No Shame Theatre Archives (1989-90)

Webmaster's note: This information is pieced together from various private collections. If you have information that will fill in the gaps, PLEASE let us know.

KEY:
Author(s) - Title (Performers, if known)

  1. Numbered entries indicate the piece's position in the order.

1989/90 No Shame (the event) Staff Breakdown

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Todd Ristau
GENERAL MANAGER: Cheryl Snodgrass
STAGE MANAGER: Doug Dawson
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Michael Stone
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Oliver Oertel
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Mark Johnson

No Shame Theatre, Inc. Board of Directors
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Todd Ristau
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Cheryl Snodgrass
MANAGING DIRECTOR: Frederick Norberg
LITERARY MANAGER: Stan Ruth
MARKETING DIRECTOR: Dave Guerdette

No Shame Board of Advisors
Scott Smith
Stuart Hoyle
Jack Halstead
Jeff Goode
James Finney
Ashley Runnels

No Shame Board of Trustees
Margaret Ristau


FOURTH SEASON - FALL SEMESTER '89

Friday, September 15, 1989 - [Outside on the steps]
The first No Shame of the semester.
Problem finding faculty advisor. Outside at 11:30 instead of 11.
[according to the Daily Iowan article (9/15/89) the season opened tonight]
"I remember this particular No Shame -- it was outside on the front "porch" of the theater building, and there were only half a dozen pieces, and [Woster's Seuss piece] was the standout of the evening, performed to raving adulation to a crowd mostly of ISCA geeks. It was during a weak period for No Shame -- we rarely had a theater, the audience topped out at maybe 40, and the docket was never full. It was during the Cheryl years." --Tasha Robinson

[SOURCE: order from Cheryl Snodgrass archives; add'l notes from Tasha Robinson]


Friday, September 22, 1989 - [Theatre B]
back at normal time

[Carolyn's notes from this show:]

[SOURCE: order from Cheryl Snodgrass archives; add'l notes from Carolyn Jacobson]

Friday, September 29, 1989

[order missing]

Comments from PARTI (??):


Friday, October 6, 1989 - [Theatre B]

Friday, October 13, 1989 - [Theatre A]

Additional comments about tonight's show:

[SOURCE: order from Cheryl Snodgrass archives; add'l notes from Carolyn Jacobson]


Friday, October 20, 1989 - [Theatre A]
[SOURCE: order from Cheryl Snodgrass archives]

Friday, October 27, 1989 - [Theatre A]
[SOURCE: order from Cheryl Snodgrass archives; add'l notes from Carolyn's archives]

Friday, November 3, 1989 - [Theatre A]

Additional comments about tonight's show:

[SOURCE: order from Cheryl Snodgrass archives; add'l notes from Carolyn's archives]


Friday, November 10, 1989 - [Theatre A]

Additional comments about tonight's show:


Friday, November 17, 1989 - [Theatre A]

Friday, December 1, 1989 - [Theatre A]

Friday, December 8, 1989 - [Theatre A]
I think this one is the last of the semester.--Carolyn
[SOURCE: order from Cheryl Snodgrass archives; add'l notes from Carolyn Jacobson]

Now that we have the order from this show (12/8), I believe the following two memos from Carolyn may refer to another date ---Jeff:


FOURTH SEASON - SPRING SEMESTER '90

Friday, February 2, 1990 - [Theatre B]
Probably the first show of the semester
[SOURCE: order from Cheryl Snodgrass archives]

Friday, February 9, 1990 - [Theatre B]
[SOURCE: order from Cheryl Snodgrass archives]

Friday, February 16, 1990 - [Theatre B]
[SOURCE: order from Cheryl Snodgrass archives]

Friday, February 23, 1990 - [Theatre B]
[SOURCE: order from Cheryl Snodgrass archives]

Friday, March 2, 1990 - [Theatre B]
[SOURCE: order from Cheryl Snodgrass archives]

Friday, March 9, 1990 - [Theatre B]
[SOURCE: order from Cheryl Snodgrass archives]

photos Friday, March 30, 1990 - [Theatre B]
[This was the show videotaped for the Take One piece on IPTV]
[Webmaster's notes: It's possible that both Bad Day at the Beach and Bad Day At The Beach: Part Two, The Sequel were performed at this show in the #8 slot.]

Friday, April 6, 1990
(order missing)

Friday, April 13, 1990
(order mostly missing):

Best of No Shame
Friday & Saturday, April 20 & 21, 1990
- [Mabie Theater]
[Order from Brett Neveu]
[Lookie what I found in my file cabinet. It's the ORDER from BONS April 20 & 21! Here's what I have. I don't have piece names, I just have the names from this here list:]
[Webmaster's notes: Ristau remembers performing $80 a week at Best of No Shame. Since the piece debuted Feb 1990, it was probably this BONS rather than the show in the fall, as original thought.]


MISCELLANEOUS PIECES - [1989-90]:

(Dates unknown:)

Continue on to Fall 1990