No Shame Theatre Archives (2000-2001)

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Author or (No Shamer) - Title (Performers, if known)


Board of Directors for the Spring 2001 Semester
Luke Pingel
Neil Van Gorder
Jesse Wozniak
Howard Zimmerle
David Oline
Robin Corsburg

FIRST SEASON - SPRING SEMESTER 2001

Starting this semester, show time is changed to 10:00 pm


Friday, January 19th, 2001 - [Art Auditorium of the Kamerick Art Building]
1. Aaron Galbraith - The Father's Day Closet
[Gay boy turns straight, dissapoints Dads. Comedy Sketch]
2. Jesse Wozniak and Howard Zimmerle - If I Had $1.50
[Parody of Bare Naked Ladies Song. Zimmerle buys love and a shirt at Goodwill for girl he tries to woo. Comedy Song]
3. Elisia Hansel - Poem
[Rrr-iot girl Elisia proves girls can do what boys do. Rrr-iot grrl poem]
4. Mark Watkins - Untitled
[Mark expresses love for girls. Love poetry.]
5. Deuce Rizksham - An Explanation of Light and Beauty
[Like a Jackson Pollock painting done with dung, A. Galbraith and L. Pingel do abstract nonsense piece about diarrhea and the futility of human action.]
6. Elisia Hansel - Stand Up Comedy
[Elisia eschews the norm and does stand up while sitting in chair.]
7. Jesse Wozniak and Howard Zimmerle - It All Depends On Your Political Views
8. Aaron Galbraith - Wrap that Rascal
[A. Galbraith talks real fast and gets big round of applause.]
9. Neil Van Gorder - Richard Langartner's Obsession
[N. Van Gorder does dramatic monologue about man in Southern Georgia in 1930's who obsessed with ballet murder's one-armed man for stealing his tutu. N. strips down to tutu and briefs and does pirouttes over the dead man's body before pushing him into rock quarry pit.]
10. Luke Pingel - The Excalibur
[L. Pingel gets scrotum stuck in bowling ball return, wife turns into 18 armed space alien and regains his lust for life by bowling. Comedy Monologue]

[SOURCE: order posted on web message board by Neil Van Gorder]

Friday, February 2nd, 2001 - [Art Auditorium of the Kamerick Art Building]
1. Neil Van Gorder - My Overweight Sister's Underwear
[short poop humor comedy sketch]
2. Jesse Wozniak and Howard Zimmerle - A Play About Nothing, Like Seinfeld, but Less Funny
[comedy sketch]
3. Bridget Eggers - Dairy Queens: The Frozen Lactate Specialist
[comedic monologue about ice cream lesbians]
4. Dave Stamp - I've Got a Little Pecker
[comedy song]
5. Jesse Wozniak and Howard Zimmerle - A Dissertation
[comedy sketch with no pants= FUNNY]
6. Andy Briggs - Love is Blind
[comedy sketch dealing with blind women and sodomy]
7. Elysia Hansel - Stand Up Comedy
8. Adam Lauritsen - Half and Half
[dramatic reading]
9. Neil Van Gorder - Fantasimico, the Light Machine
[comedic monologue about a superhero saving chickens with a light machine]
10. Luke Pingel - Vignettes Onboard
[series of three dramatic monologues intertwined by a train conductor]

[SOURCE: order posted on web message board by Luke Pingel]

Friday, February 16th, 2001 - [Art Auditorium of the Kamerick Art Building]
1. Howard Zimmerle - Bombs Over Baghdad
2. Jesse Wozniak - Introduction to America
3. [author unknown] - Necrofelicity
4. Howard Zimmerle - Bigotry Examined
5. Neil Van Gorder - "squiggle"

[SOURCE: order posted on web message board by Howard Zimmerle]

Friday, March 2nd, 2001 - [Art Auditorium of the Kamerick Art Building]
1. Howard Zimmerle and Jesse Wozniak - No Shame Bingo
[bowling story mixed with mockery of Howard and Jesse’s playwriting skills.]
2. Neil Van Gorder - At the Zoo
[stream of concsciousness rambling about giraffes and other animals]
3. Bridget Eggers - Invisible
[prose about racism]
4. Adam Lauritsen - Religious Debate
[reaction to over-zealous Jehovah’s witness types]
5. Howard Zimmerle and Jesse Wozniak - Win Howard Zimmerle's Money
[Game show with real audience participation and rewards]
6. Neil Van Gorder - uhn...hmm...ahem...Sex
[story of the first time with Bob Dole-like consequences]

[SOURCE: order posted on web message board by Howard Zimmerle]

Friday, March 30th, 2001 - [Art Auditorium of the Kamerick Art Building]
1. Dave Stamp - Wet Spot
2. (Adam Lauritsen) - An Ebay Ad (discovered by Adam Lauritsen)
3. Luke Pingel - Awkward Silence
4. Howard Zimmerle - A Contest
5. (Scott Hagarty)- A Real Love Poem written by Donovan Jater (discovered by Scott Hagarty)
6. Elisa Pott - Stand up Comedy
7. Scott Hagarty - Scott Hagarty's Not Skit
8. Neil Van Gorder - The Tom Selleck Worship Club
9. Josh Goodrich - What One Would Do
10. Howard Zimmerle and Jesse Woznick - Short Attention Span Theatre
11. Luke Pingel - The Telemarketer

[SOURCE: order posted on web message board by Neil Van Gorder]

Friday, April 13th, 2001 - [Art Auditorium of the Kamerick Art Building]
1. Howard Zimmerle - Cardio-Culinary Resuscitation
[CPR instructor doesnt know CPR, then chokes on his own pie. Comedy sketch.]
2. Neil Van Gorder - Pudding Foot Man in the Pot Pan
[comedic slide show of NVG's trip to San Francisco a la Adam Sandler style]
3. Nick Thompson and Co. - Death of the American Dream
[horror musical number provided by Austin Z. and Nick T. while Jason D. and Paul K. give a political statement with their balls]
4. Luke Pingel - A New Monologue About True Love and Adolescence With a Stupid Title
[Luke P. discusses how to get girls with a moped. Comedy monologue]

[SOURCE: order posted on web message board by Luke Pingel]

Best of No Shame
Friday, April 27th, 2001
- [Art Auditorium of the Kamerick Art Building]
1. Jesse Wozniak and Howard Zimmerle - A Dissertation
2. Aaron Galbraith - Wrap That Rascal
3. Patrick Parker - Will Khitey's How to Meet Girls
4. Dave Stamp - I've Got a Little Pecker
5. Elysia Hansel - Two Poems
6. Joey Poschner - I Like a Half-Gallon of Water
7. Neil Van Gorder - The Adventures of Mr. Chair
8. Adam Lauritsen - Religious Debate
9. Josh Goodrich - What One Would Do
10. Dave Oline - Missin' You
11. Luke Pingel - Vignettes Onboard
12. Bridget Eggers - Dairy Queens: The Frozen Lactate Specialist
13. Elisa Pott - Stand Up Comedy
14. Jesse Wozniak and Howard Zimmerle - Short Attention Span Theatre
15. Jason Danielson and Rick Stone - Ode to the Stallion
16. Neil Van Gorder - Fantasimico, the Light Machine
17. Luke Pingel - Forever In Love or How Kenny G Ruined My Life
[SOURCE: order posted on web message board by Neil Van Gorder]

Continue on to Fall 2001