Feb 29, 2000 11:06 from Thufir
I didn't mind the vomiting sketch.  I really didn't.  I honestly didn't think
it was that unnecessary.  It's been a long time since anybody at No Shame did
anything along those lines.
 
Really tiny capsule review:  The Al Snow sketch sucked eggs.  Aprille Clark is
starting to really impress me as both a writer and a performer, and this is
saying a lot, since I had such a heavy bias against her when she first started.
Ben Schmidt needs an agent.  Speech Impediment Theater was disgustingly funny.
Grace also impressed me quite a bit.  Mose Hayward's sketch, alas, just wasn't
all that amusing, but was it meant to be?  I couldn't tell.  This will probably
suffice for now.
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Mar 1, 2000 00:12 from Garbage
Everybody must go to the ten minute play festival.  It is the second third and
fourth in the theatre "B", and is exorbitantly priced at $3 for students, and a
whopping $5 for not-a-students.  I have a thing there.  Dan and Mike Cassady
and Chris Stangl have a thing there.  Four other swell folks who don't do NS
regularly also have a thing there, including former board member Sarah Greer.
See the amazing antics of such beloved NS actors as Neil "Balls" Campbell,
Arlen Lawson, Kyle Lange, Kehry Anson Lane, Aaron "Stubble" Galbraith, Mark
Hansen, Chris Okiishi, and the terrifying miss Sheila "Badeila" Franklin
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Mar 4, 2000 11:54 from Quicheo
Here you go:
1)   Jazz-Ma-Tazz by Jamal River (performed by Kelli Rae Powell)
2)   Life Without:  A poem by Kevin Kasper, #87, adapted for the
stage by Aaron Galbraith
3)   Don't Go Home With Your Heart On by Aprille Clarke
4)   A Story About Tits by Zachary Robertson
5)   Not Me, Not Me by Mark J. Hansen
6)   Love and Other Four-Letter Words by Christopher Okiishi
7)   Knowing When by Virgin Ears
8)   The Dirty Limerick by Al "Fucking" Angel, John Sawyer
9)   Human Trilogy by Ho!
10)  Why I'm Going to Fail French by Jessica Ahrendt
11)  Studying a broad, French cowhole by Mose Hayward
12)  Peanuts Run Sideways and Backward, So Why Doesn't Tim by
Nicholas Chappy-Isafucker Clark
13)  Know Thyself by Julia Wilder
14)  Steven Hawking and His Crazy Stand-Up Routine by Steven
"Kyle "8-Ball" Lange" Hawking
15)  Black Coffee, One Sugarcube, No Koala Fetus by Chris Stangl
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Mar 4, 2000 11:55 from Quicheo
(By the way, that last was the order for 3/3/00...)
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Mar 4, 2000 15:46 from Whitewolf
 
So, any violent excretions performed on stage this week?
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Mar 6, 2000 17:11 from Y And F
So I haven't been to No Shame in years (went a few times)  and I was thinking
of doing a sketch.  my only concern is it might end up going around 6 or 7 mins
although it's not my plan.  what happens then? Have people been stopped in the
middle of sketches before?
 
Any words of advice/encouragement before I make an ass of myself?
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Mar 6, 2000 20:23 from Stubble
sketches have gone over before, many, many times.  that doesnt make it right
though, but nonetheless if the audience really enjoys it, they tend to forgive
pieces that are longer.  stangl has gotten away with many an eight or nine
minute monologue.  ive only seen two people get cut off in the last two years,
one sort of started doing a second piece after the first one, and the other was
just really long and had failed to get the audience involved from the start.
so there you have it, i dont encourage a lengthy piece, as that is usually a
problem at no shame, so choose wisely, or me and my friends will rush the stage
and shove a feather duster up your ass.
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Mar 6, 2000 20:35 from Quicheo
Not much more I can add to Stubble's excellent advice, other than as a rule of
thumb, 1 page=1 minute.  Gage wisely.  If it's really long, it can be split
into two pieces performed on separate weeks, which has been done before with
great success.  Welcome, in any event!
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Mar 7, 2000 08:20 from Y And F
Thanks:)
 
Another FAQ,  why do we need to turn in our script?
I can guarantee you mine won't be any ofthe ists (rac-,sex)
but you don't censor the content, right.  Are there groumds for not
allowing a sketch to go on, be edited?  Have you had probs in past?
Do we get that back, or is it part of the No Shame archive?
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Mar 7, 2000 09:00 from Ender
 
Scripts aren't even read before the show starts (who has time??), so there's
definitely no censoring.  You can do all the -ists you like; all you have to
deal with is the fact that there are in the range of 150 people watching you do
them.  Your call.  (You can always leave it to them to wonder if it's you or
your character talking, right?)
 
Scripts are turned in for three reasons:
(no wait, four reasons):
1) So the person announcing the order has something from which to copy the
title/author info, if their first attempt to write it out during hte mad rush
of script submissions was less than legible.
2) So the person in the booth has something to refer to when running lights for
the piece.
3) So pieces can be reviewed when it comes time to pick some for Best of No
Shame (and so they have your phone number:  PUT YOUR PHONE NUMBER ON YOUR
SCRIPTS, FOLKS)
4) For the archives.
 
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Mar 7, 2000 09:05 from Whitewolf
 
Off the top of my head, some reasons for turning in a script: the board knows
you actually wrote something in advance and aren't just planning to get up
there and blither for 10 minutes, which has definitely been more of a problem
in the past than -ist content. The person operating lights uses your script to
determine when the lights go up and down for your piece. They're useful for the
person writing down the order, and they're useful afterwards to reconstruct the
order, and they're particularly useful at the end of the semester when the
board's trying to put together a Best Of docket and they're trying to remember
who wrote that one really funny piece, you know, about the squid taco and the
leprous leprechaun. Also, in my experience there's never time to read the damn
things beforehand to determine whether they're -isty and should be censored (as
if) but it's not too hard to look at a script and notice that it's 20 pages
long and likely to violate the 5-minute rule.
 
Back in the day, people routinely turned in scripts hand-scrawled on a
ripped-out sheet of notebook paper, mostly consisting of random notes about the
vague gist of what they were going to do. A typed script, IMHO, implies
preparation and at least a modicum of thought beforehand, which probably on
average leads to better theater. Spontenaity is great if you're talented enough
to pull it off, but not everyone is.
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Mar 7, 2000 09:09 from Whitewolf
 
Damn, Adam was faster AND more concise. Guess he wins the
talented-enough-to-be-spontaneous award. :)
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Mar 7, 2000 12:36 from Ender
 
...but I still turn in typewritten scripts.  Even if they're usually Chris
Okiishi's.  :)
 
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Mar 8, 2000 00:58 from Quicheo
For which I am eternally gratefull--no one formats and turns in like Adam.  And
he's a damn fine actor too.  I win all around!
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Mar 8, 2000 08:52 from Ender
 
So, how 'bout them Cubs?
 
Sure is weird knowing there's no show to look forward to this week..
 
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Mar 9, 2000 08:12 from Garbage
Yes it is wierd.  I think mark and I are going to show up at the building at
10:30, scripts in hand just becAuse we are both so attatched to the ritual of
doing so.  Anyone else who shows up is welcome to wait with us until Dan shows
up and starts taking submissions.
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Mar 10, 2000 02:14 from Prufrock
I'll bring Power Bars and water purifying tablets. We can camp out and hide for
all of spring break.
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Mar 11, 2000 13:06 from Ender
 
Well, it was a bold, persistent group, albeit small.  Even a few folks
(non-performers) who showed up thinking it was a regular No Shame night.  Which
it was, minus most of the audience and keys to Theatre B.  (That's for the
record, Jeff--this show took place in the lobby.)  Anyway, without further ado,
the order. All pieces performed by author unless otherwise noted.
 
1) "Spring Break?  What's That?" by Chris Okiishi
    performed by Chris Okiishi and Adam Burton
2) "You Take the High Road, I'll Take the Blow" by Nick "I Don't Really
    Do Coke" Clark
3) "Book Truck Fever" or "Disco While Getting Paid" by James Erwin
4) "Okay, So I Do Love My Dad After All," by Ben Zolno (a No Shame vet for
    those who don't recognize the name; just swinging through town and
    decided to drop in)
5) "May Glove to Me" by Aprille Clarke
6) "Still Pootin' After All These Years: A Tribute to Paul
    Simon" by Chris Stangl and Jamal River
 
Clearly the best way to be assured a spot in the order is to go when there's
not officially a show.  :)  Maybe we should start doing impromptu Saturday
night performances..
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Mar 12, 2000 00:56 from Prufrock
To the twenty or so of you that showed up, kudos heaped on kudos. You're
troopers.
My personal and very, very important review:
1) Hilarious all the way through. Niiiice. And now I'm really mad that we've
never heard Adam's singing voice before.
2) Nick was really on the mark. His timing is improving immensely.
3) Okay. The lighting cues were completely absent, it being the lobby and all.
So I'm surprised this went over well. I think I owe Jamal for that.
4) Top notch monologue. Funny and serious in the right proportions.
5) Aprille has been hitting this note consistently, but she hits it better than
anyone I know.
6) Old school Chris and Jamal. "That's not an old man! That's a gigantic pile
of sloth poo!" "I don't care! I will make the sweet love to it anyway!" Heehee.
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Mar 12, 2000 13:53 from Ender
 
Aw, shucks..  :)
 
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Mar 14, 2000 11:21 from Avenue Player
okee...wait a second.  i'm in an internet cafe in london, and i know for a fact
that i neither wrote nor performed anything recently at all.  anybody care to
explain\/
 
oh dear.  apparently question marks are in different places in this country.
actually it was the shift key.
 
oh well.
 
it's all a cruel joke.  i'm going to go eat moroccan food now and you're not.
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Mar 19, 2000 10:13 from Fishcult
Does anybody read this but not the No Shame website board room?  If yes, I
speak at you.  Go read it, now.  There is talk of a No Shame music CD and such.
You should contribute your opinions.  What is this that you say?  You don't
know a web address that will take you there?  That is a pretty lame excuse, I
must tell you.  To get straight to the board room, as you must do, the URL is
http://venus.beseen.com/boardroom/f/26164/Date.  Of course, you can always take
the scenic route, through www.noshame.org.  I can sense now that people think
I'm stupid for giving this information to people who already know this
information.  Well, I'm not stupid.  You're stupid.  And I hate at you.  I hate
at your mouth of talk and call names.
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Mar 19, 2000 12:02 from Ender
 
...however, if you'd prefer to discuss it here, feel free to post your
suggestions for a CD that will be assembled of music that has been performed at
No Shame, be it from the last semester, or the last decade.
 
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Mar 19, 2000 12:04 from Lammam P Yrruf
i'll be kind and not send a sample of myself scat-singing.
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Mar 19, 2000 16:51 from Death Sheep
Hey there. I've been listening to a couple of tapes of mine from the
indoubatble t-bone/Rich Kurschner/Jackson Galaxy. They're wearing thin, and I
would like to hear any new stuff he may have put out. I'd also like to know
what he's been up to, I always looked forward to his playing at NS. Is there
any way to do this? Does anyone know what he is up to? Last I heard, he was
in Colorado, either in Boulder or Colorado Springs under the name Jackson
Galaxy.
tia
ds
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Mar 19, 2000 23:30 from Rain Mist
Well, it's definitely past time for a Moses Moe compilation.
ANd then there's Ben....
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Mar 20, 2000 06:57 from Trouble
 
  I went to the No Shame website once.  It made me want to tear my hair out
with frustration at it's slowliness.  Since then, if it's not posted here, it's
not worth my seeing it.
 
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Mar 20, 2000 08:16 from Carolyn
Patrick Deegan's Airplane song?
 
And what was the song that Aaron and Adam Cain sang (maybe about getting into
the music business) with an accordian?
 
There are lots of great pieces that involved music that come to mind that
weren't specifically songs, although I know they won't work for a CD.  (Megan's
Curious George piece, the domestic abuse music/dance/acting piece Marc Slayton
put together years ago--with chanting and flute music, the piece Eric Johnson
and Doug Stekel did where Doug told a long drawn-out story with piano
accompaniment that occasionally broke into the wild music, to which Doug danced
in these crazy red shoes.)
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Mar 20, 2000 11:16 from Whitewolf
 
And Megan Gogerty's "Harkon, You Rock On" rap.
 
Of course, no No Shame music compilation would be really complete without at
least one Scott Smith song, at least one Jackson Galaxy song, and at least one
Jonathon Pryce song, preferably "Annabel Lee."
 
But then, I'd like to see ALL Scott Smith's music on CD. That would be a
project in and of itself.
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Mar 20, 2000 13:47 from GAP Boy
NS website> yes, it's too slow!
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Mar 20, 2000 18:02 from Lammam P Yrruf
what's the url for the no shame website?
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Mar 20, 2000 21:38 from Ender
 
Not sure off the top of my head...  but if you go to www.noshame.org/iowacity/
and click on "board room", it'll take you there.
 
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Mar 20, 2000 22:26 from Subotai
Hey kids. This is a request from Mark Hunter, former UI director and all around
good guy:
"I'm trying to track down Dana Green. Does anyone have a current phone number
for her?"
If you or someone you know has the whereabouts of the lovely Ms. Green, drop
Mark and email at HunterMark@aol.com. If you don't, well....that's ok.
Mike Rothschild
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Mar 21, 2000 09:01 from Carolyn
Is this CD idea a serious one or a hypothetical one?
 
And what is the date for BONS this year?  If it's late enough (or if my school
gets out early enough), I might be able to make it . . .
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Mar 21, 2000 19:51 from Ender
 
The music CD is an impending reality.  Not sure about BONS--anyone?  (That
would be so cool!)
 
(You coming to BONS, I mean, Carolyn.  For those of you out there who lost the
referent.)
 
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Mar 22, 2000 23:47 from Dan
Okay, lessee here. BONS will be Friday, April 28th, the last Friday before
Playwright's Festival. And it's too bad nobody plays that certain game anymore,
because if people still did play that game and I was trying to lure Ms.
Jacobson back to Iowa City I would arrange a game as a bribe, but since nobody
plays that certain game anymore and in fact never did, I guess it's a moot
point.
Still, the mind does wander.
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Mar 23, 2000 23:43 from Sparkychick
ohhh.
can that certain game really be arranged?
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Mar 24, 2000 00:13 from Thufir
I never played this game either, but I'd do a lot to see Carolyn back in town.
She rocked.  Not that I ever got to talk to her when she was sober or anything.
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Mar 24, 2000 07:19 from Carolyn
Hey!  Let's watch it here.
 
Unfortunately, Carolyn will be teaching until 2 PM on the day of BONS, so
chances of making it to IC are pretty slim . . .
 
Unfortunately, unfortunately, unfortunately.
 
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Mar 24, 2000 14:21 from Quicheo
Sad face...;(
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Mar 24, 2000 16:50 from Thufir
(I suppose "when _I_ was sober" was more appropriate to say, anyhow.)
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Mar 27, 2000 10:59 from Ender
 
So how was the show?
 
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Mar 27, 2000 12:03 from Avenue Player
bad, mostly.
 
I thought Al's piece was funny.  Kelly's song was good except she seemed low
energy.  i left early (jetlag, not general rudeness).  Mose's piece was pretty
good, but i'm not sure if the audience liked being made fun of.  Not that
that's a reasonable criterion, but ya know.
 
the energy was just bad, what with it being low-attendance, in Mabie, etc.
blech.
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Mar 29, 2000 21:02 from Skweetis
songs for the cd...last year, around valentines day, okiishi did some
absolutely hilarious song on piano, when we were in space place.  I think that
should go on the cd.
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Mar 29, 2000 22:37 from Carolyn
Hey--I've read that David Woodside, former No Shamer of White Boy/Black Boy
Theater (WuBu BuBu Theater) fame is in *Romeo Must Die*, playing the son of one
of the feuding families.  (David left Iowa to get an MFA at Yale, and since
then has been in a number of things, including Murder One, and the movie about
the Temptations that was on TV a year or two ago.
 
Just in case anyone is interested.
 
And the white half of WuBu BuBu has changed his name to Joshua James and is a
playwright in NYC.  Less relevent to current cinema today, but perhaps
interesting to those who were fans, lo these many semesters ago.
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Apr 1, 2000 15:06 from Quicheo
Maibe again:
Maibe again:
1)  Holly Holly Machaka (the cat!) by Jamal Rump
2)  Wipe A Giggle With A Smile by Mike Cassady
3)  Stick It In, Break It Off by Michael Rothschild
4)  Philadelphobia by Aaron "Rocky Danger Balls" Galbraith
5)  I Can Relate to Wayne Newton by Mark J. Hansen
6)  Tuesday by Ben Schmidt
7)  How the Universe Works by Danger Brooks
8)  getting naked by jessica clement
9)  Enchilada by Chris Stangl
10) Colon?! It killed them both!! by Bert Brecht (I think--
please correct me if I'm wrong, Al)
11) You Reek of the Future by Neil "Balls" Campbell
12) School for a Fashion Model Superstar by Mose Hayward
13) Self-Explanitory.  A song by Kyle Lange (FYI--AKA "I'm
fucking youf daughter!")
14) Theme from Dr. No by Arlen Lawson Double-O Funny
15) Santa Claus is a Prick pt. 3:  The Yul Brynner Monologue,
Take 2, by nick clark
16) Blood Letting by Christopher Okiishi
 
Then again, Maibe not...
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Apr 1, 2000 17:21 from Aggressive Gambler
And now, the order from a special April Fools edition of No Shame held at 6am
this morning:
 
1. The Joys of an Upskirt Fetish, or Yet Another Attempt to Foist Nudity on
the Masses and Generate This Ridiculously Long Title by Seymour Butts
 
2. We're Too Fucking Sleepy by the Too Early For No Shame Players
 
2.5 Gangsta Interlude by Ice Cold
 
3. Why Iowa Needs a Women's Hockey Team by the Jockettes
 
4. Why Don't We Get Drunk and Puke by Al Coholic
 
5. I Need....by Amanda Huginkiss
 
6. Crunchy Sardines, or Why Theatre B Reminds Me of Cameron Indoor Stadium by
Quin Snyder
 
7. Why I Love Mardi Gras by Lear
 
8. Bitchslapped by Steve Alford (a candidate for Best of, IMO)
 
8.5 Rhapsody in the River by Ice Cold
 
9. Sincerely Yours by Deez Nutz
 
10. Puke, Belch and Cheer by Alka Seltzer and His Orchestra
 
11. Boom Boom by Rump Shaker
 
12. A Special Breakfast by Dirk "Big Balls" Benedict
 
13. How to Drink Iowa City Water Without Belching Fireballs by Lars
 
14. Living La Vida Toca, or How to Smoke Weed the Night Before and Still Pass
Your Piss Test by Ricky Ricardo
 
15. Building the Better Liver by Al Coholic
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Apr 1, 2000 23:12 from Lammam P Yrruf
after reading that list, all i wanna do is zoom-a-zoom-zoom-zoom and a
boom-boom.
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Apr 1, 2000 23:21 from Friskee
I'm telling you, Mike Cassady is beautiful.  But Mike, you need to work on your
musical talent just a tad.  Okay, like a lot.  Good lyrics though.
 
Ben Schmidt is beautiful.  He's probably some guy who would take a chick for a
really long walk by the river and talk about hopes and dreams and other
bullshit like that.  Does he have a CD out or what?  I have gay male friends
who need material for their spank banks.  Damn, I bet everyone would be in love
with Ben too if he took his shirt off.
 
I WANT TO SEE NEW PERFORMERS, DAMNIT!  Honestly, I am sick of seeing the same
guy in fucking 4 or 5 skits in one night, unless it is Mike Cassady, Balls, or
Stubble.  They are some fucking funny and talented mofo-s.  I always laugh my
ass off.
 
Chris Okiishi's pieces are always enthralling as well.  I always feel as if I
am THERE with him.  His last piece about watching his male crush making out
with another one of his friends ripped me apart.  Fuck men.  And then there was
that one about being in the HyVee parking lot.  Who thinks of these things?
 
Even after hearing "I Can Relate to Wayne Newton," I STILL CANNOT FUCKING
RELATE TO WAYNE NEWTON.  Sorry, but that is the truth.  This guy mumbles too.
Annoying.
 
I'M MOTHER FUCKING YOUR DAUGHTER WITH A FAT FUCKING BEEF STICK, YOU
FUCKER.
Now *that* is a good title.  Thanks for listening.  You rule.
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Apr 3, 2000 09:34 from Lear
"Why I love Mardi Gras," by Lear.
 
classic :)
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Apr 3, 2000 18:49 from Stubble
okay, friskee i agree with you that mike's piece left something to be desired
on friday, but i must refute a few other points you made regarding mister
cassady.  first and foremost, he is not beautiful, nor could he ever dream of
being beautiful or being with someone beautiful during this lifetime.
secondly, he is indeed very musically talented.  mike is a very accomplished
trumpet player, pianist, and composer in the school of music.  he has only been
playing guitar for a few months, and even though i, being his roommate, have to
listen to him twang on that blasted instrument (the guitar) two or three times
a week, i have much faith that he will improve very quickly.
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Apr 3, 2000 19:47 from Friskee
I have no doubt as to Cassady's musical ability.  I thoroughly enjoyed his
little piece last Friday.  If only he would have sang it to the trumpet
though...
 
And Mr. Aaron, you are wrong.  Mike Cassady *IS* in fact beautiful.  I would
dare venture to say hot, but I'm only saying this because I know that he
will probably be either blushing or laughing at the thought of him being
hot.
 
Mike Cassady *IS* going to end up with someone absolutely gorgeous.  It's kind
of like how David Spade dates all the beautiful super models, no?
 
Mike Cassady is remarkable.  Mike Cassady delights the senses.  Mike Cassady is
highly excellent.  Mike Cassady can speer ducks floating down the Iowa River
from the IMU bridge.  Mike Cassady gives intense aesthetic pleasure to the
mind.  Mike Cassady is beautiful in a form that is rarely used for a man.
 
Mr. Aaron, I bet you get to see Cassady when he wakes up in the
morning/afternoon.  That in itself is beauty.  You should cherish every moment
spent with him, as he may soon kick you out onto the streets in front of
Currier like yesterday's DI and old banana peels, forever banishing your from
the Currier E200's.
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Apr 3, 2000 20:24 from Teez
I am going to have to back friskee up on this one.  Mike Cassady is one
*FINE* individual.  I think he tried to grab my ass once, but I could be
mistaken.  Nonetheless, I still relish that moment, and count myself
lucky.
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Apr 4, 2000 07:13 from Trouble
 
  Hmm.  Not only have I seen Ben Shmidt without his shirt on, but without any
of his clothes on.  I didn't fall in love with him though.
  I thought it was kind of cool of him to join Carolyn in her nakedness though.
  *shrug*
 
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Apr 4, 2000 07:16 from Thufir
Um, wait, time.  Carolyn was naked?
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Apr 4, 2000 07:27 from Trouble
 
  Only for an entire night of No Shame.
  You missed this?
  It was possibly the coolest thing I've ever seen.  I mean, I always thought
Carolyn was cool, but after that I could only worship her in awe.  I mean, the
balls that took.  I don't even know if I have those kind of balls.
 
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Apr 4, 2000 08:45 from Whitewolf
 
Show up for No Shame naked, Brad. Then we'll all know.
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Apr 4, 2000 09:18 from Lear
I missed a naked chick???
 
I should never have moved.
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Apr 4, 2000 14:12 from Whitewolf
 
Did you move, or were you run out of town on your own personal rather
unimpressively small rail?
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Apr 4, 2000 14:32 from Lear
small rail?  I moved. :)  Not like it's particularly topical to No Shame,
except that I won't be able to objectify Aprille *rawr* anymore.
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Apr 4, 2000 16:29 from Ender
 
Actually, the brilliant thing about Carolyn's nudity was that she WASN'T a
"naked chick" on stage.  At first it was just startling (ohnigod Carolyn's
naked) but after just a few minutes of Carolyn acting completely herself as if
Carolyn naked was just Carolyn, it just quit being an issue.  Several people
had asked her to be in their pieces that night not knowing that she wouldn't be
wearing any clothes during the show, and she just played the roles as she would
have on any other night.  And the best was her monologue which was a great
monologue as was her tradition, and had quite simply nothing to do with nudity.
 
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Apr 4, 2000 16:58 from Carolyn
Well, I did sell out at one point and put my clothes back on to be in John
Smick's piece.  He had invited a coworker and was doing a piece for her, and
thought she would be offended by Naked Me, so asked me if I'd put my dress back
on.  And I did.  Just for his piece.  And the coworker hadn't even showed up,
it turns out.
 
Glad y'all liked it.  And Adam's right--the point was about trying to do
something different with nudity than just the shock element.  So the evening
started with a chase sketch during Megan's intro. where I chased Smick and JC
across the stage, naked and carrying a box of Frosted Flakes as a weapon.  But
then as the order was still being read, the three of us came out from behing
the curtain, as if the joke was over and we were all just taking our
seats--except that I was naked.  And then just going on with the rest of the
evening as if nothing were going on.
 
Which kind of worked.  I think there was one line of a piece of Ben's that I
was in that took on some kind of double meaning as a result, but I think people
also actually heard parts of the monologue, which was kind of the test.
 
I was running lights that night, which meant that I kept walking past the
maximum number of people every time I had to get on stage.  (Hmmmm.  I'm trying
to remember the funny thing Rob Frisch said to me in the light booth.  Can't
remember.)  And then Ben came to the light booth and stripped down.  Which was
not the worst part of the evening . . .
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Apr 4, 2000 17:52 from Stubble
i am mad at my room-mate right now.
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Apr 4, 2000 18:07 from Friskee
Well Mr. Aaron, when you finally kick little Mike Cassady out (or even when HE
kicks YOU out), the lone stud can come move into Mayflower.  Kate and I will
love and nurture you, as long as Balls can come visit every once in awhile.
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Apr 4, 2000 18:25 from Teez
I don't know how much of a nurturer I am, but Denise will love anyone if it
gets cold enough.
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Apr 4, 2000 23:54 from Thufir
This is just an attempt to teach me not to miss No Shame ever again, I'm sure.
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Apr 5, 2000 08:20 from Ender
 
Actually, I was running lights that night, can't quite remember why, and I must
say I didn't have to fake my look of surprise when Smick and JC came running
across stage as if being chased, and then Carolyn came jogging after.  (I had
been warned something would happen, but had no specific clues.)  And naked Ben
sat by me, so no, that wasn't the worst part of the night..  (Not that Ben
naked was a rare sight in those days, given his moonlighting as a model for
figure drawing class.)
 
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Apr 5, 2000 11:56 from Quicheo
I'm sorry:
 
1)  That Stubble is mad at anyone, or feeling any neagive emotion really,
although anger CAN be quite healing, if properly used, and hence not
necessarily negative, but never-the-less, I weep for his pain.
 
2)  That anyone is mad a Mr. Cassady, as that really can't be too pleasant,
espcially given Stubble's particular emotive gifts, and Mr. Cassady's gentle
 and effervesent nature.
 
3)  That I cannot spell worth a damm...er, mn.
 
4)  That I was foolishly studying for medical boards instead of attending No
Shame, and thus missed all this wonderful nudity.  Was it taped...?  (He asks
slyly.)
 
5)  That James Erwin's store closed.  Although, if this means more No Shame
appearences, than I welcome his temporary un-employment.  James--wanna be in my
piece Friday?  You too, Ender and Avenue Player.
 
6)  That I didn't have the balls to do my piece naked last week.
 
7)  That...I can't think of anything else to write...
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Apr 5, 2000 14:30 from Prufrock
Yes, my store closed. You will all be happy to hear though (on pain of torture,
so at least look happy or else) that I am re-employed on the congressional
campaign of Bob Simpson, Johnson County Dem Chairman, vs. Jim Leach. I am
currently administrating the web page, and will be taking on more
responsibilities as the campaign matures (read: as money comes in).
 
Those of us who are hep with the web discussion board know that I was absent
last Friday only due to a bad fever. And by God, yes, Chris.
 
I miss you all like disco.
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Apr 5, 2000 18:14 from Avenue Player
Quicheo "Chris":
 
i would love to be in your piece on Friday, especially if you'll be naked.
 
Love,
 
Avenue Player "Aprille"
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Apr 5, 2000 21:49 from Quicheo
 
Um, er, um...well, I'm not making any promises...but thanks...
 
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Apr 6, 2000 07:46 from Thufir
Shit, _I'll_ be in a piece if it means other people will get naked.
Just don't expect me to actually speak or act or anything.
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Apr 6, 2000 08:34 from Quicheo
Thufir--would you be in my piece?  You don't have to speak or act, just stand
there naked.
 
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Apr 6, 2000 12:07 from Thufir
Sure.  Not that No Shame really wants to see me naked, I imagine.  I am not a
particularly attractive man with my clothes off.
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Apr 6, 2000 13:08 from Lear
hmmmm, what if you got a boner?  That'd suck.
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Apr 6, 2000 13:08 from Thufir
You couldn't see it if I didn't.  Seriously.
I'd say TMI, but if this really happens you'll all find out.
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Apr 6, 2000 17:29 from Lear
Don't worry, I also have a "dicky-do".  What's a "dicky-do" some of you may
be asking?  It's when your "tummy sticks out further than your dicky do."
:)
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Apr 6, 2000 21:05 from Prufrock
For the love of Jehu, all of you stop it, stop it, stop it. I'll punch you.
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Apr 6, 2000 22:01 from Masque
I know, rather than talk about greg thufir's dicky do
let's talk about james erwin's ass. i'm still amazed that no one's done a no
shame piece entitled
james Erwin's ass -and why we love it...
I moved otherwise i'd have jumped at the chance
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Apr 6, 2000 22:38 from Corvis
Please stop.  Please.
 
Please.
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Apr 7, 2000 02:10 from Norm
 
Have I mentioned that I have seen Thufir naked bunches.. ?
 
 and dammit, if it takes banging on a pot and taking up a collection to not see
gregs dong.. I'll do that.
 
 
trust me on this one.
 
 
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Apr 7, 2000 07:40 from John Glenn
There actually has been a ns piece regarding James Erwin's ass.
I know.  I was in it.
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Apr 7, 2000 07:42 from John Glenn
The piece that is, not the ass.
That would be stinky.
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Apr 7, 2000 08:19 from Ender
 
Random news--I hear Shannon McCormick might be around a bit this summer.  Too
late for this semester's No Shame, and too early for Fall.  But cool
nonetheless.  Oh, and Lichen might be dropping in at some point, as might
Carolyn.  But never to perform...
 
Too bad there's not Summer Shame.  Maybe a one-night-only special??
 
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Apr 7, 2000 14:12 from Prufrock
Summer Shame would kick my butt twice.
 
Speaking of which, Kerry, I'd argue that my ass appeared in that piece as "the
hot butt", rather than appearing in a sketch about my butt.
 
And speaking of which, stop talking about my butt.
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Apr 7, 2000 16:30 from Ender
 
I wonder how many current No Shame performers (and potential future ones) might
be around this summer anyway?  Hmm..
 
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Apr 8, 2000 10:28 from Avenue Player
solid night last night, everybody.  the audience was small and weiner-like, but
there was some really good performing going on.  very low levels of crap.  more
to follow.
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Apr 8, 2000 10:30 from Lear
was anyone naked?  any girls, that is?
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Apr 8, 2000 14:43 from Dan
A couple of things.
1) Goddammit, Lear.
2) I'll be around this summer, although I'm not sure for how long. And I
imagine a place for an informal, salon-style No Shame could pretty easily be
found. If we do go all Harlem Renaissance on things, I call I get to be WEB
DuBois.
Carolyn has to be Marcus Garvey.
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Apr 8, 2000 14:48 from Quicheo
The order:
1)   Brontasaur!  IT Won't hurt YOU!  TEX REX ATE IT up!  By
Jamal River
2)   Talking Straight by Scotty Hayward
3)   Hold YOur Applause Until the End by James Erwin
4)   style by jess clement
5)   Body and Brain by Julia Wilder
6)   Chixx, Part Two:  Dead People Got No Reason to Live by Ryan
Greenlaw and Mark J. Hansen
7)   I am Ojay!  Kill My Pants!  by Danger Brooks
8)   Snow in April Means We'll All Die Soon or The Pen is
Mightier Than This Poem.  A delightful little something by:
Mike "Warrior Princess" Cassady
9)   Pacifier Blues by Briana Sprecher
10)  The Unbearable Lightness of Being Kyle Lang by Dirt Bertie
Bert "Bertolt" Brecht
11)  The Secret of the Orb by Neil "Balls" Campbell
12)  Follow the rules, even if small children must soil
themselves!--OR--My New Job by Jessica Ahrendt
13)  There's a Little Man in My Head by Aprille Clarke
14)  Getting Your Metaphorical Rocks Off by Christopher Okiishi
15)  ...To The Sun a five minute play by Chris Stangl
 
 
And for the  record, as I don't get a summer break any more, I'm in full
support of a summer No Shame, in any form.
 
 
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Apr 8, 2000 19:22 from Quicheo
Thufir--I weep that you couldn't be in my piece, naked or no...
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Apr 9, 2000 19:36 from Captain Tact
How popular is NST> with the campus at UI?  i would like to start one here, and
want to know how well it would go...
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Apr 10, 2000 06:57 from Trouble
 
  Yes Lear.  In fact, every single girl who attended No Shame that night took
off their clothes.  It was like Mardis Gras.
 
  Personally, I think all the girls at No Shame should get naked every week, as
long as Lear isn't around.  Then we will all describe it to him in vivid detail
until he keels over dead of envy.
 
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Apr 10, 2000 07:00 from Trouble
 
  Oh, and I'd be willing to be naked in someone's piece if need be.  Tasha
threw down the gauntlet.  I'll gladly slap her with it.
 
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Apr 10, 2000 07:02 from Trouble
 
Doh.  I meant the gauntlet, before all you freakos start off on a tangent...
 
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Apr 10, 2000 08:22 from Carolyn
Captain Tact> No Shame has varied in its popularity at the U of I.  I'm not
sure exactly how many people show up each week now, but there have been some
very dry periods as well as some very fecund periods--where we were filling the
148-seat house easily and turning people away every week.
 
One things that NS at Iowa has going for it is that Iowa is a big school.  So
the percentage of people who know about NS is probably pretty small, but given
the overall numbers, that still means a sizable audience.
 
I've seen versions of NS run at smaller schools--namely St. Ambrose University
in Davenport and Alfred University in update NY--and in both cases the format
was modified a bit because given the smaller populations it was going to be
harder to bring in the same number of writers (a different but equally
important consideration from audience numbers).  At St. Ambrose, they did away
with the originality rule, and so people could come and read things by other
people.  And at Alfred, they had a core group of writers who wrote much of the
show--as well as a special guest each week--often a faculty member--who wrote
some things on his or her own.  I think they also allowed non-original work.
 
What has been key at Iowa, I think, is that there is a large theater
department.  No Shame has often (but not always) drawn quite heavily from that
population.  And one of the ideas behind the timing of the show each week (11
PM) is that theater folks can come to it following Friday night rehearsals.
(St. Ambrose has a small theater group which is the core of the NS-like group,
and at Alfred, it's really an English Dept. thing, I think.)  The NS board
serve as organizers rather than key creators--at least in theory--at Iowa,
although during rough periods (with low attendance/few writers) the group
running the show has really upped its level of commitment as far as the writing
goes.  (Think of Megan Gogerty and friends making sure there were a reasonable
number of sketches each week during 94-5 or so.)
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Apr 10, 2000 13:12 from Quicheo
Current attendance at NS here at Iowa has been pretty good in recent years,
weather permitting.  In fact, in the past three semesters, we haven't had need
to even advertise, other than for Best Of, which is pretty remarkable.  Don't
always sell out, and momentum has been lost at times (re:  SPACE PLACE), but
the audience has worked to find us, and not often gone away disappointed.  Give
it a go!
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Apr 10, 2000 14:32 from Whitewolf
 
Damn. Greg and Brad BOTH offering to appear naked on stage if someone just
writes the script. If no one else is going to do it, I'm going to have to write
the damn thing myself. I will in fact be in town this weekend, and I was
planning to attend No Shame. If no one else can think of an excuse to get Brad
and Greg naked, I guess I'll have to pick up the gauntlet.
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