iO Kicks of Qwerido with 1,2 FAG AND HAG! on June 4

Chicago's premiere improv theatre iO presents Qweirdo!, a recurring showcase of Chicago's top gay comedians and improvisers coming together every Friday in June to make you laugh in the way that only your gay best friend can. The anchor improv team (not a sailor reference) is "1, 2, Fag and Hag!". This group is Seth Dodson and Kellen Alexander of iO's long-running headlining act "1, 2, 3, Fag!" who are bringing in Chicago's top female improvisers to perform their signature improv style of intertwining scenes with bold, outrageous characters. Tickets are $14 and are available at http://chicago.ioimprov.com/io/shows/136.  Show starts at 8 PM in the Cabaret Theatre.

 

In honor of June being Gay Pride Month, a portion of all ticket sales will go to Lambda Legal. Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work. More information about Lambda Legal can be found at www.lambdalegal.org

FIRST Qweirdo PERFORMANCE:
June 4th 8:00 PM
iO (Downstairs in the Cabaret Theatre)
Box Office - 773.880.0199
3541 N. Clark St (Addison Stop via red Line)
chicago.ioimprov.com

Featuring:"1, 2, Fag & Hag!"
Seth Dodson currently performs at iO with the Harold team Mrs. Dad and with Big Yellow Bus at the Playground Theatre. You can see him co-host The Show 'N Tell Show Talk Show in 'mom drag' at The Whistler. Seth also gets his kicks by performing with the National Touring Company of Mission Improvable and GayCo.

Kellen Alexander graduated with a degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Chicago. Currently, Kellen can be seen performing with1, 2, 3, Fag!, Dart,andThe Deltones,all at the iO Theater. Additionally, Kellen improvises with the groupAlright, Janiceat the Playground. Kellen wrote and directed "Glitter in the Gutter" seen at the Annoyance Theatre earlier this year.

Joined on June 4th by:
The Gerald: The Harold's Gay Brother (Improv)
Gays and lesbians make up a large contingent of iO's House Harold teams. They are gathered here tonight to perform together for the second time in the original form The Gerald. It is a lot like a iO's signature form the Harold, but much much gayer!
Sarah Fineout (Performing in 1, 2, Fag & Hag!)
Sarah Fineout performs at iO with Revolver and Close Quarters and at The Playground with Bella. She has recently appeared in several productions at The Annoyance Theater, including Glitter in the Gutter and Flames and Blazes.

Upcoming Qweirdo shows include:
June 11
Cameron Esposito (Stand-up)
Cameron has appeared at Just for Laughs Chicago and the Leicester (UK) and Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festivals. "A favorite local comic" (Time Out Chicago), she is also the ringmaster for touring circus company El Circo Cheapo Cabaret, and just released her first album, Grab Them Aghast, on Rooftop Comedy Records. Find out more at cameronesposito.com.

Molly Hall and Ellen Haeg (Performing in 1, 2, Fag & Hag!)
Molly Hall currently performs at iO Chicago with the Harold team, Mrs. Dad. She also finds great joy every Wednesday night at iO, playing with puppets as part of the show Felt. Ellen Haeg currently performs at iO with the Harold team Mrs. Dad and with her independent team Fart City.

June 18

Candy Lawrence (Sketch)
Candy Lawrence is honored to be a part of Qwierdo. Prior to this she has performed with IO and the Playground Theatre, but that was "Judith Light years ago." She has also performed at many shows, CAN TV (so famous!) and the NYC Sketchfest as one half of the comedy duo, $The Money Kids$. She can now be seen doing standup and solo stuffs all over Chicago and various Renassiance Festivals (<--I wish). She would like to thank Eryka Badu for teaching her everything she knows about comedy.

Tim Jones-Yelvington (Author)
Tim lives and writes in Chicago. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Another Chicago Magazine, Sleepingfish, Annalemma and many others. He contributes to the group blog Big Other and maintains his personal blog "Ejaculations of a Perverse Adult." His short fiction chapbook "Evan's House and the Other Boys who Live There" is forthcoming in Spring 2011 in a multi-author volume from Rose Metal Press.

Christina Boucher (Performing in 1, 2, Fag & Hag!)
Christina has been madly in love with the Chicago comedy community ever since she first came to this fine city in 2006. Orginally from Virginia, Christina moved to Chicago to pursue an illustrious career in costume design and improvisational theatre. She soon discovered that doing make-'em-ups was much more fun than helping actors play dress-up. You can catch Christina improvising around town with Sears Tower at iO, Bad Touch at the Annoyance, and Bella at the Playground Theater.

June 25

GayCo (Sketch)
GayCo has been creating sketch comedy with ‘gay as the given, not the punchline' since 1997. They will be performing material from their recent all female sketch comedy revue "Breast in Show". Learn more about GayCo at gayco.com.

Dina Facklis (Performing in 1, 2, Fag & Hag!)
Dina Facklis has been in love with the theatre and improvisation her whole life. In Chicago, she has performed with and directed for The Second City National Touring Company. She has also been performing at iO Chicago for the past 13 years-- ensembles include Virgin Daiquiri, Stubs, Cuffs, The Armando Diaz Experience, and the Pat Shay Dancers. In her spare time, Dina collects parfums and tries to take things seriously.

 

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