Loose Chicks to Play Emerald City Coffee, 8/23

"Loose Chicks" will be at Emerald City Coffee & Cafe, 3938 N Sheridan Ave, in August! Roberta Miles and Jillian Erickson, the "Loose Chicks" will be starring in and presenting an hour long performance based on their experiences through life. Guest Eileen Dougharty, Anjee-O, & Valerie Marine Gianni will be featured this month. This juicy, gutsy, ballsy, cutting edge look at life through the eyes of three femme fatales will be presented at Emerald City Coffee & Cafe. The performance is Friday, August 23rd @ 8pm. There is a suggested donation.

Roberta Miles, best known to Chicago audiences as a jazz singer and painter, has rapidly gained a reputation for her irreverent autobiographical monologues that make up a tell-all expose of her quirky, edgy life. These monologues are the basis for her one-woman show, which debuted summer, 2009 at the StrawDog Theatre. Roberta has appeared with Jason Paul Smith at the Skokie Theatre Foundation in Skokie, Illinois in a two person show called "Hot Dish: The Monologues." She is also the co-producer of "Café Cabaret" which runs monthly at "Café Ballou" in Chicago. Roberta is an award winning monologuist and a published poet, soon to be a published author.

Jillian Erickson is a performance artist, monologist, poet, writer, pain in the ass...She moved to Chicago to do exactly what she is doing and couldn't be giddier. She is the successful co-producer, co-director, and performer for the all female cabaret BEAST WOMEN 2013. Beast Women recently celebrated its 107th performance at The GreenHouse Theater in Chicago. She is also part of the film company, JAkT Films, and a series called "Myths" which is a combination of paint, sculpture, and spoken word.

Eileen decided four years ago that the best way to combat an impending midlife crisis was to move to Chicago and start living like it's eternally the first day of Shark Week. After a brief stint penning sketch comedy, she started writing her more colorful memories to share with others. She has performed with 2nd Story, WRITE CLUB, Reading Under the Influence, Solo in the 2nd City, That's All She Wrote, and Story Sessions and she loves that the Windy City always has a story hiding around every corner.

Angela "Anjee-O" Oliver is a hybrid performing artist of many talents. She is a featured ensemble member of Second City Outreach & Diversity's REACH variety showcase at UP Comedy Club. Angela is also a current ensemble member of One Group Mind's Hobo Jobo improv team, and the MINT musical improv comedy ensemble. She was also seen in "Oprah's Last Show: A Musical" at The Annoyance Theatre, and the +1s variety showcase at iO Chicago's Del Close Theater.

As a recurring featured solo performance artist in the Beast Women Cabaret Series at the Greenhouse, Anjee-O has become a Chicago favorite known for her raw and candid depictions of an artist's life. www.anjee-o.com Through spoken word, improv/sketch comedy, and interdisciplinary performance art she seeks to inspire a greater interest in interdisciplinary art forms that celebrate female empowerment, diversity, and individuality. Staying true to what Chicago Theater Beat has called her "uncensored and unedited" reflections, Anjee-O has become a Chicago favorite known for her raw and candid depictions of an artist's life.www.anjee-o.com

Valerie Gianni is an artist currently living in Chicago, IL. As a recent graduate of Loyola University Chicago, her work is centered on the aesthetic beauty within art and the connection this has with the viewer's perception. Her cathartic experience with creating can be seen within performance as well as visual displays.

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