Warwick Johnson is a Mammal!

Warwick Johnson as Agent Fido in Seven Snakes

Warwick Johnson is one of the newest company members to the Mammals!Warwick has assistant directed and wrote for the Dream Journal of Dr. Jekyll. He also has appeared previously as Agent Fido in Seven Snakes. His short play "Architecture" was in American Theater Center's Big Shoulder's Fest, and "The Nearness of You" was in the most recent Art of Adaptation Fest at City Lit Theory. His full-length play "Genius" had a stage reading with BoHo Theater.

Don't forget to come check out his behind the scenes work in DREAM JOURNAL OF DOCTOR JEKYLL before it closes this weekend!

Fri and Sat 10pm

Call 866-593-4614 for info and reservations! Tickets are going fast!

Erin Orr is a Mammal!

Erin Orr as the Daughter in SEVEN SNAKES voted one of the top ten fringe theater productions by the Chicago Tribune!!!

Erin Orr is one of the new company members of the Mammals and she could not be happier. Some other companies she has been fortunate enough to work on multiple projects are Right Brain Project, The Factory, and WNEP Theater. She has also been seen with InFusion Theater, Per Diem, Point of Contention Theater, Speaking Ring Theater, Silent Theater and Bootstraps Comedy Theater. Originally from Texas, Erin spent time as an acting intern at Milwaukee Repertory Theater before making her move to the Windy City.

Next Up For Erin and the Mammals? She'll be playing the character of Birdy in

PUT MY ______ IN YOUR _____.

Mug Shot #2 - Manny the Manager

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Come Check Us Out!

Friday and Saturday Nights at 8pm

Call 866-593-4614 for reservations!

More Mugshots!!!
Dave Goss as the Meatlocker
David Lykins as Manny the Manager
Roy Gonzalez as Benny the Bookie
Gabe Garza as Rudy the Rhino
Nicolle Van Dyke as AJ
Fred Mowery as The Ref
Gene Van Dyke as Danny's Mother
Vinny Lacey as Radio Howard

Chicago Reader Wants Us To Keep It Weird!

http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-meatlocker/Event?oid=1632598

It is always a razor edge between the mystery and accessiblity. We are undoubtly often "compelling weird".

Are we weird enough this time? Come See It and let us know what you think!

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Recommended! New City Weighs In On THE MEATLOCKER!

Here's the link!

http://newcitystage.com/2010/04/19/review-the-meatlockerthe-mammals/

Come see it! Call 866-593-4614 for reservations!

Mug Shot #1 - The Man Known Only as the MEATLOCKER

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Dave Goss as the MEATLOCKER.

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More Mug Shots on the Way!

Come Check Us Out!

Friday and Saturday Nights at 8pm

Call 866-593-4614

More Mugshots!!!
Dave Goss as the Meatlocker
David Lykins as Manny the Manager
Roy Gonzalez as Benny the Bookie
Gabe Garza as Rudy the Rhino
Nicolle Van Dyke as AJ
Fred Mowery as The Ref
Gene Van Dyke as Danny's Mother
Vinny Lacey as Radio Howard

THE MEATLOCKER - DRAMATIS PERSONAE - PART TWO

Dave Goss is MEAT THE MEATLOCKER

MEATLOCKER opens April 16th

THE MEATLOCKER - DRAMATIS PERSONAE - PART ONE

THE MEATLOCKER opens April 16th!

The Mammals are Extending our Critically Acclaimed Production of BREED WITH ME!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Mammals Theatre Company presents

BREED WITH ME
written and directed by Bob Fisher

"I was alternately fascinated and terrified by the wonderfully perverse story" - Jack Helbig w/the Reader

"A must see for horror and noir fans alike" - Kerry Reid w/Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Mammals are extending their run of BREED WITH ME.

The following performance dates have been added

Saturday Feb 6th
Saturday Feb 13th

Both additional performances are at 10pm

Aliens, Ghosts, Noir... BREED WITH ME (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, Chicago Reader & New City) is the Mammals' Hardboiled story of a man whose sexual appetites have forced him to run away from his past into the American desert where he falls into the clutches of the ultimate femme fatale.

Remaining Performance Dates including added shows are as follows

Friday Jan 22,
Saturday Jan 23
Saturday Feb 6th
Saturday Feb 13th

All performances are at 10pm – BYOB
Zoo Studio
4001 N. Ravenswood Ste B-1
Chicago, IL 60613
Suggested donations $15.00.

Reservations can be made by calling 866-593-4614

Ron Kroll as The Shutterbug!

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Ron Kroll as the SHUTTERBUG in the Mammals show BREED WITH ME! We still have tickets for Friday. This Saturday is almost sold out. Call to make your reservations! 866-593-4614

Jim Hicks as Cop One!

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Jim Hicks as Cop One in BREED WITH ME. Only six performances left. Seating is limited get your reservations! 866-593-4614

BREED WITH ME returns on January 8th

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Sara Gorsky casts quite a spell on audiences in the Mammals'
BREED WITH ME!

"A sensation" - Chicago Tribune - 3 out 4 stars!

Tickets to January performances are going fast. Limiting seating, so reserve your tickets now!



Here's all the info

The Mammals Theatre Company presents

BREED WITH ME

written and directed by Bob Fisher

"I was alternately fascinated and terrified by the wonderfully perverse story" - Jack Helbig w/the Reader

Aliens, Ghosts, Noir... BREED WITH ME (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, Chicago Reader) is the Mammals' Hardboiled story of a man whose sexual appetites have forced him to run away from his past into the American desert where he falls into the clutches of the ultimate femme fatale.

BREED WITH ME is the first of three plays in a cycle entitled THE NOIR TRIPTYCH. Part Two was DEVILS DON'T FORGET, previously presented in Spring of 2009. Part Three, THE MEATLOCKER is currently targeted to premiere in spring of 2010.

To find out more go to the Mammals blog at themammals.blogspot.com

Cast: Ron Kroll, Don Hall, Sara Gorsky, Jim Hicks, Anthony Stamilio, Dennis Frymire, Meghann Tabor

Asst Director: Jesus Contreras
Costume Design: Adam Dodds
Light Board Op: Juan Castaneda
Production Assistant: Michael Carey

Performance Dates are as follows

Jan 8,9
Jan 16 (no show Jan 15th)
Jan 22, 23

Industry Night Monday Jan 18th (PLEASE NOTE Industry night performance is at 8:30pm)

All other performances are at 10pm – BYOB
Zoo Studio
4001 N. Ravenswood Ste B-1
Chicago, IL 60613

Suggested donation $15.00. Jan 22nd and Jan 23 will be closing weekend fundraisers. Tickets for Jan 22nd and Jan 23rd are $15.00 (post show party and drinks included)

Reservations can be made by calling 866-593-4614

Meatlocker is coming!!!

The Mammals are getting ready to cast their spring show, THE MEATLOCKER. It is a period boxing noir/science fiction/horror story set in the 50s. We need tough guys who are easy going and excellent actors. Sound like you? Interested in being a part of it? Email us at themammals@gmail.com for more information!

Sneak Peak - The Doll's seduction begins

Ron Kroll, Don Hall, and Sara Gorsky rehearsing Scene 7 of BREED WITH ME opening Dec 4th

From the Mammals Archive - BREED WITH ME

Aaron Ousley as COP TWO and Ron Kroll as THE SHUTTERBUG in the original 2003 production of BREED WITH ME.

BREED WITH ME reopens on DEC 4th! Click here for all the info

For The Noir Enthusiast

Nice Write Up from The Local Tourist Website

"Fun performances populate this new Noir mystery playing at the RPB Rorschach Space just off the Irving Park brown line stop. DEVILS DON’T FORGET is produced by the group The Mammals, who are ambitiously producing a trilogy of Noir inspired works. DEVILS rides a line between natural and supernatural, noir and realism. The story follows Buster, a paranoid amnesiac who simply knows that he’s done something wrong, terribly wrong, and wants nothing more than to keep on forgetting. Populating his world are gangsters, tough bartenders, and femme fatales, all in keeping with the Noir sensibilities of the script."

review by S. Mikayla Brown

Guest Review Posted at Don Hall's Website!

Here is the first word on DEVILS DON'T FORGET and the word is good!

"retooling the rules of a tried and true genre for a stark, stripped down tale of urban menace where the terror lies in everything that isn’t said."

"There is plenty of cringe-inducing violence, sure, but what really gets under your skin is the theme of remembering to forget, the act of willingly hiding from the truth even if it means bringing great harm to others. As much as the audience sympathizes with Buster (his send-ups of pulpy noir voiceover are both hilarious and thought provoking), he’s still hiding from his moral obligations for the majority of the play."

This upcoming weekend is already half sold so make your reservations fast!

866-593-4614 or email themammals@gmail.com

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!

A Little bit of History

The Mammals Archived website is back online.

The Archives can be found here.

www.chicagomammals.com/history.htm

postscript - links are now fixed. Thanks for the heads up Tony.