October of last year, and a new cut will be ! 

In advance of tonight's screening, I talked to Walt, Mike, and John about the creation of the film.

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