MASCOT CLOSES THIS WEEKEND - Get Your Tickets Now
Ah, procrastination. We’ve all done it, we’ll all do it again. I’ve
been putting off writing this e-mail just to prove this point, and
not because I’ve spent all morning reading about literary hoaxes,
which I have been doing but that’s just a lovely coincidence. But
now, friends, now there are only 3 more chances to catch this
critically acclaimed production featuring high school football,
editorial cats, powder blue bears, blackmail, disguises, Jimbo
Covert, whiteboard madness, and love. But mostly love.
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 PM
Sundays at 3 PM
Purchase Tickets for Mascot -
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Make Reservations - foundobjectstheatrechicago@gmail.com
NEW TRAILER - Now with more unsupervised children -
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MORE CRITICAL PRAISE
Alex Huntsberger at Centerstage Chicago gave the show a glowing
review, and we are appreciative of it. So just to recap:
“A wonderful show…Unlike the many shows that employ vast resources
but still fail to create a meaningful reality for audiences to lose
themselves in, “Mascot” creates the world of Mt. Sudden (sic) with
nothing more than a fine attention to detail…The comedy here is
dark, over-the-top, and definitely totally human.”
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http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoundObjectsTheatreG/293f0f3f25/TEST/5e9b174058 -Alex Huntsberger, Centerstage Chicago -
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoundObjectsTheatreG/293f0f3f25/TEST/b9217ff047 , “Must See” Show -
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“…powerful, darkly funny—and ultimately sad…[Kevlyn] Hayes’
clever, graceful staging finds myriad onstage metaphors for the
protagonist’s disintegrating mental state…”
- Jack Helbig, Chicago Reader, Recommended -
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“…Provocatively strange and unsettling…Bower’s deceptively clever
script has a kind of effortlessness…broaches all limits of
acceptable “consumer” taste…A Surrealist Nightmare…Borders on the
verge of sadism…”
-Anthony Mangini, Chicago Critic -
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KARAKOKE IDOL AT BEAUTY BAR
Have you ever wanted to experience David Bowie songs performed by a
man in a ridiculous bear suit don’t answer that because I know the answer is yes. Well then, Thursday, May 23 at The Beauty Bar will be your chance to see this, almost entirely unbegrudgingly, in action. Found Objects will be competing against several, non-bearsuit contestants, and we need all the the
support we can get.
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Mascot -
The tale Chris Bower tells in this one-hander, about an unhinged father determined to make his son into a high school football star, could stand on its own as a fascinating short story. But brought to the stage by director Kevlyn Hayes and actor Matt Test, the piece is powerful, darkly funny
A Found Objects Theatre Group Production of:
MASCOT opens this Friday at the Den Theatre (1333 N. Milwaikee) in Wicker Park.
Performed by Matt Test
Directed by Kevlyn Hayes
Written by Chris Bower
Opens Friday, May 3rd and runs through Sunday May 26th.
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 PM and Sundays at 3:00 PM
$15
Tickets can be purchased online at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/353112. Reservations can be made by calling 773.800.9479 or by e-mailing foundobjectstheatrechicago.com.
In Mascot, a man comically estranged from his family has something more important to worry about: a restraining order that keeps him from his son’s high school football games. As he attempts increasingly grandiose and absurd ways to see his son play without being caught, he must confront
the series of events that led to his banishment. Mascot is a humorous tragedy consumed with rage, blackmail, disguises, wet grass, and whispers.
Poster by Susie Kirkwood (susiekirkwood.com)
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After a successful incubation in the 2011 Rhinoceros Theatre Festival, Found Objects Theatre Group is proud to announce a full run of Mascot, written by Chris Bower, directed by Kevlyn Hayes, and Performed by Matt Test. A comic tragedy consumed with rage, blackmail, disguises, wet grass, and whispers, Mascot opens Friday, May 3rd and runs until May 26th at the Den Theatre, 1333 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622. Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 3pm. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased in advance on Brown Paper Tickets.
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MASCOT! Returning in May at the Den Theatre.
poster by Susie Kirkwood (susiekirkwood.com)
We just signed the lease and the Found Objects Theatre Group is getting ready to open Mascot for a full run of shows in May. Friday-Sunday at the Den Theatre 1333 N. Milwaukee, Chicago
Fri-Sa at 7:30 PM and Sun at 3 PM
$15
MASCOT is:
A man comically estranged from his family has something more important to worry about: a restraining order that keeps him from his son’s high school football games. A tragic sitcom of rage, disguises, wet grass, and whispers.
Performed by Matt Test
Written by Chris Bower
Directed by Kevlyn Hayes
Favorite accidental phrase of the school year so far: “He paid my hand” meaning, “he asked for my hand.”
“I believe the knowledge of the rules of living in our society makes us more comfortable…[although] some of the rudest and most objectionable people I have ever known have been technically the most correct.” Amy Vanderbilt 1952
