Strawdog Theatre Company is proud to announce a special event performance of Strawdog and Friends Present: The Phone Book, Monday, February 1, 2010 at 7 p.m. at Strawdog Theatre, 3829 N. Broadway Street. The Phonebook, directed by Strawdog Artistic Director Nic Dimond features members of the Strawdog Theatre Ensemble as well as acting and celebrity guests presenting a night that promises to be a collection of music, improv, essay, performance art and the unexpected. Tickets are now on sale for $75 and include access to full bar and hors d'oeuvres, call 773-528-9696 or go online at www.strawdog.org . Tickets available for $75 until January 15 for $75, mention the code 'CONNECTION' when ordering tickets online, after January 15 tickets will be $100.
Managing Director Hank Boland says, "Chicago is so rich with talent that we thought this would be a fun way for Strawdog Theatre Company to get together and play with some of our friends. We know there are people with so much talent, so much charisma, so much charm, that you'd watch them read the phonebook. And that is the impetus for the entire night. But that idea is just the jumping off point." Strawdog is putting together an evening of top talent, theatrical and musical and magical, to present their interpretation of 'reading the phone book."
Currently the roster of performers includes a "who's who" of Chicago talent. In addition to the Strawdog Theatre Ensemble, the talent to perform or participate in the evening is a wide swath of Chicago talent from a Chicago radio legend to an African and Reggae musician to a magician and everyone in between. Currently, the list includes:
- Molly Brennan of 500 Clown
- Will Clinger currently working on the feature film The Removed, and will soon be seen in the play Noises Off at Theater at the Center in Munster, IN.
- Michael Stahl-David, "Cloverfield," "Behind the Star"
- Sara Kerastas of 2nd Story
- Rick Kogan of Chicago Tribune /WGN
- Leon Mobley
- Mike Nussbaum
- Ajay Naidu
- David Pasquesi & T. J. Jagodowski
- Dennis Watkins award-winning magician, entertainer, and founding member of The House Theatre
- with music by Seeking Wonderland.
Strawdog continues their 22nd season with Curt Columbus' translation of Anton Chekov's Uncle Vanya, directed by Strawdog Artistic Associate Kimberly Senior, February 21 - March 27, 2010 followed by David Harrower's translation of Bertolt Brecht's classic fable The Good Soul of Szechuan, directed by Strawdog Artistic Associate Shade Murray, April 22-May 29, 2010.