Are You Famous, Yet?

01:38 - Origin story of Wildclaw Theatre. http://www.wildclawtheatre.com 08:08 - Live readings of B movies with Wildclaw. 12:17 - Blood Radio Podcast. http://www.wildclawtheatre.com/bloodradio-podcast/ 15:25 - Deathscribe, Wildclaw's flagship show: http://www.wildclawtheatre.com/deathscribe/ 20:35 - David "The Rock" Nelson. http://davidrocknelson.com/order-david-rock-nelson-monster-movies-on-dvd-2/ https://www.facebook.com/david.r.nelson.96 22:02 - Bad Ben. https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Ben-Nigel-Bach/dp/B01LXRMYSN 23:53 - Ele's favorite moments as a foley artist. 38:23 - Straight plays: "The Woman in Black" http://www.wildclawtheatre.com/shows-events/ 43:14 - What scares Ele and Josh? 1:01:16 - What is universal and what is microcosmic in regards to conventions in horror. 1:08:00 - More about Deathscribe. 1:09:45 - What scares Laura and Jake? 1:12:03 - Promotion time: The Woman in Black http://www.wildclawtheatre.com/shows-events/ https://www.facebook.com/events/251673188614124/ Submissions open for Deathscri

01:38 - The Princess Peach Conspiracy http://ppconspiracy.libsyn.com https://www.facebook.com/ppconspiracy/ @ppconspiracy 03:06 - Originally a stage show with New Millennium Theatre Company http://www.nmtchicago.org/portfolio/the-princess-peach-conspiracy/ 06:58 - A clip from The Princess Peach Conspiracy podcast. 13:03 - A 6 minute podcast? On the short nature of Megan's podcast. 16:29 - Highlights and challenges of Princess Peach podcast. 20:51 - Other changes in play version of Princess Peach play. 25:55 - "Wolves of Chicago Book Club" with 20% Theatre Company http://www.twentypercentchicago.com/snapshots 28:32 - Megan's book "The Finder of the Lucky Devil" 32:35 - How does Megan write? 36:34 - Megan is working with The Women's Theatre Alliance for the fourth year in a row: http://www.wtachicago.org/index2.html https://www.facebook.com/WTAChicago/ 37:49 - "Vilification of Aqua Woman" 39:24 - This year with WTA: her adaptation of Eros and Psyche 40:33 - New Play Development Workshop with The Women's Theat

01:35 - How Tim's comedy career began in 2011. 09:42 - How do the comedy scenes between Chicago, New York and L.A. compare? 21:04 - Tim Barnes on Touch Vision. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TouchVision 23:54 - His experiences with "Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me." http://www.npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/ 26:44 - Tim Barnes' documentation of his testicles for Men's Health. http://www.menshealth.com/health/talk-about-your-balls 28:47 - Tim's favorite moments from podcasting. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/its-all-true!/id874288659?mt=2 33:00 - A love of editing? Sort of. 35:26 - Working with VICE https://www.vice.com/en_us Twitter: @TimBarnes451 Website: https://timbarnescomedy.com/ Follow us on Twitter or Facebook Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "The Devil Is In The Beats" - The Chemical Brothers

01:34 - Origin story of Pride Films and Plays. http://pridefilmsandplays.com 06:25 - "Priscilla: Queen of the Desert." http://pridefilmsandplays.com/priscilla-queen-desert/ 08:45 - "For the Love of Roller Derby." http://pridefilmsandplays.com/love-roller-derby-play-world-premiere/ 18:19 - "Jerry Springer: The Opera." http://www.theatreinchicago.com/jerry-springer-the-opera/1256/ 22:05 - How does David go about finding plays? 28:15 - Highlights of Bailiwick. 31:35 - David's experience teaching in Hammond. 38:27 - Pride Fest at Chandler in Vermont. http://www.pridecentervt.org/news/item/vermont-pride-theater-s-sixth-annual-summer-pride-festival Follow us on Twitter or Facebook Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "The Devil Is In The Beats" - The Chemical Brothers

02:03 - Stripper Jesus and how we found Super Happy Funtime Burlesque at Acorn Theater this past New Year's Eve. http://www.superhappyfuntimeburlesque.com http://www.acorntheater.com 04:40 - Genesis of the show. 12:46 - Rachel's plan of raising money to do 'real art' and her training. 16:01 - Corey's background, what he was doing before Super Happy Funtime Burlesque. 18:21 - Crashing at other people's houses and day jobs. 23:36 - Bangarang Circus: https://www.facebook.com/BangarangCircus/ 26:52 - Connecting with other communities such as Ringling Bros. & Cirque du Soleil. 28:13 - Doing an over-the-top show in a conservative community. 36:05 - What would they like to promote? Chicago May 21st at The Emporium Arcade Bar. http://emporiumchicago.com http://www.superhappyfuntimeburlesque.com/ Give some money at Super Happy Funtime Burlesque's patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shfb 44:27 - Audience interaction after the show and being themselves onstage. Follow us on Twitter or Facebook Intro Music: "Are You Fam

http://barbarajwells.weebly.com 02:08 - How an ink pen & a leather briefcase inspired Barbara to know she was a writer. 07:10 - Barbara's writing in middle school and high school. 09:00 Meeting, and getting some advice from, Sam Cooke. http://www.abkco.com/index.php/artists/artist/16/Sam-Cooke 12:00 - A poem she wrote but was accused of plagiarizing. 26:28 - Barbara's writing in college. 30:30 - "Copycat Capers," three kids' plays that Barbara wrote. 37:43 - What Barbara is writing right now: "Rag Doll." 41:42 - Men and musicals. 49:05 - Stephen Schwartz http://stephenschwartz.com 55:07 - "Johnny, Don't Eat Your Sister." 1:00:47 - Barbara's modern dance involving pregnant women, dope dealers, miscarriage, etc. Follow us on Twitter or Facebook Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "The Devil Is In The Beats" - The Chemical Brothers

01:02 - How did grandma meet "punk grandpa?" 01:44 - Why Laura chose to call her play "Punk Grandpa." 03:22 - First date and Dating before punk grandpa. 05:47 - Grandpa in the service. 09:36 - Mammoth Cave story. 13:44 - Ladies at the bank. 16:49 - Grandpa and the saxophone. 26:43 - Dr. story. 29:01 - Stolen Rock story. Pic of rock now: https://www.facebook.com/areyoufamousyet/photos/pb.1019464621399109.-2207520000.1485742663./1418647911480776/?type=3&theater 30:28 - Role of big band jazz in grandma and grandpa's lives. 33:42 - "Punk Grandpa" is now available for licensing and perusal copies are available: http://www.chicagodramaworks.com/punk-grandpa.html 33:56 - Why grandma thinks you should see "Punk Grandpa." Follow us on Twitter or Facebook Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "The Devil Is In The Beats" - The Chemical Brothers

Our computer crashed during recording and the first 20 min of this episode has a lot of references to the lost part of the interview. I am very sorry about this as it does not make for an easy listen. 02:03 - Mitch O'Connell on Boing Boing. http://boingboing.net/?s=Mitch+O%27Connell 05:30 - The 12 Million Dollar Shark http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3717320-the-12-million-stuffed-shark 08:11 - Jim Shooter's extremely nice rejections. 09:00 - Mitch's training at School of the Art Institute and American Academy of Art. http://www.saic.edu http://www.aaart.edu 11:09 - Son of Svengoolie. http://svengoolie.com 14:25 - Mitch hawking his wares in New York at the age of 15 or 16. "Females With Furry Things" - http://mitchoconnell.blogspot.com/2012/01/females-with-furry-things-top-100.html "Pin the Mr. on the Man" - https://www.amazon.com/Pin-Mr-Man-Mitch-OConnell/dp/0811870812 33:04 - Fucked by Lady Luck. Mitch O'Connell's Tattoos, Volume 2 - https://lastgasp.com/d/43072/mitch-oconnell-tattoos-volume-2 36:54 -

03:01 - How did Richard start acting? 14:29 - Acting with a bunch of coeds at Cedar Point. 19:08 - The Detroit producer. 24:24 - High school mentor James Thornton. 28:36 - New York. 35:28 - Left New York and went back to Cincinnati. 36:28 - Chicago and Shirley Hamilton. 41:00 - Nice time to play the mandolin. 47:50 - Richard's experience playing Ronald Reagan. Promotions: Richard will be playing Captain Shotover in "Heartbreak House" with ShawChicago http://shawchicago.org/heartbreak-house/ An upcoming podcast guest, musician Alex White of White Mystery, will be moderating this event as well as curating the post-show playlist: https://www.facebook.com/events/1082355141874663/ Schubas | Sat., Jan. 28 | 6:00 PM | ALL AGES | $10 Goodnight Brooklyn - The Story of Death by Audio: goodnightbrooklyn.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "The Devil Is In The Beats" - The Chemical Brothers

00:49 - Laura interviews Jake. She starts by asking Jake's feelings about this podcast's journey. 04:55 - Laura and Jake met in a theatre class taught by previous podcast guest, Dan Taube, listen to his episodes here: http://areyoufamousyet.libsyn.com/ignorance-is-bliss-dan-taube-interview-part-1-episode-12a http://areyoufamousyet.libsyn.com/thunder-road-dan-taube-interview-part-2-episode-12b 08:07 - Jake's favorite podcasts: Harmontown http://www.harmontown.com/category/podcasts/ How Did This Get Made? http://www.earwolf.com/show/how-did-this-get-made/ Pete Holmes' podcast: "You Made It Weird" http://nerdist.com/podcasts/you-made-it-weird-channel/ 13:50 - Should we change the name of our podcast? 16:23 - What first drew Jake to Dungeons and Dragons as a child and what made him return to it now. Link to John Frigo episode: http://areyoufamousyet.libsyn.com/john-frigo-and-sherri-mcglothlins-artistic-life-episode-40 23:19 - Jake's job as a software developer. 31:21 - Laura's year in review. 33:50 - "Punk G

Note: Recorded on video, for non-podcast reasons, 50min before their store opened -- References to visuals things and disturbances may distract. 00:48 - How did David Gordin meet Ted Frankel? 02:27 - David at the trade show in Vegas. 10:14 - What it's like for David to be with Ted in Las Vegas at the toy trade show twice a year. 13:31 - New old stock. 19:36 - How did Rhonda find David and Fun Rock'n? 24:01 - David's former booth at the flea market in New Orleans. 25:35 - Pop City 29:29 - This is all because of Ted and Steve. 33:48 - Ted and Bill's visit to New Orleans. 34:28 - Giving spirit of Ted Frankel. 37:26 - Promotion time: Visit Fun Rock'n and Pop City in New Orleans! https://www.facebook.com/FunRockn.PopCity/ http://www.funrockn.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "The Devil Is In The Beats" - The Chemical Brothers

Recorded in a cold section of the basement wearing winter coats -- apologies for the background noises. 01:37 - Origin story of Three Brothers Theatre https://www.3brostheatre.com 05:30 - First show Josh directed. 09:31 - When did Caroline and Josh become involved as part of the artistic endeavor of Three Brothers Theatre? 13:29 - Surprisingly low cost rental agreements. 17:29 - Jazz Wave: https://www.facebook.com/Jazz-Wave-Big-Band-230269417017348/ 18:30 - What is it like to be a husband-wife team? 29:57 - How Three Brothers Theatre incorporates a mixture of new and older plays into season. 36:39 - 2017 season of Three Brothers. 38:40 - Santa vs. Krampus. https://www.3brostheatre.com/santa-vs.-krampus.html 41:47 - Dreams and goals for Three Brothers. 44:32 - Laura's Lady Macbeth commission. Follow us on Twitter or Facebook Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "The Devil Is In The Beats" - The Chemical Brothers

02:27 - Happy to have returning podcast guest: Rev. David Holcombe. http://daholcombe.com 03:32 - "Breaking," David's most recent film. http://daholcombe.com/films-and-other-projects/ 12:36 - David's film, Pilgrim. http://www.softcagefilms.com/single-post/2015/11/24/PILGRIM-Premiere-FRAME-BY-FRAME 16:00 - Guerilla style. 40:30 - Third piece of anthology. 45:49 - Run Rainbow. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5194892/?ref_=nm_flmg_edt_1 51:43 - Bryn talks about an author's view of writing "The Arrival" that he read at: http://thetalkhouse.com/how-i-wrote-arrival/ 56:02 - More about Run Rainbow. 1:01:54 - Getting funding for your art project. Click this link to see the selfie. https://www.facebook.com/areyoufamousyet/photos/pb.1019464621399109.-2207520000.1482079690./1372801252732109/?type=3&theater Other links from David: www.vimeo.com/daholcombe/breakingtrailer www.vimeo.com/daholcombe/pilgrimtrailer http://www.softcagefilms.com/ Follow us on Twitter or Facebook Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scr

02:42 - What it was like to win the Audience Award for "Almost There" in South Korea. https://www.kartemquin.com/films/almost-there 08:57 - Jake and Laura are on their third year of making their documentary. 09:48 - How did the team go about putting "Almost There" out into the world? 17:46 - Screening of "Almost There" at Pierogi Fest. http://www.pierogifest.net 23:23 - Troubling/messy correspondence and boundaries. 26:07 - "Stevie." https://www.kartemquin.com/films/stevie 28:18 - How Dan decided to be a filmmaker. Ordinary People http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081283/ Grey Gardens http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073076/ Hoop Dreams http://www.kartemquin.com/films/Hoop-dreams Roger and Me http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098213/ American Movie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181288/ 32:09 - How did Dan end up working with Martin Scorsese? 37:18 - Coming to Chicago and why Dan prefers documentaries. 42:02 - "The Spanish Prisoner" and working with John Sayles. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120176/ 46:30 - Karen Kusama. http

01:52 - How did Madelyn come to be the Founding Artistic Director of Clockwise Theater? 22:08 - Three Brothers Theatre is doing great work. https://www.3brostheatre.com 24:50 - Re-run theatre. 26:42 - Totally Okay, Right Now. https://www.youthplays.com/play_details.php?play_id=359 31:49 - What is Madelyn's favorite aspect of theatre? 34:45 - Does Madelyn recommend that playwrights direct their own plays? 43:35 - What is Madelyn working on right now? 48:57 - What would Madelyn like to promote? http://www.madelynsergel.com 51:15 - Madelyn asks Laura what she would like to promote: Her short play, Bossy, will be produced by Unity Players next year http://www.unitylutheranchicago.org/unity-players.html Commission by Three Brothers about Lady Macbeth, will be performed next year https://www.3brostheatre.com Documentary about Uncle Fun, out by the end of the year https://www.facebook.com/unclefunchicago/ 52:26 - Great things about Three Brothers! https://www.3brostheatre.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook Intro

03:00 - A Fat Line and A Skinny Line Walk into a Barcode: Scandalous! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10209832197535377&set=a.1723908211284.94755.1045724355&type=3&theater 05:37 - How Corky has combined blues and classical music and brought people together. 12:40 - When Corky met Seiji Ozawa. 14:48 - One of Corky's favorite stories. 20:36 - Corky's first commission. 22:31 - Chamber music is super square, right? 31:15 - How Corky makes his living. 36:25 - Corky co-wrote the musical guidebook "Let Your Music Soar, the Emotional Connection" with Peter Krammer. https://www.amazon.com/Let-Your-Music-Soar-Connection/dp/9077256261 46:14 - Corky's fourth Chamber Blues album. http://www.hatchfund.org/project/corky_siegels_chamber_blues_is_it_blues_or_is_it_classical_yes 55:34 - Corky performs a 'couple of licks' on his harmonica. Follow us on Twitter or Facebook Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "The Devil Is In The Beats" - The Chemical Brothers

01:24 - Don is The Director of Events for Chicago Public Media. https://chicagopublicmedia.org/ 12:12 - Keep the bathrooms nice. 13:41 - Don's teaching days, busking and how he left his mother's house in Wichita. 19:13 - Gun story. 26:35 - Co-host of The Moth for five years. https://www.themoth.org/ 34:00 - First story Don Hall told at The Moth. 35:18 - Don is happy now in his marriage to Dana Jerman: http://www.blastfortune.com/ 42:15 - Don toured with Harry Connick, Jr. https://www.harryconnickjr.com/ 42:47 - Jazz trio with jazz standards and stories at Haymarket. http://www.haymarketbrewing.com/ 43:00 - Identity Flip at Steppenwolf. https://www.steppenwolf.org/ 45:06 - Don's blog: www.literateape.com http://www.donhallchicago.com/ Follow us on Twitter or Facebook Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "The Devil Is In The Beats" - The Chemical Brothers

01:55 - Uncle Fun documentary first viewing party. 10:36 - Nilsa's furious writing and working pace. 30:24 - Our new business cards (https://youtu.be/qWDcIL6r2_s) and what Bryn the Golden Boy has been doing. 38:17 - Bryn's student film from years past could get picked up as a pilot. Will he be the next "the Todd"? 46:50 - Bryn can give it to you. 52:53 - Promotion time 56:04 - Nilsa's reactions to Bryn's video of pushing about 800 pounds https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fbryn.packard%2Fvideos%2F10210936770232137%2F&show_text=0&width=400 Follow us on Twitter or Facebook Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "The Devil Is In The Beats" - The Chemical Brothers

05:03 - New York. http://www.horsetrade.info/event/231ddf10cc1f53a8aa0735a974eca4b4 http://www.horsetrade.info/frigid-festival-df84 05:45 - Budget breakdown/money spent in New York. 07:05 - Air b and b situation and then back to the money. 11:05 - How did Laura promote "Punk Grandpa?" https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2DWP7B5abmCxN245aU85kf4zsokTaq3Y 12:54 - Bernardo Cubria's podcast, episode 124: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/off-on-new-york-theatre-podcast/id495866786?mt=2 13:06 - Radio Free Brooklyn: https://www.mixcloud.com/RadioFreeBrooklyn/frigid-ny-festival-sunday-brunch-on-radio-free-brooklyn-2282016-partial/ 13:47 - How did the show go? Well. Theres the "Hang-over Award" and the "Sold-Out Award" 14:35 - Reviews of "Punk Grandpa" and quotes from said reviews. http://www.theasy.com/Reviews/2016/P/punkgrandpa.php http://nytheaternow.com/Content/Article/2016-3-1-punk-grandpa http://culturecatch.com/theater/frigid-new-york-festival-2016 http://www.myentertainmentworld.ca/2016/02/frigid-f

01:35 - When did Mare know that she was a writer? 05:21 - Origin story of Chicago Writers Conference. http://www.chicagowritersconference.org 22:28 - How does Mare promote herself? The "Chicago Writers Conference newsletter" sign up here: http://www.chicagowritersconference.org 23:59 - Ok Go donated music for the Chicago Writers Conference Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chiwritersconf/make-the-chicago-writers-conference-a-reality 31:48 - How did Mare start performing in the Live Lit scene in Chicago? 33:21 - Mare's reading at Tuesday Funk about celebrity crushes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsw2GEhtKW4 36:59 - Mare's book: 21 Ways to Engage an Audience https://www.amazon.com/21-Ways-Engage-Your-Audience-ebook/dp/B005OZJ9E4/ 41:12 - Mare's previous Etiquette Bitch and Chicago Publishes podcasts. 44:43 - What is Mare reading right now? 48:45 - Promotions: Building Your Literacy Community at Off Campus Writers' Workshop in Winnetka - March 9th https://ocwwinfo7333.wildapricot.org/event-2