Thursday, April 30, 2009

Repeat after me... "I'm a Tough Guy!"



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Rehearsal Photos - Katherine Swan in Devils Don't Forget



Come see why everyone has a crush on our Femme Fatale, Katherine Swan!
DEVILS DON'T FORGET opens Friday May 1st
Tickets are going fast! Call 866-593-4614 to make reservations!

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Part 7 Meet the Cast of DEVILS DON'T FORGET - Adam Dodds and Anya Clingman


Adam Dodds



Anya Clingman

Adam Dodds is from Howard, Pennsylvania (if you check your road atlas it's right there in the centerfold...although some people would say the crack.). He spent some time telling ghost stories on the streets of New Orleans before coming to Chicago. Adam is a member of Halcyon Theatre where he'll be directing Fucking Parasites for the Alcyone Festival later this summer. Favorite Chicago roles include Wallace in Militant Language (Halcyon), Sir Kay in The People's Sword in the Stone, (Quest), and Moe in Infancy (Steep).

Anya Clingman has been creating theatre at a rate of about four shows a year since she was nine. She is an actor, writer, director, puppeteer, and sometime stage-manager. Past productions have included Kafka/Bullard’s The Trial, Dahl/Nolan’s James and the Giant Peach and The BFG, Mee/Murray’s Full Circle and NWaC’s own Episodical Trilogy. She has been doing original work at venues like Looptopia, The Subterarranean, Abbey’s Pub, The Empty Bottle, and The Inconvenience Threatre. She would like to thank the folks at The Right Brain Project, the Coletto-Kaplans and her enormously supportive loved ones for helping her get this far.


DEVILS DON'T FORGET!

Meet Katherine Swan
Meet Don Hall

DEVILS DON'T FORGET

Performance Dates are as follows

May 1,2
May 8,9
May 15,16
May 22,23
All performances are at 8pm – BYOB

RBP – Rorschach Space
4001 N. Ravenswood Ste 405
Chicago, IL 60613

Performances From May 1st thru May 16th suggested donations $15.00. May 22nd and May 23 will be closing weekend fundraisers. Tickets for May 22nd and May 23rd are $15.00 (post show party and drinks included)

Reservations can be made by calling 866-593-4614 For more info check out chicagomammals.com, themammals.blogspot.com or just type Chicago Mammals into your facebook!!!

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Part 6 Meet the Cast of DEVILS DON'T FORGET - Katherine Swan



Katherine Swan returned to Chicago in 2008 after spending several years in Montreal and Toronto. She is an ensemble member of The Artistic Home, where she recently appeared in Look Homeward Angel. Other credits include Three Sisters and Closer with GroundUp Theatre, The Dogs with Billy Goat Experiment, and Danny and the Deep Blue Sea and Cut to the Chase with Artistic Home. She is happy to have the opportunity to pay homage to her favorite author, the great Raymond Chandler.

Meet Katherine's cast mates in DEVILS DON'T FORGET!

Meet Don Hall

DEVILS DON'T FORGET
Performance Dates are as follows

May 1,2
May 8,9
May 15,16
May 22,23

All performances are at 8pm – BYOB
RBP – Rorschach Space
4001 N. Ravenswood Ste 405
Chicago, IL 60613

Performances From May 1st thru May 16th suggested donations $15.00. May 22nd and May 23 will be closing weekend fundraisers. Tickets for May 22nd and May 23rd are $15.00 (post show party and drinks included)
Reservations can be made by calling 866-593-4614 For more info check out chicagomammals.com, themammals.blogspot.com or just type Chicago Mammals into your facebook!!!

Monday, April 27, 2009

Part 5 Meet the Cast of DEVILS DON'T FORGET - Nicolle Van Dyke



Nicolle Van Dyke, no relation to Dick, is a graduate of Michigan State University (Go Spartans). She was last seen as Beatrice in the GreyZelda production of A View from the Bridge, for which she received a Jeff Nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama. She is a member of the Chicago Cabaret Professionals and loves to sing her lungs out, whether her neighbors like it or not. She looks forward to future endeavours with The Mammals and gives a shout out to Hank....ISH!

Meet Nicolle's cast mates in DEVILS DON'T FORGET!

Meet Gabe Garza
Meet Don Hall
Meet Susan Myburgh
Meet Dennis Frymire

DEVILS DON'T FORGET Performance Dates are as follows

May 1,2
May 8,9
May 15,16
May 22,23

All performances are at 8pm – BYOB
RBP – Rorschach Space
4001 N. Ravenswood Ste 405
Chicago, IL 60613

Performances From May 1st thru May 16th suggested donations $15.00. May 22nd and May 23 will be closing weekend fundraisers. Tickets for May 22nd and May 23rd are $15.00 (post show party and drinks included)

Reservations can be made by calling 866-593-4614 For more info check out chicagomammals.com, themammals.blogspot.com or just type Chicago Mammals into your facebook!!!

Friday, April 24, 2009

Twitter Terror

We know that you either love or hate Twitter (unless you're among the few who don't know what Twitter is). However, the Chicago Mammals do have a twitter feed for all srelated to our performances, auditions, artwork, and occasional recommendations for cool things to see and do in Chicago. Check it out at http://twitter.com/themammals

Part 4 Meet the Cast of DEVILS DON'T FORGET - Gabe Garza



This is Gabriel Garza's first time working with the Mammals. He is thrilled to work with such a wonderful group of artists. Artistic Director Bob Fisher and Gabe worked together in various WNEP projects including RAW and Soiree Dada Blinde Esse Hoppe.

Check out some of Gabe's castmates


DEVILS DON'T FORGET Performance Dates are as follows
May 1,2
May 8,9
May 15,16
May 22,23
All performances are at 8pm – BYOB
RBP – Rorschach Space
4001 N. Ravenswood Ste 405
Chicago, IL 60613
Performances From May 1st thru May 16th suggested donations $15.00. May 22nd and May 23 will be closing weekend fundraisers. Tickets for May 22nd and May 23rd are $15.00 (post show party and drinks included)
Reservations can be made by calling 866-593-4614 For more info check out chicagomammals.com, themammals.blogspot.com or just type Chicago Mammals into your facebook!!!

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Meet the Cast of DEVILS DON'T FORGET - Don Hall



What can be said about Don Hall that hasn't already been uttered through clenched teeth!? Don Hall is the Events Coordinator for Chicago Public Radio and the Audience Services cat for NPR’s prolific game show "Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!"

Don is a producer, director, and writer of Chicago Off-Loop Theater and the Founding Director of Chicago's prolific WNEP Theater. Every now and again, Don can be seen performing on a Chicago stage or teaching advanced improvisational technique.

He is also an angry liberal and a dissatisfied artist.

Visit the blog - An Angry White Guy in Chicago (http://www.donhall.blogspot.com/) - for daily updates about his skewed view of Chicago theater, the fetid world of politics and the planet in general. It isn’t pretty, so enter at your own risk.

He also happens to be one of the most villainous bad guys the Chicago Storefront Scene has ever spawned. Don plays UDO the heavy in DEVILS DONT FORGET. Come on out and hiss at him!

Check out some of Don's castmates

Meet Susan Myburgh
Meet
Dennis Frymire

DEVILS DON'T FORGET

Performance Dates are as follows

May 1,2
May 8,9
May 15,16
May 22,23


All performances are at 8pm – BYOB
RBP – Rorschach Space
4001 N. Ravenswood Ste 405
Chicago, IL 60613


Performances From May 1st thru May 16th suggested donations $15.00. May 22nd and May 23 will be closing weekend fundraisers. Tickets for May 22nd and May 23rd are $15.00 (post show party and drinks included)

Reservations can be made by calling 866-593-4614

For more info check out chicagomammals.com, themammals.blogspot.com or just type Chicago Mammals into your facebook!!!

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Meet the cast of DEVILS DON'T FORGET - Susan Myburgh


Susan Myburgh moved to Chicago in 2008 after graduating with a B.A. in Theatre from Florida State University. She is a company member of Tympanic Theatre, where she directed Gregor and the Squonk and Morality Play. Her short play The Elf King will be featured in their upcoming Fall festival of new work. As an actress, she has appeared in LEA: A Nightmare with Gorilla Tango, the Women’s Theatre Alliance showcase, and the upcoming Ride Down Mount Morgan with Redtwist.

Come see Susan play the ingenue aka Girl One in DEVILS DON'T FORGET

Performance Dates are as follows

May 1,2
May 8,9
May 15,16
May 22,23


All performances are at 8pm – BYOB
RBP – Rorschach Space
4001 N. Ravenswood Ste 405
Chicago, IL 60613


Performances From May 1st thru May 16th suggested donations $15.00. May 22nd and May 23 will be closing weekend fundraisers. Tickets for May 22nd and May 23rd are $15.00 (post show party and drinks included)

Reservations can be made by calling 866-593-4614

For more info check out chicagomammals.com, themammals.blogspot.com or just type Chicago Mammals into your facebook!!!

Monday, April 20, 2009

Meet the Cast of DEVILS DON'T FORGET - Dennis Frymire



Dennis Frymire plays BUSTER in DEVILS DON'T FORGET

Dennis moved to Chicago back in 2006 to take funny classes at I.O. and Annoyance and the like. He only does the occasional two-person improv show now, but since moving to the Windy City, he's acted with Wildclaw Theater, LiveWire Chicago, WNEP, Hubris Productions, and has directed for Theatre Momentum. Beyond his artistic pursuits, Dennis is also studying clinical massage therapy at The Soma Institute, and will be a licensed therapist in early 2010. Dennis also has a website Carmi Neighborhood Watch.

If you think Dennis is a good looking guy, then you should definitely come see him in his underwear at DEVILS DON'T FORGET! (wink)

Performance Dates are as follows

May 1,2
May 8,9
May 15,16
May 22,23


All performances are at 8pm – BYOB
RBP – Rorschach Space
4001 N. Ravenswood Ste 405
Chicago, IL 60613


Performances From May 1st thru May 16th suggested donations $15.00. May 22nd and May 23 will be closing weekend fundraisers. Tickets for May 22nd and May 23rd are $15.00 (post show party and drinks included)

Reservations can be made by calling 866-593-4614

For more info check out chicagomammals.com, themammals.blogspot.com or just type Chicago Mammals into your facebook!!!

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Load In for DEVILS DON'T FORGET begins

Well, we are about to load in this weekend for DEVILS DONT FORGET. It seems that we just started rehearsals yesterday (I know that everybody always feels that way at this point, but still I can't escape truisms).

Lights, Sound, Set, costumes... they are all coming in during the next 2 weeks. I am already feeling the little sense of wanting to hold on to it before it is all over.

We've assembled a fantastic cast, and I hope to talk a little bit about them over the next 2 weeks leading to that first curtain.

It is my hope that all of you in the Chicago Storefront Community will consider coming out to see DEVILS DON'T FORGET. I think we've got something very special here... oh and it runs for 4 weeks only!

Please consider subscribing to our blog themammals.blogspot.com or joining as a fan at our facebook page (just goto facebook and type in "Chicago Mammals").

All the best

Bob Fisher

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Amnesia - A favorite device of Noir

BUSTER - What do you know about Amnesia?
GIRL TWO - I know it's adventurous

DEVILS DON'T FORGET is about amnesia. When it comes to memory loss there are all kinds of terminology both factual and fictional. The Mammals want to know what is your favorite film, novel, short story, pop song that has to due with memory loss! Tell us in the comments or email us at themammals@gmail.com.

Or you can goto our facebook page and put it on the wall!

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Rehearsal Photos



Photo by Brian Seitel

From Scene Five of Devils Don't Forget

Udo (Don Hall) terrorizes Buster (Dennis Frymire) while Dumdum (Gabe Garza) holds him back.