So we announced our kickass Deathscribe lineup. We just had an awesome time at our benefit. And now we are just a week out from loading into the theatre for Life of Death tech rehearsals. Opening looms and we are psyched. We are also doing a little fundraiser. We need your help to keep the blood flowing. So if you can toss a few bucks (or a lot of bucks)...we will be eternally grateful! Also, tell everyone you know to toss a couple of bucks into the pot. And hold onto to your hats for another awesome fall and winter of scary good times with WildClaw Theatre....
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
WildClaw's Kickstarter Campaign...KEEP THE BLOOD FLOWING!
So we announced our kickass Deathscribe lineup. We just had an awesome time at our benefit. And now we are just a week out from loading into the theatre for Life of Death tech rehearsals. Opening looms and we are psyched. We are also doing a little fundraiser. We need your help to keep the blood flowing. So if you can toss a few bucks (or a lot of bucks)...we will be eternally grateful! Also, tell everyone you know to toss a couple of bucks into the pot. And hold onto to your hats for another awesome fall and winter of scary good times with WildClaw Theatre....
Monday, September 17, 2012
DEATHSCRIBE 2012 LINEUP!
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! GHOULS AND GHOSTS! OUTER GODS AND ELDER THINGS! CENOBITES AND LYCANTHROPES! YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE!!
We are thrilled to announce the lineup for DEATHSCRIBE 2012:
Comparing Notes at the End of the World by Christopher M. Walsh
Directed by Rob Kauzlaric
An Abstract Thought With Sinister Intentions by Brandon Zachary
Directed by Damon Kiely
Fish Story by Joseph Zettelmaier
Directed Kevin Theis
El Grito de Rose by Jessica Wright Buha
Directed by Carolyn Hoerdemann
The Wall by Travis Williams
Directed by Brandon Bruce
We got nearly 100 submissions and these five wonderful nightmares rose to the top, ready to thrill and chill. A Lovecraftian apocalypse, a mischievous demon, a gory Arctic creature, an ode to murder ballads, and a dose of modern terror. It all will make a one-of-a-kind evening of live horror radio.
And you may have noticed...our 2011 Bloody Axe winning playwright/director pair, Jessica Wright Buha and Carolyn Hoerdemann, who brought you ALABAMA MERMAID last year, are teaming up once again. We daemons squeal with delight.
More info will be posted here in the coming weeks about our finalists (and the directors who love them), and we hope to see YOU at the Mayne Stage on December 3.
We are thrilled to announce the lineup for DEATHSCRIBE 2012:
Comparing Notes at the End of the World by Christopher M. Walsh
Directed by Rob Kauzlaric
An Abstract Thought With Sinister Intentions by Brandon Zachary
Directed by Damon Kiely
Fish Story by Joseph Zettelmaier
Directed Kevin Theis
El Grito de Rose by Jessica Wright Buha
Directed by Carolyn Hoerdemann
The Wall by Travis Williams
Directed by Brandon Bruce
We got nearly 100 submissions and these five wonderful nightmares rose to the top, ready to thrill and chill. A Lovecraftian apocalypse, a mischievous demon, a gory Arctic creature, an ode to murder ballads, and a dose of modern terror. It all will make a one-of-a-kind evening of live horror radio.
And you may have noticed...our 2011 Bloody Axe winning playwright/director pair, Jessica Wright Buha and Carolyn Hoerdemann, who brought you ALABAMA MERMAID last year, are teaming up once again. We daemons squeal with delight.
More info will be posted here in the coming weeks about our finalists (and the directors who love them), and we hope to see YOU at the Mayne Stage on December 3.
Friday, September 14, 2012
Silent Auction at the Clockwork Nightmare Benefit
Seriously...this stuff is amazing. If you guys don't show up and bid on this stuff...I will be buying ALL OF IT myself.
Here are a few of the wonderful items or vendors who have been so generous!
http://www.etsy.com/listing/54784310/patient-spider-cutout-dark-matter
http://www.etsy.com/shop/poppyandfern
http://www.wildeimagination.com/default.aspx?skinid=5
http://www.etsy.com/shop/isette
http://www.etsy.com/shop/AbbotsHollowStudios
Here are a few of the wonderful items or vendors who have been so generous!
http://www.etsy.com/listing/54784310/patient-spider-cutout-dark-matter
http://www.etsy.com/shop/poppyandfern
http://www.wildeimagination.com/default.aspx?skinid=5
http://www.etsy.com/shop/isette
http://www.etsy.com/shop/AbbotsHollowStudios
Let CLOCKWORK NIGHTMARE be your ANTIBODY
Check out this trailer for the upcoming short film "Antibody."
Our friend Ivan Diaz over at Eye Sprocket Productions made this film, and will be screening it soon. One such screening is coming up on October 30, and what do you know? If you come to our Clockwork Nightmare benefit tomorrow night, you can bid on tickets to that screening, which is paired with a 'Scary Wine Tasting.'
Sounds like our kind of date night.
But that's only one of many many wonderful items you could walk away with at Clockwork Nightmare. There's lots of tantalizing stuff to bid on, we will have an original, unreleased, signed Tony Fitzpatrick print, an original hand drawn signed Tim Burton "Nightmare Before Christmas" sketch, a mini JAWS movie poster signed by Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Steven Spielberg, Peter Benchley and John Williams, VIP passes and a guest role at FEAR City Haunted House, a Zombie jacket, jewelry, theatre tickets, photography packages, and much much more. Go to our Clockwork Nightmare page to see all of the wonderful merchants who have donated to the WildClaw cause.
Advance tickets are only $40, and includes food, drink, music, entertainment, and dark revelry. And who couldn't use more dark revelry?
Hope to see YOU on Saturday night!!
Our friend Ivan Diaz over at Eye Sprocket Productions made this film, and will be screening it soon. One such screening is coming up on October 30, and what do you know? If you come to our Clockwork Nightmare benefit tomorrow night, you can bid on tickets to that screening, which is paired with a 'Scary Wine Tasting.'
Sounds like our kind of date night.
But that's only one of many many wonderful items you could walk away with at Clockwork Nightmare. There's lots of tantalizing stuff to bid on, we will have an original, unreleased, signed Tony Fitzpatrick print, an original hand drawn signed Tim Burton "Nightmare Before Christmas" sketch, a mini JAWS movie poster signed by Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Steven Spielberg, Peter Benchley and John Williams, VIP passes and a guest role at FEAR City Haunted House, a Zombie jacket, jewelry, theatre tickets, photography packages, and much much more. Go to our Clockwork Nightmare page to see all of the wonderful merchants who have donated to the WildClaw cause.
Advance tickets are only $40, and includes food, drink, music, entertainment, and dark revelry. And who couldn't use more dark revelry?
Hope to see YOU on Saturday night!!
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Confessions of a Foley Girl! And A Special Invitation
When I was nine, my eleven-year-old sister came home, full
of news from her field trip to the county courthouse. Her favorite part had
been the withered, creaky-drawled judge entrusted as their guide through the
judicial system, or what passed for it in Texas.
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When asked about the weirdest
experience of his career, he related one trial where the defendant had become
so enraged by the testimony of the key witness, that he jumped up from his
seat, tackled her in the witness box, and bit off her nose. In his words, my
sister gleefully reported, “it sounded exactly like he had taken a bite out of
an apple.”
I was already no stranger to the importance of sound in
telling a good story: while seven, reading to my indulgent grandmother, I had
asked for a glass of water not because I was parched, as she suspected, but to
speak through it during one crucial passage. I also had a passing understanding of Foley work,
and knew the Golden Age of Radio had both its triumphs and its liabilities.
It wasn’t until I moved to Chicago, however, that I saw
Foley work employed in a theatrical production. Repeatedly. Well. With clarity,
cleverness, and cohesion, augmenting the storytelling in a
delightful way that would stay with the audience not only while living their own
kitchen sink dramas, but while making lunch in those same kitchens.
So imagine my own delight when I was invited to play with
WildClaw for the first time last year, as the third member of their Foley team
on Deathscribe 2011.
Which paled in comparison to my excitement this year, as a
new company member, reading our semifinalist submissions and preparing for a
knock-down, drag-out, Thunderdome debate amongst my awesome peers to decide, of
the 25 that entered, which 5 may leave. It was great to learn about my
co-company members’ tastes, defend my own, and explore together not only what we find scary, but funny, sexy, and to what end.
It took nearly three hours, four filibusters and lots of snacks, but we ultimately winnowed down nearly one hundred contenders to an evening of 5 deliciously unique tales of terror, helmed by 5 of Chicago’s best and bravest directors. We will reveal this year’s selection of scary scribes this Saturday, September 15th, at our Clockwork Nightmare Benefit.
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Our benefit? Why yes, it’s this Saturday! And not only are
we revealing the dark delights that will make up Deathscribe 2012, but we’ll
have great music, awesome entertainment, sinfully good food, and a silent
auction featuring one-of-a-kind adventures, local events, and art and jewelry from talented artisans from across the country.
I hope you will join us for this unique evening of scaring and sharing, benefiting the only theatre company in Chicago dedicated to bringing horror to the stage!
Because one of you may get inspired to write a script featuring a
nose-biter. I have just the thing.
Friday, September 7, 2012
this V/H/S movie looks damn good.
Yup. Mr. and Lady Morlock are hot to see this one. Now where to park the baby monster while her parents get their scare on?
Friday, August 31, 2012
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Deathscribe 2012 Directors Announced!
We here are WildClaw are very pleased to announce our lineup of Deathscribe 2012 Directors. While we are still wading through multitudes of serial killers, demonic possessions, and loads and loads of dead babies, we are super excited to know that when we get to the final five, Deathscribe 2012 will be in fine hands with these amazing directors. Here is the lineup.
Carolyn Hoerdemann
Brandon Bruce
Damon Kiely
Robert Kauzlaric
Kevin Theis
Alright directors, we will see you in December! Now, back to reading these scripts.
Carolyn Hoerdemann
Brandon Bruce
Damon Kiely
Robert Kauzlaric
Kevin Theis
Alright directors, we will see you in December! Now, back to reading these scripts.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Terror in the Aisles 12 September 14th, 2012
Terror in the Aisles 12
TERROR IN THE AISLES 12 The Ultimate Horror Triple Feature!
September 14, 2012
THE STUFF, FRANKENHOOKER & IRON SKY
Portage Theater
4050 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL 60641
1.773.736.4050
Doors at 7pm
7:30pm - Trailer Trash (Vintage Trailers, Short Films)
8pm - IRON SKY (Midwest Premiere!)
10pm - THE STUFF (with LARRY COHEN in Person!)
Free Autographs & Picture Taking!
Midnight - FRANKENHOOKER (with star PATTY MULLEN in PERSON!) Free Autographs & Picture Taking!
Short Films & Trailers Include:
Motivational Growth (Trailer) - Imagos Films
Short Films & Trailers Include:
"MOTIVATIONAL GROWTH" (Feature Trailer) - Imagos Films
"THE UNHOLY MANIPULATOR" - (Music Video) Product of Hate
World Premiere! (starring Ashley Laurence (lead actress in Hellraiser)with FX by Robert Kurtzman (Dusk 'Til Dawn))by James Zahn
"GIRL IN THE BLACK DRESS" (Short Film) by Jeremy Hull
"DIECONS" (Trailer) by Tommy Sigmon
"ELLIE'S HEAD" (Trailer) by Peter Fleming
Plus: Vendor Tables, Vintage Trailers,
a live charity auction for Vital Bridges (www.vitalbridges.org)
and more!
For more info: Facebook.com/terrorintheaisles
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Looking Back...Dreams in the Witch House in J. David's Eyes.
Well, I had no idea that he was taking these photos and writing these blog entries. They are a wonderful look back on our second show and a tribute to a wonderful weirdo who we miss, J. David...RIP
10/16/08 Dreams in the Witch House-It Begins..
10/23/08 Dreams in the Witch House- the Accents...
10/26/08 Dreams in the Witch House- The 4th Dimension
11/2/08 Dreams in the Witch House- Rehearsal Cast Shots
11/5/08 Dreams in the Witch House- Fights
11/26/08 Dreams in the Witch House - Learning the Lines
12/15/08 Dreams in the Witch House - The Two Kesian Masons
12/25/08 Dreams in the Witch House- Biological Effects
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