No Shame Theatre Archives (2001-2002)

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• Bulleted entries - the exact order is unknown.
  

No Shame is taking part in the Weeks of Welcome festival this year, and on Friday, August 31st, at 9:30pm, there will be a free outdoor mini-No Shame. The show will take place in Blackhawk Square on the Ped Mall (next to The Den), and will last 30-45 minutes.

1) Jamal River - Any Given Situation
2) Steve, Ben, and Alexxx - The Great Hypno
3) Alyssa Bowman - Johnny Correspondent
4) Paul Rust - The Garveys
5) Nozebone the Band - Loveletter from a Seeing Eye Dog
6) (Arlen Lawson) - The "Archie" Comic Strip From Tues, May 11, 1982 by Bob Montana - (adapted for the stage by Arlen Lawson)
7) Aprille Clarke - It's What's Inside That Counts
8) Chris Stangl - The Drinking Alternative
9) Neil "Balls" Campbell - Welcome to Iowa!

No Shame will make its return on Friday, September 7th, at 11:00pm in Theatre B. As usual, pieces will be taken in the lounge beginning at 10:30.

Announcements/Order: A Clarke, N"B" Campbell

1. Aaron Galbraith - The Commandies, Part 3: 'The Lavender Hyena'

(N"B" Campbell, M Cassady)
[N"B" and M exchange energetic blasphemies; comedy sketch]

2. Ronnie Wright - The Dark

(R Wright)
[R reads a mostly-rhyming poem about identity and pain; poetry reading]

3. James Erwin - Chataqua #4-On the Upcoming Release of Attack of the Clones

(J Erwin)
[J discusses the evolution of George Lucas's filmmaking and the probable quality of the upcoming Episode 2; monologue]

3.5 Al Angel - How Stella Got Her Poop Back

(A Angel, J River)
[A is magnetically attracted to J's poop, despite his horror; comedy mini-sketch]

4. Willie Barbour - A Moment in Life

(W Barbour, A Clarke, Toni Wilson)
[W likens human male sexual aggression to the activities of various forms of wildlife, including dogs and lions; comedy monologue/sketch]

5. Nozebone the Band - Truth Story

(N Clark, M Hansen)
[Nozebone song featuring Melodica and Backpacker's Guitar thingy; musical performance]

6. Paul Rust - Talking to Your Kind

(M Thompson, P Rust, T Sherwood, N"B" Campbell, Arlen Lawson)
[Paul, Paul's evil clone, and the true Paul observable only through audio tape each wreak their own personal brands of havoc on the audience.]

7. King Toad - Carparts -&- Eggshells

(J River, A Angel, N Clark(?))
[Hit song from the new King Toad album! Musical performance]

8. Arlen Lawson - Desert Pepper

(A Lawson)
[a baby climbed up a palm tree-or did it? Monologue]

9. Olympia Washington - In a Haunted Hibernation

(N Clark)
[N drinks a mug of some liquid with a coffee filter over his face; guitar noise/music plays from a recording. Drinking performance]

10. Al Angel - The Act or Process of Falling into Decay : a Hymn

(A Angel, J River, N Clark, M Cassady, P Rust, M Hansen, ?)
[Chant-chorus song; musical performance]

11. Aprille Clarke - Nothing: A Definition -&- Recommended Use

(A Clarke, M Hansen, J Erwin)
[Alternating monologues and sketches about funny and sad; sketch]

12. Spencer Griffin -&- Neal Sachman -&- Tina Sherwood - Gang Bang Tang (What the Astronaut's Fucked to the Moon): Part Two: The Beginning

(S Griffin, M Cassady, A Galbraith, M Brooks, N"B" Campbell, Arlen Lawson, Paul Rust)
[Guys trade insults, and Mark-Paul Gosssaaslaialeir shakes things up a bit; comedy sketch]

13. Seth Brenneman - Gilbert Gottfried: A Chronicle of a Hero

(S Brenneman)
[Gilbert Gottfried, more versatile than we ever knew; monologue]

14. Neil "Balls" Campbell - The Three Kinds of Pain

(N"B" Campbell)
[N"B" intersperses descriptions of 3 sorts of pain with examples and racism; multi-level monologue]

15. Chris Stangl - BLACK FOREST

(C Stangl)
[man recounts a mushroom-hunting adventure in the Black Forest that ended in circulatory-system-related toenail trouble; monologue]

After some discussion and consideration of cancelling Friday's show due to the nature of current events, the board has come to the conclusion that Friday's show will continue as scheduled.

This is not out of insensitivity to those affected by Tuesday's events, directly or indirectly. Rather, we feel it is important to provide a forum for artistic expression, especially in times of such heightened emotion.

0.5 Neil "Balls" Campbell - Topical Comedy Monologue No. 1: I Wish I Was a Dog

(N"B" Campbell)
[NB makes jokes about response to World Trade Center disaster; comedic monologue]

1. Paul Rust - I Wish I Was a Dog

(P Rust, A Lawson, A Clarke, C Stangl, J River)
[Low-quality tv reruns are very boring, while various feelings regarding the flag and government and terrorism are very interesting; comedy sketch]

2. John - Hideo Don't Play Here Nomo

(Jake, John)
[Two guys rap(?) about absence of Japanese baseball player in Tommy LaSorda's presence; comedy performance]

3. Steve -&- Bradley - I Wish I Was a Dog

(Steve Dillon, Juggly Brad)
[Air band segues into juggling act; juggling skill performance; Passing Rountine to "Basket Case" by Green Day]

4. William Barbour - The Penis Passion Play: A Response to a Talking Vagina or I Wish I Was a Dog, a classic Vagina Envy Story

(W Barbour, Toni Wilson)
[From various perspectives, W discusses his feelings toward his penis; T discusses a more clinical angle; comedy sketch]

5. Jake - Skit for NO SHAME theatre: Concierto en Buildingo Teatro

(Jake, John)
[Two guys speak italspanglish about penis size, fatness, etc.; comedy sketch]

6. James Horak - I Wish I Was a Dog

(J Horak)
[a scene involving a dead guy in an airport overlaps with memories of a late cousin; dramatic monologue]

6.5 Bill McKenna -&- Seth Brenneman - I Wish I Was a Dog

(B McKenna, S Brenneman, some other nudies, P Rust)
[People reenact a sexy commercial in sexy semi-nudie ways; comedy sketch]

7. Arlen Lawson - I Wish I Was a Dog

(A Lawson)
[an old bearded man eats flies in his margarine while another man contemplates the implications of his knowledge; dramatic/comedic monologue]

8. O'God-on - I Wish I Am a Dog

(A Lawson, J Erwin, A Angel, J Horak)
[Beagle, Gorbachev, Inky and Onion experience multiple failures of communication; 4 way Platonic dialectic]

9. King Toad - I Wish I Was a Dog

(AJM River, A Angel, N Clark, N Campbell)
[With recorded accompanyment, participants make musical sounds; sound performance]

10. Aprille Clarke - I Wish I Was a Dog

(A Clarke)
[Woman has man in butt, fears arrows, drowns kids; comedic/dramatic monologue]

11. Christopher Okiishi - I Wish I Was a Dog

(C Okiishi)
[C is so hot. Is it enough? Comedic/dramatic monologue]

11.5 Alyssa Bowman - I Wish I Was a Dog

(M Cassady)
[Mosaic dies and everyone is so glad; comedy sketchito]

12. James Erwin - I Wish I Was a Dog...so I had a chance at your mom!

(J Erwin, A Lawson, A Burton)
[J gets hurt, AL plays air guitar, AB speaks German; comedy sketch]

13. Al Angel - I Wish I Was a Dog
14. Neil "Balls" Campbell - I Wish I Was a Dog

(N"B" Campbell)
[N"B" plunks change in water and tells stories; comedic monologue]

15. Chris Stangl - I Wish I Was a Dog or The Punch -&- Judy Show

(C Stangl)
[C physically swings around a big knife sword thing and discusses the workings of comedy; physical monologue]

Announcements/Order: A Galbraith, N "B" Campbell

1. Erin King - Your Penis is MY Village

(NB Campbell, M Cassady, C Okiishi)
[NB reads Peter Pan to M, M wishes for faeries to appear, and, to the horror of them both, Okiishi does so. Notable for Campbell and Cassady ruining the piece by forgetting Okiishi has a line and instead spending two minutes screaming and rolling around.]

2. Steve and Brad - I Wish I Were Dog aka Chop Suey

(Steve, Brad)
[S -&- B discuss how they came to love juggling, then the juggling commences!; assorted tricks, ending with machetes over headstand]

3. Silas Cricky-Cracky - Your Aim is Off

(M Cassady)
[Cassady repeatedly says "Hey" to the audience.]

3.5. Al Angel - My Best Friend's Poop

(AJM River, A Angel)
[Two friends compare fecal quantities.]

4. W Barbour - Opus 15 -- Hymn for the Silent Fool

(W Barbour)
[Monologue dealing with overweight man's response when the woman he loves asks him if he thinks she's fat.]

5. James and James (Horak and Erwin, respectively) - James and James on a Desert Island

(J Horak, J Erwin)
[Horak and Erwin are stuck on a desert island, Horak wants Erwin to sex him.]

6. Tom Kovacs - Formula Plots Part 1: Blatant Corporate Advertising

(T Kovacs, Q Dinglylingy, X Rothschlipper)
[T rails against the Coca-Cola corporation's insidious advertising tactics, schills for Pepsi.]

7. Jose Calcutta -&- Silas Cricky-Cracky - Your Rent is Due

(C Stangl)
[C tells audience it's time for lunch, attempts to get them to leave theatre.]

8. Arlen Lawson - Fleshy Chambers

(A Lawson)
[Seven-year-old boy kills frog, and feels that God punishes him for it.]

9. John Hague - The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

(J Hague, J Erwin, Z Mizzymazzy)
[Hague reads short story that seeks to explain the necessary conditions for true love to exist, as J and Z act out the narration.]

10. Mel Barnes-Staglia - Whenever You Loved, You Were

(J Erwin)
[As a Mr. Coffee brews some java, J delivers stream-of- consciousesque monologue.]

11. Spencer Griffin - Stack of Paper Cuts, A

(T Sherwood, W Barbour, S Griffin, NB Campbell)
[S rambles on in an attempt to describe T, and NB stacks papers, as T is attacked by her boss (W).]

12. Al Angel - Three Stories About Love

(A Angel, A Galbraith, T Sherwood)
[Three short scenes dealing with three various forms of love.]

13. erin king - As the World Turns

(E King, C Stangl, J Horak, S Griffin, T Kovacs, A Galbraith, NB Campbell, M Cassady, A Lawson, Some Guy)
[E envisions world politics if they resembled the politics of junior high schoolgirls.]

14. Neil "Balls" Campbell - The Mystery of the Cosmos

(NB Campbell)
[NB goes through history of man's attempts to understand the universe, ponders what's next.]

15. Chris Stangl - Mouthful of Dirt

(C Stangl)
[C tells of rescuing the Devil from a lobster trap, and the Devil's subsequent attempts to get him to eat dirt.]

1. Al Angel - Schindler's Poop

(A Angel, AJM River)
[A professes his belief in fairies and gets pooped on anyway; comedy sketch.]

2. I Wanna Be a Dog - Holy Shit, Brad! My Balls Are Glowing! And I'm Going to Poop in Your Mouth!

(Juggly Brad, Juggly Steve)
[Glowing balls make juggling so exciting; skill performance.]

3. Michele Thompson (with inspiration from Michelle Schlesseman) - Things that I Think Would Be Beautiful

(M Thompson, N"B" Campbell)
[M talks about all the different ways babies can be beautiful; posing in flower pots is not among them; comedy sketch.]

4. Willie Barbour - Opus 20-The Recorder

(W Barbour)
[W ruminates on "Happy Birthdays" past via sound recordings; dramatic monologue.]

4.5 Seth Brenneman -&- Stuart Stutzman - Ernest Goes to...Over There

(S Brenneman, S Stutzman)
[SB, portraying Ernest, goes over there; comedy sketch.]

5. Mark J. Hansen - Don't Tell Mom, the Babysitter's Oedipus

(M Cassady, P Rust)
[M and P find various people/animals/things attractive and euphemize their desires; comedy sketch.]

6. Carolyn Space Jacobson - Chevrolet Bel Aire

(CS Jacobson)
[Woman discusses the circumstances of an uncle's death and her unpreparedness for it; dramatic monologue.]

7. Paul Rust - Clyde Collides

(P Rust, some other people, A Galbraith)
[P talks about running, lots of other things, swimming, getting eaten by a shark; comey performance.]

8. Arlen Lawson - Lines of Decay

(A Lawson)
[Man encounters Jesus (quite unlike a Care Bear) and finds himself part of a parable; dramatic/comedic monologue.]

9. Steve Heuertz - A Moment of Silence for Those Who Have Passed

(S Heuertz, P Rust)
[Accompanied by recorded popular music, man reads a list of names of those who died in WTC attacks, gets sad; dramatic reading of list.]

10. Georgia Athens - Elbow the Letter

(N Clark, A Lawson, N"B" Campbell, A Galbraith, AJM River, M Hansen, A Angel)
[N announces letter combinations, AL and AG roll around, AJM and N"B" dance and say several lines; performance.]

11. Aprille Clarke - Tie a Pink Ribbon or Why God Hates the French

(A Clarke, AJM River, A Lawson)
[AC is actually Allah and loves breast cancer and celebrities; AJM and AL think it's so sad; comedic monologue/sketch.]

12. Luke Pingel - Her Name Should Be

(L Pingel)
[Though her name is unclear, a woman has emotional effects on a man; comedic monologue.]

13. Silas Crombacha - Michael Rothschild Loves Spain and He Lived There for a Year!

(N"B" Campbell, AJM River, C Stangl)
[N"B" is a little old lady who poops in inappropriate places; she gets a flag in her buttcrack for sure; comedy sketch.]

14. Neil "Balls" Campbell - Broom Hilda

(N"B" Campbell)
[In the light of a stark bulb, N"B" tells the story of his destruction of a four-year-old Broom Hilda look-alike named Broom Hilda; comedic monologue.]

15. Chris Stangl - Trouble in Dog Island

(C Stangl)
[In the form of several vignettes, C talks about different kinds of trouble in the brain (including a writing sample from second grade, illustration included); comedic monologue.]

1. Nutball and Butternut - I Wanna Be a Shit that Dogs in Your Mouth

(Juggly Brad, Juggly Steve)
[After much preparation and the involvement of an audience member, B and S briefly juggle eggs; skill/comedy performance.]

2. Paul Rust - Amazing Tales of the Astonishing

(P Rust, C Stangl, M Cassady)
[P is a superhero, Strength Man, who can neither banter nor read; M teaches him tenderly; comedy sketch.]

2.5. Al Angel - Mo' Better Poop

(AJM River, A Angel)
[Is AJM a liar?  Will a lie detector detect it?  Are his pants on fire?   Poop!  Comedy sketch.]

3. Virgin Ears - Get Off the Stage, Fuck-o!! or Adventures in Conflict Resolution or Death of a Salesman II

(??, ??)
[?? and ?? engage in sword and dagger stage combat; there is some rolling and some crotch stuff; skill performance.]

4. Willie Barbour - Opus 22-It's the Fear of Not Knowing

(W Barbour)
[W tells the tale of a pained old woman by the sea; dramatic monologue.]

4.5. Calvin Hennick - Hitler Was a Douche Bag

(C Hennick, Amir Efrati)
[One Jew and one non-Jew discuss the way Hitler ruined stuff for people; comedy sketch.]

5. Thomas Kovacs - Formula Plots Part 2:  Epic Superhero Battle

(T Kovacs, E King, A Lawson, N"B" Campbell, AJM River, C Stangl, P Rust)
[In the guise of various actors, a shirtless superhero has gay sex and does other stuff; comedy sketch.]

6. Erin King - Estoy Hablando Espanol [sic]

(E King)
[E likens the recent cancellation of a Snoop Doggy Dog concert to discrimination against Muslims; comedic monologue.]

7. Arlen Lawson - Salt and Poverty

(A Lawson)
[Incorporating salt water and matches, A recounts summer camp-related adventures; comedic monologue.]

7.5 [uncredited] (but probably Seth Brenneman and crew) - Act 4: The Beginning of the End...Or, the Summer We'll Never Forget

(S Brenneman, ??, Boylyssa)
[S bites into some spaghetti, but he didn't know it had been electrified; comedy sketch.]

8. King Toad - Mary's Skull

(AJM River, A Angel)
[AJM on guitar and vocals, A on guitar, they perform a hit song; hit song musical performance.]

8.5. Muffy Stennesy - Misery Train

(A Lawson, W Barbour, P Rust)
[Ramon has daydreams and depression; comedy sketch.]

9. Al Angel - My Life Story. A Life Story

(A Angel)
[Munching cookies or crackers and drinking water, A explains his nature and why; comedic monologue.]

10. J Lin Erwin - The Skit Skat Sketchy Ska Hep! Hep!  Oi! Oi! Sketch

(J Erwin, AJM River, A Angel)
[J keeps the beat with his feet and chest while AJM and A say "Hep" and "Oi" rhythmically; sound performance.]

11. Aprille Clarke - On the Consequences of a Contract of Meaning

(A Clarke, M Cassady)
[A and M alternate a fairy tale and "actually, x was y" jokes; comedy dialogue.]

12. Toni Wilson & James Erwin - Deep Thumb

(T Wilson, J Erwin, A Clarke, W Barbour, M Cassady)
[T has sexual problems, J tries to solve them via thumb sex, A and W enter, M is a velociraptor; comedy sketch.]

13. Sam P. Drew - Romance Monologue for Michael Jackson to Read

(A Angel)
[A says/shouts stuff while music loudly plays; monologue set to music.]

14. Neil "Balls" Campbell - All About Dinosaurs! A Play With Music

(N"B" Campbell, P Rust)
[P sings the dinosaur theme song and N"B" talks about them, also jumps over chairs (not all the time!); comedy performance.]

15. Chris Stangl - There's My Girl a poem

(C Stangl, AJM River)
[Accompanied by AJM on saucepan drums, C performs a metered poem involving varying depths of October leaves and his girl, sometimes with a megaphone; poetry performance.]

0.5. Chris Stangl - The Alyssas Bowmen

(A Bowman, Boylyssa (real name unknown), C Stangl.)
[Alyssa and Boylyssa are so alike-comedy sketch]

1. James "Jimmy-Jim-Jim-Jammy-James" Erwin - Theater? Ontology! Fight! Fight! Fight!

(AJM River, J Erwin, ??)
[EMPIRE group noise song-noise performance]

1.5. Turn of the Wheel - I Wannabe a Dino-dog with flames coming out of my Brontosauras butthole

(Juggly Brad, Juggly Steve.)
[Jesus fucking christ-naked dangerous skill performance; a special Fire Juggling performance]

2. Al Angel - Eulogy for Bill Evans

(N Clark)
[N's character reflects in a short paragraph that involves tender looking-monologue]

3. G.E. Wilker - Lament

(G.E. Wilker)
[character talks about experience of being stuck in elevator with corpse-monologue]

4. Adam Burton, Eric Burton, & Chris Okiishi - Tag-I'm It!

(A Burton, E Burton, N"B" Campbell, A Clarke)
[AC is on a date with E, but sometimes with AB-twinful comedy sketch]

5. Dee Troy [Nick Clark] - Sir Chan Destroy

(A Lawson, N Clark, C Okiishi, W Barbour, K Barbour)
[N is sad and smoking under an umbrella; balloons and balls and frisbees go everywhere; C is tender to him-visual and physical performance]

6. Mark J. Hansen - Doing Lunch

(W Barbour, A Burton)
[W and A have a pun-filled conversation; comedy sketch]

7. Arlen Lawson - Genre Pt. IV: Romance

(A Lawson)
[A tells story of driving with a former beloved and the troubles that ensue; monologue]

7.5. Matt Goolsby - Porno Bucket

(M Goolsby)
[M makes sounds and rhythms and shouts; sound performance]

8. Alison Reeger - 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Rehab

(A Reeger, ??, ??, ??)
[in the form of regular humans, the 4 Horsemen discuss their effects on the world; connected monologues]

9. Silas Humbucker & Abe Strand - Testament of Th

(A Lawson, N Clark, AJM River, A Clarke, N"B" Campbell, J Erwin, C Stangl, ??)
[people make many noises, some rhythmic; sound performance]

10. Christopher Okiishi - Here's the Thing

(C Okiishi)
[C says many words while expressing very few points; monologue]

11. Aprille Clarke - Poop Magnolias

(A Clarke, C Stangl, N"B" Campbell, J Erwin)
[A and C alternate stories about virile squirrels and midgets; Swamp Thing gets involved; comedy sketch]

11.5 Al Angel - City Slickers 2: The Legend of Curly's Poop

(A Angel, AJM River)
[AJM fears terrorists in his butthole; against his better judgement, A gets sucked in face-first; comedy sketch]

12. Arend Miller - A Brief Synopsis of Operation: Enduring Freedom

(A Miller)
[A explains what's happening overseas in military aggression; who knew pop culture was so involved? Monologue]

13. Willie Barbour - Opus 45-Little Brown Jug or String of Pearls, it's all just scat to me

(W Barbour)
[the relationship with the punkster girl didn't work out, and all that's left is dirty sex toys; monologue]

14. Neil "Balls" Campbell - The Career Day Massacre

(N"B" Campbell.)
[N"B" is a career day speaker, a movie critic who loves basketball and insult comedy; monologue]

15. Chris Stangl - The Jesus and Judas Shattering Kandy Korn Inescapable

(C Stangl, A Lawson, A Clarke, AJM River.)
[Jesus and Judas talk about their failed relationship; there is cinematic talk, kissing; comedy sketch]

0.5. Al Angel - Police Academy 2: Their First Poop

(A Angel, AJM River)
[Is there anthrax in AJM's butthole? A will find out with his face; comedy sketch]

1. Jugglies! - I Wanna Be the...GRAPE DILLONI

(Juggly Brad and Juggly Steve)
[Juggly Steve can catch grapes in his mouth so well; skill performance]

2. Tom Nixon - An Enlightenment

(T Nixon)
[Getting hit on the head with nuts helps man figure out the mysteries of God/life/dildos; monologue]

3. Ben Heinen, Steven Slye, Alex Kimble - We Admit It

(B Heinen, S Slye, A Kimble, P Kanwar)
[Magic-The Gathering hobby results in bullying and inner conflict; comedy sketch]

3.5. Seth Brenneman, Michele Thompson, Paul Rust, & Bill McKenna - Jurassic Pork I

(Billyssa, P Rust)
[Magic bottle rubbing results in naked pig-masked dancing; comedy sketch]

4. Andrea Blong - Windows of the Soul

(A Blong)
[A detective falls victim to a metabolism-shifting, eye-gouging crimester; monologue]

5. Doug Fern & Amir Efrati - I'm a Non-Conformist Like All my Friends

(A Efrati)
[Former geek gets cool through retail purchases; monologue]

6. Jason Nebergall - I Am Awesome And Thus You Should Like Me

(J Nebergall)
[As evidenced by letters from celebrities, Jason Nebergall is awesome and smokes drugs with cool people; monologue]

7. Arlen Lawson - Hard to be Jones: a Total Song

(A Lawson, AJM River)
[A and AJM play guitar while A also sings; musical song performance]

7.5. Seth Brenneman, Michele Thompson, Paul Rust, & Bill McKenna - Jurassic Pork 2: The Lost Sam Neill

(M Thompson, P Rust)
[pigs in a blanket make woman's butt rumble, naked dancing pig appears; comedy sketch]

8. James Erwin - Peaches the Somersaulting Poodle Has Dreams Where She Fucks a Wolf

(J Erwin)
[J recounts traumatizing childhood memories and the painful confusion of being unlike his peers; monologue]

9. Erin King - OH GOD! OOOOH POOP!! a tragedy in two parts

(E King, A Clarke)
[Through the medium of eye-gouging and influenced by the moon, E sums up Christian and Greek tragedy; comedy sketch]

10. Al Angel - Flash! Flash! Flash!

(N"B" Campbell)
[N"B" is so evil that he does evil things, also skates around on broken skateboard; monologue]

10.5 Seth Brenneman, Michele Thompson, Paul Rust, & Bill McKenna - Jurassic Pork 3: Dinosaur Scratches

(S Brenneman, P Rust)
[Pikachu is summoned, naked pig mask guy shows up; comedy sketch]

11. Aprille Clarke - Chets and Balances

(A Clarke, AJM River, A Galbraith)
[3 characters talk about facial eating and tenderness; comedy sketch]

12. Paul Rust - The Carrot Kids: Mystery Solvers Part I: The Adventure Begins...

(P Rust, M Thompson, Jake Livermore, Steve Heuertz)
[School newspaper kids vow to form a mystery-solving team; comedy sketch]

13. Silas Brown - Da: Dry 55

(AJM River, A Bowman, A Clarke, A Lawson, A Galbraith, C Stangl)
[Some people spin at different rates, others say "I" at different rates; visual/sound performance]

13.5 Tyson R. Xauna - The Punctuation Egg

(N Clark, A Angel)
[How does the vegan like his eggs? Ovaries-y; comedy sketch]

14. Neil "Balls" Campbell - Arlenita, the Prettiest Girl

(N"B" Campbell, A Galbraith, A Lawson)
[Old Neil remembers the Young Neil days when he loved pretty Arlenita; comedy sketch]

15. Chris Stangl - Encyclopaedia Fantastique

(C Stangl)
[Man recounts ghosts of 50 states as recorded in the Encyclopaedia Fantastique; monologue]

0.5. Al Angel - Halloween 5: The Poop of Michael Myers

(A Angel, AJM River)
[There was candy in AJM's butt. We can all guess...comedy sketch]

1. the Jugglies and Nick - I Wish I Was a Food aka I've Been Hanging Out With... I've Been Eating...

(N Clark, AJM River, A Angel, Juggly Brad, Juggly Steve, E King)
[N is so sad and hungry, and there are social food (and not so food!) jugglies everywhere!; comedy sketch]

1.5. Chris Stangl - Arlen's Happiest Birthday

(C Stangl, J Erwin, A Lawson)
[A gets some used-pancake present; comedy sketch]

2. Calvin Hennick - My Eternal Reward

(C Hennick)
[C is dead and gives away his stuff in search of salvation; monologue]

3. Magnetic - Me -&- My Balls

(Juggly Steve)
[Juggly Steve does tricks with his three blue balls; skill performance]

4. Kyle Lange - A 'New' Song

(K Lange)
[K sings and plays guitar; musical performance]

4.5. Kovacs -&- Walken - Formula Plots Pt. 3: Over Used Pickup Line

(P Rust, Erin King)
[Is there a banana in Paul's pants, or is he just happy to see an apple?-comedy blackout]

5. Al Angel - BRAIN of Darkness!!!

(A Angel, P Rust, M Thompson)
[P and M discuss their relationship with varying degrees of enthusiasm while A takes audience on a graphic tour of the brain; seriocomedy performance]

5.5. Kurt Meyermann - Duck Tape

(K Meyermann)
[What is duct tape made of? Crap, that t should have been a k. I guess it's always spelled wrong; monologue]

6. Yeovil Englund {Nick Clark} - Sheila in a Gig

(T Wilson, J Erwin, A Clarke, AJM River, S Griffin)
[T is in a box, J gets taken away forcibly; comedy performance]

6.5. Ellen Flaherty - An Acorn Fell on My Head Today...

(P Rust)
[P changes shoes, he is not a panty hose runner; monologue blackout]

7. Arlen Lawson - Starvation Box

(A Lawson)
[Characters go to circus, pay to see penis-free rose-full man, eat sno-cones; monologue]

8. Norval Brown - That Man IS Not a Moon! (Arlen Birth)

(C Stangl, AJM River, A Lawson)
[accompanied by a metronome, players chant words and sometimes don't; sound performance]

9. Kyle Lange and Dan Brooks - I, Neil 'Balls' Campbell, Am One Tenth the Order-Reader that Kyle Lange Was

(K Lange, D Brooks)
[D is sensitive and K is crude in attempting to pick up women; comedy performance]

10. Alyssa J. Hayward - Heema Jeema! That's a Moon Dan Brooks!

(A Bowman, C Stangl, AJM River, various audience members)
[AJM and C talk shit about Dan Brooks old-school-style, there is chanting; comedy/sound performance]

10.5. Paul Rust - The Carrot Kids: Mystery Solvers Pt II: Zen Arcade

(P Rust, M Thompson, N"B" Campbell, Jake Livermore, Steve Heuertz, DJ Ruden)
[Was there a murder? And how does it relate to the marble? Not even the Carrot Kids know; comedy sketch]

11. Jason Nebergall - Hands of God or The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down

(J Nebergall)
[J's hands fight and debate theology; monologue]

12. Aprille Clarke - How Not to Have Babies or Why I Hate it When the French Reproduce

(A Clarke, M Cassady, N"B" Campbell, AJM River)
[bad parents do bad things to kids, each other; comedy sketch]

13. Dan Brooks - Luckies

(M Thompson, M Brooks, J Erwin, K Lange, D Brooks, C Stangl)
[An overlapping set of stories evolves about Slipknot, infidelity, and blind person/cat violence; comedy performance]

14. Neil "Balls" Campbell - The Ghost in THIS VERY ROOM!

(N"B" Campbell)
[Orson Welles' ghost haunts the room, as N"B" excitedly tells us-monologue]

15. Chris Stangl - Special Dark

(C Stangl)
[C recounts the subtle pleasures of ruling in his own tiny hell; monologue]

0.5. Al Angel - O, Brother, Where Poop Thou?

(A Angel, AJM River)
[A uses reverse psychology on AJM; mouth pooping ensues; comedy sketch]

1. James "Fucking" Horak - Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah! Oh, hell fucking yeah! Get up and dance, you miserable fucking bastards! I SAID DANCE!

(M Cassady, A Clarke, A Galbraith)
[actors come on stage and realize the ghastliness of the audience; comedy sketch]

2. Liva Poole - I'd Be Happy Just Two Aunts With You

(N Clark, AJM River, A Angel, P Rust, A Lawson)
[selectively mic-ed, performers chant various part of the phrase "I want you to just let me die;" sound performance]

3. Paul Rust - The Carrot Kids: Mystery Solvers Part III: CNN Headline Blues

(P Rust, M Thompson, S Heuertz, J Livermore, DJ Ruden, A Galbraith)
[The crime-solving kids enlist the help of a clue-deciphering robot; comedy sketch]

4. Al Angel - Split -&- Hold

(A Angel, A Clarke, J Erwin)
[performers read in round a text that is a combination of monologue and poetry; theatrical performance]

5. Dan Hedaya, Nick "Don't Call Me Blue Chips" Nolte, and Steve "Don't Call Him Blue Chips" Heuertz - Revenge Of The Nerds; Or Revenge Of The Nerds Part 2: Nerds In Paradise

(S Heuertz, J Livermore, DJ Ruden, P Rust)
[humanoid robots make different hilarious noises; comedy sketch]

6. Jason Nebergall - Halloween Is Over, But I Wrote a Thing About It

(J Nebergall)
[J makes observations about how Halloween is celebrated in Iowa City; monologue]

7. Arlen Lawson - Love and Food Stamps

(A Lawson)
[A remembers the time he and a friend made a surf-board and sneaked out to use it and suffered consequences; monologue]

8. Spencer Griffin - Voices that Care: This Ain't Yo' Parents' Persian Gulf

(P Rust, S Griffin, S Heuertz, J Livermore)
[performers play instruments and sing a song about destroying Afghanistan; comedic musical performance]

9. Erin "Tenacious E" King - Vermophile

(E King)
[E plays a girl who enjoys worms but does not enjoy child abuse; monologue]

10. T Knapp - Oak

(T Knapp)
[T plays a guitar and sings a song; musical performance]

11. James Erwin -&- Nick Clark - ZACTAMUNDO!

(C Stangl, A Lawson, A Galbraith)
[performers do energetic mini-monologues on the nature of ZACTAMUNDO; theatrical performance]

12. Bonnie Prudden - Dusty

(C Stangl)
[C smacks his inner elbow and says stuff; monologuito]

13. Aprille Clarke - Are You Still Here?

(A Clarke)
[A plays three characters with varying relationships to Miya Siosen; monologue]

14. Neil "Balls" Campbell - Chocolate -&- Liquor

(N"B" Campbell, M Cassady, A Galbraith, P Rust, A Lawson)
[What would the world have been like if Neil had never been born? Rad! Comedy sketch]

15. Chris Stangl - Blue Wine, and 100 Scarecrows

(C Stangl)
[C's character and friends wreak mischief on Harrow Field, laying evidence for future/past monologues; monologue]

0.5. Al Angel - L'Aretino nei suoi ragionamenti sulle cortigiante, le maritata e...i contenti poop

(A Angel)
[There is no one to poop in Al's mouth; he eats a Snickers; monologuito]

1. Jake Livermore, John Henry Muller, Paul Rust - Aaylah Ugly No Bear Baby

(P Rust, J Livermore, M Thompson)
[Movie critics discuss the value of the numbers 1-10 (inclusive); comedy sketch]

1.5 Jugglys - Grape Ni-Hi

(Juggly Brad, Juggly Steve)
[Jugglys perform 5-Ball Endurance; Brad wins; skill performance]

2. James Brown - Thank God for Cheez Whiz

(J Brown, D Fairchild)
[Two guys eat Cheez Whiz on lots of things; comedy sketch]

2.5 Tom Kovacs, Sam Negron, -&- Rikki Honnold - The Pop Machine

(T Kovacs, ??, ??, ??, S Heuertz)
[Some people get a pop machine off a guy, then hide the body; comedy sketch]

3. Jeff Kite - Sibling Rivalry -&- Bowl of Tanted Cherrios

(?? , ??)
[Guys discuss what adjective suits one, whether or not he really knows what pee tastes like; comedy sketch]

4. Paul Rust - The Carrot Kids: Mystery Solvers Pt. IV: International House of Mischief

(P Rust, M Thompson, Boylyssa, S Heuertz, S Brenneman, J Livermore, A Lawson)
[In the final installment, Scott finds out it was Bo Jackson all along; comedy sketch]

5. James Erwin - That Impossible Hand Puppet

(C Okiishi, J Erwin, A Lawson)
[That hand puppet is just impossible; people talk about it; comedy performance]

6. T. Knapp - Something About Charlotte's Sexual Mystery -&- My Own Insecurity Presented in a Confusing Blend of Color -&- Noise

(T Knapp)
[T sings a song and plays a keyboard over a pre-recorded keyboard tune; musical performance]

7. Arlen Lawson - Farmer Lick

(A Lawson)
[A tells stories of himself and a farmer; caramel runs as a thread; monologue]

8. Christopher Okiishi - A Little Late

(C Okiishi, A Clarke, C Tung, C Larabee, A Burton)
[Chris can't get his money back at the movies; it turns out he's in hell; comedy sketch]

9. Al Angel - Pardon Me While I Have a Strange Interlude

(A Angel, A Clarke, A Lawson, C Okiishi, N"B" Campbell)
[No one likes or makes out with or beats up Arlen because he's so minority; comedy sketch]

10. Jason Nebergall - There's Nothing Sadder Than a Sad Pirate

(J Nebergall)
[J shows a picture of an old fisherman and says it's him and also a sad pirate with a dead penis and whiskey inside; monologue]

10.5. Elliot Stapleton, Bill McKenna, -&- Seth Brenneman - Jesus Christ Powerbar

(Boylyssa, Seth Brenneman, ??, ??, P Rust)
[Cardboard elf/santa cutouts are so dirty; sweet Jesus is there too; comedy blackout]

11. Willie Barbour - That Was Just Stupid

(W Barbour)
[Sweaty drunks make unsafe sex choices; monologue]

12. Robbie Heath - Sheep Wool

(A Angel, Juggly Brad, ??)
[Violence and friendship are so easy to confuse; comedy performance]

13. Aprille Clarke - Situated Under the Tongue

(J Erwin, A Clarke, N"B" Campbell)
[A does time travel and sublimation; J and N"B" read in unison and do movement; monologue/sketch]

14. Neil "Balls" Campbell - A Really Killer Piece

(N"B" Campbell, P Rust, M Cassady, J Nebergall)
[N"B" hates Paul, everyone hates Jason; comedy sketch]

15. Chris Stangl - I Got Two Sisters

(C Stangl)
[C beats a coffee can and tells about adventures with his two sisters; solo performance]

1. Magnetic - Holy Shit My Balls Bounce Gueut

(Juggly Brad, Juggly Steve)
[JB and JS juggle rhythmically together; skill performance]

2. Ellen Flaherty - John Garfield and Friends

(P Rust)
[P talks about a very sexy lady he knew of hot and cold temperatures; monologue]

3. Mike Cassady and Paul Rust - An Evening in Yesteryear

(A Galbraith, P Rust, M Cassady)
[P and M are old-time cane vaudeville guys who live at the YMCA; comedy sketch]

3.5 Arend Miller - You Can Eat a Dick

(A Miller, P Rust)
[According to P, A can eat a dick; comedy sketchito]

4. Spencer Griffin - Grammie G. -&- Me

(S Griffin, P Rust, N"B" Campbell, S Heuertz, M Cassady)
[SG's Grammie has a big penis and shoots kids; comedy sketch]

5. Anthony from Love Cruise - You Hurt People...Maliciously!

(S Heuertz, M Thompson, P Rust, S Griffin)
[SH has to give up his sax and give head in Gilligan theme fiasco; comedy sketch]

6. Norval Brooks Reiss - I Want to Trick you Into Helping: Me a Song

(AJM River)
[With audience participation, AJM has a conversation; interactive comedy performance]

7. Arlen Lawson - The High Chair; A Prison Story

(A Lawson)
[A is a prisoner who used to get shot out of cannons who can sew people up; monologue]

8. Al Angel - Cheshire Cat Moon

(A Angel, A Clarke, M Thompson, C Okiishi, J Erwin)
[Characters relay parts of kissing scene, kiss each other; dramatic performance/makeout]

8.5 Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, -&- Sirius Black - Harry Potter and the Night Paul Rust Crushed a Thousand Hops -&- Dreams of Four Orphans

(P Rust, M Thompson, S Brenneman, Boylyssa, ??)
[Kids are thwarted by lack of ticket availability; they thwart right back; comedy sketchito]

9. Kurt Meyermann - Philmont Chronicles: Volume One, Mountain Lion Poop

(K Meyermann)
[K tells about stuff somebody told him on a very challenging hike, makes reference to other pieces; monologue]

10. Jason Nebergall - Moon Mulligan Something

(J Nebergall, P Rust, T Wilson)
[Superhero Moon Mulligan prepares to hurt the Taliban-comedy sketch]

11. Christopher Okiishi - Negotiated Safety

(A Clarke, A Burton, N"B" Campbell, M Cassady)
[A interviews potential fathers for her potential baby, emotions ensue; serio-comedy sketch]

11.5 Urine! [Erin King] - Sneeze or Orgasm?

(J Erwin, E King)
[E twitches and explodes; comedy performance]

12. Maria Hill - Poop a Pee Like Me

(AJM River, A Angel, C Okiishi, S Heuertz, J Erwin, A Galbraith, P Rust, M Thompson, J Nebergall, S Brenneman, Boylyssa)
[people get on stage and recite the same paragraph one by one, then all together]

13. Aprille Clarke - The Bare Boob Project

(A Clarke, M Cassady, A Galbraith)
[Should A take off her top? No way, too gross; comedy sketch]

14. Chris Stangl - Feel the Mouth of Dracula

(C Stangl)
[Dracula peer pressures C into doing crazy stuff; monologue]

15. Neil "Balls" Campbell - Far Far Away

(P Rust, N"B" Campbell)
[As drunken rock star accompanied by P on guitar, N"B" disrespects audience and own body; musical performance]

0.5. Al Angel - 007: The Spy Who Loved Poop or Austin Powers: The Spy Who SHAGGED Poop

(A Angel, AJM River.)
[Al is not a toilet, but AJM prepares to poop on him anyway; comedy sketchito]

1. Alyssa -&- Jamal Bowman - The Ape Man's Café Z

(C Okiishi, C Stangl)
[CO and CS yell about food and butt stuff; CS's hands are partway through his sleeves; comedy sketch]

2. Rob Frisch - The Turkey

(C Larabee, C Okiishi)
[CL makes CO act like a seagull, but really more like a turkey; comedy sketch]

3. Michele Thompson - Stacey's Place

(M Thompson, A Lawson, S Brenneman.)
[Stacey of the Carrot Kids moves to a new town and sells carrot juice; comedy sketch]

4. Jeff Kite - Psychotherapy

(J Kite, S Griffin.)
[J as patient and S as psychiatrist are hostile and passive-aggressive about killing each other, selves; comedy sketch]

5. Maria Hill! - The Weird School Day

(T Wilson, A Clarke, M Thompson, A Galbraith, M Cassady, P Rust, C Stangl, N"B" Campbell, J Erwin, ??.)
[Third grade students are stupid, but it's ok-doom for sixth graders; comedy sketch]

6. Christopher Okiishi - Re-Education

(C Okiishi.)
[C's job takes him to junior high, which jogs memories of experiences, elicits sympathy for kids, and arouses attraction to teachers; monologue]

6.5. Matthew Hart - Somewhere Over the Rainbow Trout

(M Hart, J Nebergall.)
[M makes puns, J wreaks revenge on M, self; comedy sketchito]

7. Paul Rust - Cheer If You Love Anything

(P Rust, poor audience girl.)
[P hates things and requests audience support; also screams and assaults stranger with butthole and hands; monologue]

8. Arend Miller - Me -&- My Dad

(A Miller.)
[A tells a story of abuses from father and other family-dynamics-related issues; monologue]

9. Toni Wilson - Black Ice

(A Clarke.)
[A girl contemplates suicide after her mother's return to religion; monologue]

10. James Erwin - James Erwin Rocks You Like A Hurricane, But James Erwin Has Reservations About Rocking You All Night Until the Break of Dawn

(A Clarke, A Lawson, M Cassady, J Nebergall)
[Literary figures converse and spout abbreviated manifestoes; comedy sketch]

11. Jason Nebergall - I Owe Andy a Roosevelt

(J Nebergall.)
[Andy the polisher and narrator get into wacky adventures; monologue]

11.5. Erin King - Well, Shit

(E King, J Erwin, Amir ??, Calvin ??.)
[E chooses the U of Iowa partially for the Old Capitol Dome; her dreams are dashed; comedy sketch]

12. Al Angel - Thread -&- Screws

(lots of people.)
[one word at a time, people tell a brief tale of unrequited love; sound/content performance]

13. Aprille Clarke - An Unabridged, Annotated List of Everyone I Have Ever Had Sex With (Which Means that Yes, You Are on It

(A Clarke, J Erwin)
[A recounts the idiosyncracies of past partners, J talks about pity vs. mercy; comedy performance]

14. Neil "BALLS" Campbell - The Balls, Cassady, -&- Stubble Comedy Show!

(N"B" Campbell, M Cassady, A Galbraith.)
[N"B", M, and A do comedy and try to make a girl look at their ballsacks; comedy sketch]

15. Chris Stangl - Make This Man Walk

(C Stangl, AJM River.)
[Beating a pot lid, C performs a rhythmic reading involving stitches and making a man walk; sound/content performance]

0.5 Neil Campbell, Al Angel, -&- Jamal River - Poop From New York or Escape from L. Anus

(N"B" Campbell, AJM River, A Angel.)
[N"B" and AJM have identical anuses, and yet N's is so much more appealing to A than AJM's. AJM is jealous; comedy sketchito]

1. Steve - 3 Sticks -&- Two Balls

(Juggly Steve.)
[JS juggles green pins accompanied by music; skill performance]

1.5 Michael Tabor - An Unabridged, Annotated List of Everyone I Have Ever Had Sex With

(M Tabor.)
[M reads title and stands in pathetic silence; monologuito]

2. Jamal River -&- Neil "Balls" Campbell - Get This Crap Out of Me

(N"B" Campbell, AJM River.)
[N"B" hears dead ghosts speaking from AJM's butthole; comedy sketch]

3. Spencer Griffin - Life Is Beautiful

(S Griffin, N"B" Campbell, P Rust, M Cassady, A Galbraith.)
[S ruminates on finding humor despite his emotional pain; tries fun stuff at others' suggestion; gets beaten down physically and emotionally; tragicomedy sketch]

3.5. Elliot Stapleton, Seth Brenneman -&- Bill McKenna - One! Two! Buckle My Eight. Five! Nine! Masturbate!

(lots of people.)
[Party teens dance to the Clash's "Rock the Casbah" and are shocked by its potential substitution by "Who Let the Dogs Out;" comedy sketchito]

4. Paul "Sack" Rust -&- Neil "Balls" Campbell - Two Guys Are Trying to Go to Sleep but Stuff Keeps Waking Them Up

(P Rust, N"B" Campbell, M Thompson, A Clarke.)
[See title. Stuff includes music, masturbation, bikini girls, audience; comedy sketch]

5. Paul Rust - Roast Beef

(C Stangl, J Nebergall, N"B" Campbell, P Rust, S Heuertz, ??.)
[P is unable to roast N"B", who it turns out caused the death of P's mother; comedy sketch]

6. Thomas Kovacs - Wash Cycle

(T Kovacs, J Nebergall.)
[two characters reminisce about life as camp staff and trips to the laundromat; dramatic two-part monologue]

6.5. Matthew Hart - Stephen King Kong

(M Hart, Andy Schroeder, J Nebergall.)
[The Punisher strikes again, this time filled with self-loathing; comedy sketchito]

7. Arlen Lawson - Old Man Robin

(A Lawson, C Stangl, N"B" Campbell.)
[Out of chronological order, three characters deal with the results of one having killed someone, while referencing past Lawson monologues; dramatic performance]

8. Spud Webb - Some People Call Me the Space Cowboy

(S Heuertz, Boylyssa, ??, N"B" Campbell, M Cassady.)
[Talk of cybersex is interrupted by the forcible removal of N"B"'s clothing, every bit of it; nudity performance]

9. Kurt Meyermann - Philmont Chronicles: Volume Two, Don't You Dare Give ME the Bird

(K Meyermann.)
[A character recalls an adventure on a not-very-haunted haunted mesa; monologue]

10. Al Angel - Obsequity

(A Angel, P Rust, J Nebergall, M Cassady, N"B" Campbell.)
[AA reads a poem while others play on various tooting instruments; sound performance]

11. Jason Nebergall - I Am Sworn To Valour

(J Nebergall.)
[J discusses the finer points of making love to a woman; monologue]

12. Alyssa "Balls" Bowman and Neil "Balls" Campbell - A Candita Gram

(C Stangl, N"B" Campbell, AJM River, M Cassady.)
[Marlon's friends attempt to set him up with Mario, he almost commits suicide. Comedy sketch.]

12.5 "Audrey Plumshower III" - A Fond Farewell from One Dandy to Another

(N"B" Campbell, M Cassady, P Rust.)
[characters go Christmas shopping; their roles in regard to various current events and serious topics shift; comedy sketchito]

13. Aprille Clarke - I Wish I Had Some Balls or Balls, We Hardly Shaved You

(A Clarke, M Thompson, M Cassady, N"B" Campbell.)
[Characters eat dinner, do synchronized swimming, play Who's the Boss; comedy sketch]

14. Chris "Vulva" Stangl - Yeah! We're DYKES!

(C Stangl, A Lawson, N"B" Campbell, AJM River.)
[2 high school jackasses steal bananas from the botanical gardens and feel bad about it for different reasons; comedy sketch]

15. Neil "Balls" Campbell - Rosebud

(N"B" Campbell.)
[N"B" remembers stuff about different No Shamers, leaves on a melancholy note; monologue]

[SOURCE: order posted on web message board by Aprille Clarke]

1. I Wanna Be a Dog [Juggly Brad -&- Juggly Steve] - Holy Shit Brad! My Balls are Glowing! And I'm Going to Poop in Your Mouth!
2. Michele Thompson - Things That I Think Would Be Beautiful
3. James Erwin - James Erwin Rocks You Like A Hurricane, But James Erwin Has Reservations About Rocking You All Night Until the Break of Dawn
3.5 Urine! [Erin King] - Sneeze or Orgasm?
4. Alyssa Bowman - Johnny Correspondent
5. Dee Troy [Nick Clark] - Sir Chan Destroy
6. Jason Nebergall - I Am Awesome And Thus You Should Like Me
7. Arlen Lawson - Starvation Box
7.5 Maria Hill - The Longest Poop
8. Al Angel - The Act or Process of Falling into Decay: a Hymn
9. Steve "Captain N: The Game Master" H(euertz) - Five Minutes for the Best Five No Shame Skits of All Time
9.5 Elliot Stapleton, Bill McKenna, -&- Seth Brenneman - Jesus Christ Powerbar
10. Chris Okiishi - A Little Late
11. Mike Cassady and Paul Rust - An Evening in Yesteryear
12. Aprille Clarke - Poop Magnolias
13. King Toad - Any Given Situation
14. Chris Stangl - Let's Learn How Presidents Died, -&- Eat Tapioca
15. Neil "Balls" Campbell - The Career Day Massacre