88 stories by "Bilal"
In case you've been dragging your feet about buying your tickets to the Pride Show (and they're selling out quickly)...here are the 30 plays we'll be performing tonight, tomorrow, and Saturd…
First of all, thanks to anybody and everybody who came out this weekend to attend the opening of our newest world premiere production, The Strange and Terrible True Tale of Pinocchio (t…
Apparently our contest call-out for Personalized Puppet Creatures struck a real chord with our home audience, allowing them to tap into their long-dormant Jim Hensons (or Victor Franken…
It took Kalina "Kitten" McCreery less than six hours after our puppet-building contest got underway to send us Clementine, an eerie, alien creation she brought to life while still at work.We…
This weekend, we're opening our latest prime-time creation, Greg Allen's The Strange and Terrible True Tale of Pinocchio (the Wooden Boy) as Told by Frankenstein's Monster (the Wretched…
Luke Holladay has been part of a number of Neo productions, both as a technician and performer. He is also, arguably, the most committed Doctor Who fan we have working for our company...you …
Melinda "Mindy" Evans has been one of the stalwarts of our company since 2001, longer than most of the current ensemble. She has been mistress of the booth for not only Too Much Light, but a…
Our technicians aren't exactly the unsung heroes of Too Much Light, because we sing about them often, sometimes even with actual songs. Each of them bring their own personalities and enjoyab…
The holidays have a tendency to assault you with excess -- sensory overload in the form of cheerful music and brightly colored lights and decorations; office break rooms filled with gift bas…
Today -- December 2nd, 2011 -- is the 23rd birthday of Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind (and thereby the de facto birthday of The Neo-Futurists Theater Company as well). In dog years, …
You have no idea how exciting a weekend it is at the Neo-Futurarium, which is why this blog is climbing its way out of the mothballs to tell you.FIRST OF ALL, we're proud and excited to pres…
For all the work we do around our home space, we also like to take the opportunity now and again to spotlight the work our ensemble is doing either at other theaters or on their own. Towards…
Fall arrived pretty quickly this time, didn't it?This image is a painting by American artist Stephanie Frostad, titled The Sudden Autumn. The woman in the painting seems to have been taken b…
This weekend, we restore some gender balance to the Force, as Phil Ridarelli and New York Neo Ryan Good (pictured at right, possibly awaiting a Frisbee) join the existing cast of Tif, Bilal,…
The cast of five last week rolled a magnificent 11 by the end of Sunday, and then responded to that by writing 11 new plays and adding a new cast member.Say what?Yes, this weekend is the fir…
As Kurt mentioned a couple weeks back, we're going to start making efforts to revive this weekly "World Premiere" post...which halted, unceremoniously, months ago, for a number of reasons th…
And here we are at last...the final performance of this year's It Came From The Neo-Futurarium! And what a performance we expect it to be: Purple Rain, the film debut and vanity vehicle of T…
1984's jingoistic coming-of-age action thriller Red Dawn may seem like a relic of the past, but consider that today's high schoolers have no idea how to wage a guerrilla war against invading…
This week, long-time Film Fest veteran David Kodeski brings us The Flaming Urge--a film from that mythical American golden age, the 1950s, about a young man whose unspeakable urge to burn th…
As even people casually acquainted with our theater might have heard, the admission price to see Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind is decided by random chance when you reach the door: $…
Last year, our friends (and flatmates) at Barrel of Monkeys -- who had previously graced the Film Fest with such high-energy shlock classics as Breakin' and Death Wish -- brought us a full-o…
Three weeks ago we smacked you in the face with Tif Harrison. This weekend we toss a left cross in the form of our newest Neo-Futurist, Leah Urzendowski!If you think you're ready for the fur…
Simultaneously one of the largest and one of silliest of Film Fest performances, the original production of KISS Meets The Phantom of the Park featured a cast performing several of the featu…
When It Came From The Neo-Futurarium debuted ten years ago, the first film to be staged was 1954's Devil Girl from Mars -- ironically, a film that was already adapted from a stage play. Edwa…
Our fourth presentation for It Came From The Neo-Futurarium X is the first of our remounts: The House Theatre of Chicago, who also gave us the delightful Newsies and Tremors (Edited for Tele…
