Hello, my lovelies!

On Saturday, August 28th, at Transistor on Clark, I will be performing a monologue called Woman Stand Up, written by Christopher Durang and directed by my good friend Sarah Greywitt as part of the Andersonville Performance Collective, a monthly event featuring performances by local artists.

Transistor is one of the coolest, most unique new establishments in the city of Chicago, and if you’ve never been there (or even if you have), save the date and swing on by. The show is free, starts at 8:00, and you can bring your own booze.

Plus, you’ll get to hang out with my handsome husband, who swears that if there has ever been a monologue written for me, this is it. I don’t know if that’s true, but there you go.

Once again, here are the details:

• What: Andersonville Performance Collective
• When: Saturday, August 28th at 8pm
• Where: Transistor – 5045 North Clark
• Why: Why not?
• Admission: FREE!

Thanks for reading, y’all. I hope to see you there!




Hugs and Puppy Kisses,

Lori Goss
Business Manager

Over the years, I’ve had some pretty interesting acting teachers. Back in college, one of them took aside a couple of students one day after class and bestowed upon them the following words of “wisdom” (true story):

“I’m going to let you in on a little secret. A trick of the trade. When preparing to go on stage, if you feel your nerves beginning to take control, go off by yourself and shove your thumb up your ass. This will work for you in two ways. First, you’ll think to yourself, “Holy crap. I just shoved my thumb up my ass.” And you’ll shock yourself into focus. Second, if you start to break character at any point during the show, simply stick your thumb up to your nose and sniff it. And you’ll bring yourself back.”

So what’s the point of this story? Just spreading the love. And now you know: if you ever see me sniffing my thumb on stage, I’m probably in my head.

You’re welcome.

Dave Goss, Managing Director

Once again, a small army of yarn spinners took the stage at the DCA Studio Theater in May and regaled audiences with stories of great personal tragedy, hysterical comedy and hedgehogs.

The lineup was formidable:

MAELSTROM (improvised)

Hosted by Don Hall

• Regan Davis
• Jess Jones
• Pat Keily
• Craig Rennick
• Amanda Rountree
• Scott Whitehair

KidSKALD (five-minutes prepared)

Hosted by Don Hall

• Cade Johnson
• Onam Lansana
• Jane Harding
• Rachel Bielski
• Alexis Garcia

SKALD (seven-minutes prepared)

Hosted by Patrick Brennan

• Peter Athans
• Bobby Biedrzycki
• Diane Filbin
• Dennis Frymire
• Shelley Geiszler
• Marsha Harman
• Rebecca Langguth
• Jessica McCloud
• Jeffrey Shivar
• Shiow-Jiau Yung

And the winners were:

For photos and additional descriptions, go to: DCA Theater