Pirate Ghost Closes This Weekend!

Photo by Suzanne Plunkett

Theater-goers (and your kids!), you only have FOUR more chances to catch company member Casey Cunningham in Scott T. Barsotti's THE MYSTERY OF THE PIRATE GHOST at Lifeline Theatre before it disappears February 17th!  AND you can get discounted tickets through Chicago Theatre Week!  Get to!

WildClawians Create Spooky Fun for Kids!

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Last week, WildClaw's literary manager Scott T. Barsotti and casting director Casey Cunningham opened THE MYSTERY OF THE PIRATE GHOST at Lifeline Theatre in Rogers Park!  The show is a brand new adaptation of Geoffrey Hayes' children's book, directed by Paul Holmquist and crafted by our own Mr. Barsotti.  Cunningham plays the role of Otto, a young alligator hungry for excitement.  Otto embarks with his uncle and friends on an incredible adventure to catch a thieving ghost who's been wreaking havoc on the sleepy sea town of Boogle Bay.  The show has already received great press and features exciting original music from two of Casey's ElvisBride bandmates, Troy Martin and Matt Test!  You can watch a preview here!  The show runs every Saturday and Sunday at 11am and 1pm at Lifeline Theatre, through February 17th.  Congratulations to Scott and Casey, we can't wait to get spooked! 

Two things you should be doing tonight or next weekend....Kill Me or Hunger

Okay...So tonight we open Kill Me.  It is freaky and weird and fantastic.  Watching yesterday's preview made me sick to my stomach a bit and gave me nightmares.  This is a good thing.  You should get your tickets as soon as possible.  We still have like two left for this evening.  If you are not seeing Kill Me tonight....then it better be because you are seeing Hunger over at Lifeline...adapted by WildClaw Associate and Deathscriber of Doom, Chris Hainsworth. 

You really only have two options.  See them both soon.

Honor Awards...Vote for Wildclaw!

So Katy Walsh has put up a best of 2011 survey and Wildclaw is very pleased to be on it! So show us the love by voting for your favorite horror theatre company!  Also so the love for our friends at Lifeline Theatre and it's productions of Monte Cristo and Watership Down which was positively filthy with clawvians.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/honorawards2011

Save Evil Squirrel Comics!...because they are awesome!

This is my new comic store.  I heart it! Why?  Friendly dudes.  A nice subscription service.  Knitting Night. Kid's Movie Club,  A mutual love for horror....did I mention a Knitting Night?  Well you should check it out.  Its right around the corner from the Mayne Stage (where we rocked it at Deathscribe a few days ago) a hop skip and jump from the Morse Redline stop and close to our good good buddies at the Lifeline Theatre.  Evil Squirrel Comics is in a bit of financial woesomeness and I really don't want another awesome comic book store to close yall.  They are amazing community centers to meet people and share ideas, as well as being the place that I buy my floppy cartoon fix.  We need local businesses like Evil Squirrel.  So stick it to the Barnes and Noble Man...buy your comics, games, t-shirts, and toys from a friendly awesome local business like Evil Squirrel! 

Also...TODAY there is a Groupon Now!  And it is new comic day!  Weeee!  Ask for suggestions when you get there and you can get yourself a sweet comic or pick up a few Christmas presents.  I recommend Locke and Key...or Swamp Thing.  I am planning to pick up DC Super Pets, Patrick the Wolfboy, and Tiny Titans for my nieces for Christmas.  And perhaps a Munchkin game for the teens?  And don't forget a plushy Cthulhu...

Here is a clip of our good buddy and recent Deathscribe judge, Brian Kirst of Big Gay Horror Fan, interviewing Evil Squirrel's owner! 

And their most recent you tube video....

Here is an letter from the super-nice and well-mustachioed owner Sparky Bobby King about some upcoming fundraising events for the store.  Please attend or just drop in the store and show the love by dropping some green.

Store Update "Save the Squirrel Week"

• Nov 29, 2011
• by Sparky Bobby King
• Evil Squirrel Comics Store Events
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If you haven't heard yet we're in danger of closing. Our landlord has been very lenient with us the past few months, but as we get closer to the end of the year he does want the back rent we owe. We've been busy, we're making some money, but not enough to be able to pay him, a few other bills that have been on hold and stay open. So we decided a few weeks ago that we would have to close our doors after the New Year.
After we put our announcement up on Facebook,  we’ve had dozens of calls asking us to stay. Can we host a fundraiser? Can we cut peoples discounts and if we do that is it worth you staying open? The answer to those questions were all yes, and we have been lucky to have help from all of our amazing squirrels to put together "Save the Squirrel Week" starting on December 11th. We will have a weeks worth of events to tantalize, titillate and hopefully persuade a few of your dollars into our donation buckets.
Kicking of the events will be Sunday, December 11th's Super Hero Bingo at our Favorite bar The Glenwood. Located right down the street from Evil Squirrel Comics it's the ultimate place to come dressed up as your favorite super-hero, play a little Super-Hero Bingo and win some Amazing prizes, and, all of the work, performance and gosh darn love have all been donated to help keep the Squirrel Alive. That's right folks... Super-Hero at The Glenwood.
On Tuesday, the 13th, we will be heading down to the Original Mother's bar on Rush & Division to party hardy with the band Idle Spies and She-nanniga Comedy Winner's Michael Larimer and Anish Shah.
Wednesday, December 13, we have the great fortune of Mind Crusher Tattoos offering Limited Edition Evil Squirrel Tattoos at a price of $30. We are incredibly lucky that Mind Crusher is going to be donating the WHOLE $30 to the shop. Mind Crusher Tattoos is located at 6705 N. Clark Street and on Wednesday they are open from 11am until 11pm. Even if you don't end up with a Limited Edition tattoo that day, you should check these guys out. Great pricing and fantastic work!!
Thursday, December 14, we are having a Craft War with The Glenwood's Stitch and Bitch Crew. Did you know that The Glenwood has a knit night the same day and time we do?? We did and challenged them to war. December 14th will go down in history as the day that Evil Squirrel Comics knit more scarves in one night than The Glenwood Crew. Whichever team knits the least amount of scarves has to buy the other team a shot, but there are no losers in this war. All of the scarves made will be donated to Emmaus Ministries. So it's time to choose sides true knitters; whom will you stand behind, Evil Squirrel or The Glenwood??
And, Saturday, December 17th ends the weeklong festivities at Lifeline Theater. The Theater has generously donated its space for am Evil Squirrel Comics Variety show, Featuring a bevy of talent including Burlesque, Magic and Musical Acts.
We hope to see you at some of the events we have planned. Stay tuned for more... Sparky Bobby King

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Congrats to our Neverwhere friends and Miss Petro!

Lots of awards for our friends over at Lifeline for the super awesome Neverwhere and to one recently fanged beauty Miss Michaela Petro for their recent theatre honors from The FourthWalsh.

Stephen King's The Dark Tower series coming to a theatre near you, and your television.

Our good friend and newly christened Lifeline Theatre Company Member, pop culture expert Chris Hainsworth (whom WildClaw fans surely remember as Sheriff Raven from 'Dreams in the Witch House'), recently brought this to our attention.

Universal's unprecedented plans for Stephen King's 'The Dark Tower.'

Universal Pictures and NBC Universal Television Entertainment have closed a deal to turn Stephen King’s mammoth novel series The Dark Tower into a feature film trilogy and a network TV series, both of which will be creatively steered by the Oscar-winning team behind A Beautiful Mind and The Da Vinci Code.

Thoughts? Excitement? Trepidations?

Lifeline Theatre's Neverwhere Blew My Mind With Awesomeness!

Go see it.  T'was awesome.  Like sweet sweet summer action movie *with content* awesome.  Fans of the book will not be disappointed. (I practically squealed when I saw the trolls on Richard's desk.)  The entire production is jaw-dropping gorgeous and inventive in a way that makes me sort of angry at how successful they are...and by angry, I mean really REALLY jealous and amazed at the company's amazing talent and supremely sad that I was not involved. It reminded me of why I do theatre and see theatre: because the magical combination of actors, clever design, and wicked fantastic effects deliver such a body thrill and exciting human connection in a way that goofy 3-D glasses and computer animation never will. I want to stalk this production like a 13 year old Bieber-fan.  I want to hand-embroider pillows with "I heart Neverwhere" on them and bake the cast little cakes in the shape of rats. I am expecting this thing to sell like hot cakes.  Get your tickets ASAP. Horror fans will have a lot of fun at this one as well.  There's some very groovy monster effects, some puppet work, excellent fights, and a rat eaten for a tasty snack. The cast features Wildclaw Dreams in the Witchhouse alum & Deathscribe 2009 Winner Chris Hainsworth as well as sound design by The Revenants and Legion's Misha Fiksel. 

Okay..I have gushed enough for now.  Expect more gushing later.

Episode #014 Blood Radio Podcast

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In this episode, we talk about WildClaw Theatre's latest horror hit, the stage adaptation of William Peter Blatty's LEGION. We throw some love to our kind sponsors, and highlight some special upcoming theatrical events around Chicago.

Wildclaw is very jealous of Lifeline's Neverwhere Floating Market

Well at least I'm very jealous.  Sure to be a good time.

DEATHSCRIBE Directors

WildClaw Theatre is very proud to announce our 2009 DEATHSCRIBE Directors. These talented men and women have taken on the creepy task of crafting the eerie and spooky stories that will make up DEATHSCRIBE 2009, on Monday October 5th, at the historic Music Box Theater.

The Directors for DEATHSCRIBE 2009 are:

Don Hall – Founder of WNEP Theatre, Angry White Guy, & director of DEATHSCRIBE 2008's winning piece.

Katie McLean – Award winning playwright & Lifeline Theatre Ensemble member.

Nic Dimond – Award winning Artistic Director of Strawdog Theatre.

Robert Breuler – Award winning actor & Steppenwolf Theatre Ensemble member.

Cecilie Keenan – Award winning director & Resident Director/Ensemble member of Teatro Vista Theatre.