SMALL VICTORIES, Solo Comedy By Kristen Studard, Opens At The Annoyance 5/9

Kristen Studard, the critically acclaimed Chicago improviser and comedian, has announced the debut of her new solo show, Small Victories,premiering at the Annoyance Theatre On Sunday, May 9.

Versatile comedian Kristen Studard takes the spotlight with this sharp new solo show exploring the joys of life's Small Victories. Studard's characters take us to silly and absurd places while giving voice to irrational fears, secret shames and sexual confessions. We meet a Hungry Hungry Hippo who might actually be full, hear what our household objects really think about their lives, and witness a bee's steamy encounter with a lonely house-flower. Smart and playful, Small Victories sheds a hilarious and often harsh light on the lies we tell ourselves to get through each day.

Small Victories
Written and performed by Kristen Studard. Directed by Kate Duffy.

Sundays @ 9:30pm, May 9 - June 13, 2010.

The Annoyance Theatre & Bar, 4830 N Broadway (just north of Lawrence Ave), Chicago.

$10 tickets are available at 773.561.4665 or online at TheAnnoyance.com.

About Kristen Studard
Kristen Studard is a Chicago comedian who has studied and performed improv in Chicago since late 2004. She is a graduate of the iO Training Center and the Second City Conservatory, where she studied under and with some of the brightest minds in Chicago comedy. In September of 2007, Kristen won the second season of the comedy talent competition Impress These Apes, in which she had to perform a new challenge each week before being scored by a panel of comedians dressed as apes. Kristen can currently be seen performing at the iO Theatre with the improvised puppet show Felt, or the improvised Harold with her team Mike Helicopter, as well as with the all-girl supergroup Mountain Dawn!

Kristen spent her formative years moving from one Chicago suburb to another, with a brief stint in Tennessee. In 1999, Kristen entered Bradley University where she was a founding member of the sketch and improv troupe The Roost. After graduating from Bradley in 2003 with a B.A. in Theatre Performance and Communications, she moved to Scotland for a year where she made sandwiches and worked at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Since moving to Chicago, she has been lucky to perform in several sketch shows and on several improv teams. Notably with The Geekouts in The Bestest Stuff at Chicago Sketchfest (2007) and as part of the 2007 iO Cagematch finalists The MISSfits. For more, visit HelloKristen.com.

About Director Kate Duffy
Kate has studied, performed and taught improvisation and sketch comedy for over 10 years at The Annoyance Theater, iO Chicago and The Second City. She has performed with Otis, The Baritones, The Signatures, Lindberg Babies 2.0, KNC: Fight Lamps, FELT, the critically acclaimed puppet show at iO Chicago, and with the fabulous and talented ladies of Children of a Lesser God. Kate teaches improvisation at The Second City, iO Chicago, and for companies around the country. Prior to directing Small Victories, she had spent 5 months at sea performing with The Second City aboard a Norwegian Cruise Line ship.

About The Annoyance Theatre & Bar
Founded in 1987, The Annoyance has created over 100 shows spanning improvisation, sketch, one act and full-length plays, cabaret and burlesque reviews and original musicals. Hundreds of people have been a part of The Annoyance, many of whom can currently be seen on local and national stages, television, and in feature films. For more, visit TheAnnoyance.com.

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