Date of Event: Wednesday, May 2
Time: 7:30pm
Location of Event: Vittum Theater. 1012 N Noble Street, Chicago IL 60642
Tickets: $8 general admission. $5 students
ROBBIE Q. TELFER ( "Best Local Poet" - Chicago Reader ) and SHANNY JEAN MANEY ( Winner 2011 Write Bloody Publishing Book Competition ) are back at 7:30PM on May 2nd for a night of fun, facts, and frivolity as they host another verbal encyclopedia entry at the Vittum Theater ( 1012 N. Noble ) .
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA SHOW is a Trivial Pursuit of accidental knowledge. This literary variety show, accredited by The Institute of Human Knowledge and Hygiene, has an unrivaled nerd-core charm. All ages, $8 for adults, $5 for students, free to all would-be sponsors!
Commissioning exceptional local talent, nationally touring artists, and renowned experts that have included Lynda Barry, Sonia Sanchez, Bill Ayers, and Marc Smith among others, The Encyclopedia Show features spoken word, monologues, storytelling, live music, comedy, lovable characters, and yes, even actual experts. These encyclonauts will leave no truth un-computed and no possibility unconsidered when they take on this month's featured topic, ALAN TURING!
"Do it now!" --Chicago Tribune
Our cast of characters, including the Fact Checker, Patrick the Intern, Jilted Emily Rose and house band The Encartagans, will be powdering their finest wigs for you! Featuring Hava Spiegelman, a leading AI expert and HBO Def Poet Kristiana Colon, this will be too good to miss!
"The most artful sideshow in the city." --Time Out Chicago
Winner of the 2009 Orgie Theatre Award for Best Creation/Curation, The Encyclopedia Show has exploded planetarily to include branches in over ten cities world-wide, including New York, LA, Austin, Korea, Germany and Omaha! It was recently featured at the Wisconsin Book Festival and the Chicago Humanities Festival, as well as many other colleges and writing communities!! Don't miss this month's brain train certain to dazzle with scholarly gumption for all ages be they bookish or bozo.
www.EncyclopediaShow.com .
Buy Tickets online at web.ovationtix.com/trs/cal/32235 .