SACRED FOOLS | "Listen To This" - Stories in Performance

A monthly show in the tradition of NPR's "This American Life"
 and the long-running LA show,
Uncabaret"...

It's the FINAL...

An informal oral history of the world around us.
Stories told in performance on one topic.
After two years, "Listen to This..." has the final word!
In its final evening of storytelling! Don't miss it!

LAST EVER SHOW:
Monday, March 31, 2003 @ 8pm

This Month's Topic:
"TEENAGE WASTELAND"
Tales of Underage Drinking

Hosted by Tom Chalmers
With Stories From:
· Andy Corren
· Victor Isaac
· Sondra Mayer
· Gerald McClanahan
· Julie Mullen
· and more!

Admission: $5
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June 17th, 2002
Theme: "The Show Must Go On!" - Traumatic Acting Stories

 

May 13th, 2002
Theme: "My Grandmother Tells a Better Story... and She's Dead!" - Tales of the Deceased and Departed

 

December 17th, 2001
Theme: "Harm for the Holidays"
Featuring: Tom Chalmers, Laura Esposito, Jim Tosney & Elizabeth Warner!

 

November 5th, 2001
Theme: "Food, Glorious Food"

Andy Corren
Hollywood Hills of Beans

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Deena Rubinson
A Song About Jelly Beans

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Jonna Tamases
A Dramatic Recipe
Not Available

Tom Chalmers' Tale
& Audience Quick Stories of Food!

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CHART I

CHART II

CHART III

Lori Allen
The Unified Theory of Food Consumption

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October 8th, 2001
Theme: "No Amount of Money in the World" - Bad Job Stories!

Bruno Oliver
A Scarecrow in Hell & Toto too!

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Shelagh Ratner
Making a Brain Tumor Funny

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Brian Chenowith
Burt Reynolds & the Dinner Theater

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Tom Chalmers
O.J. Simpson & the
Dinner Theater Redemption!

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The Audience
Audience Quick Tales!

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September 17th, 2001
Theme: "Adventures in Babysitting"

Dean Jacobson
The Erudite Babysitter Speaks Out

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Julie Mullen
From Peep-Show to Chin-Chin Gang

Not Available

Aldrich Allen
An Audience Member's
Saucy Tale of Seduction

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Brenda Varda
Mothers are Babysitters Too

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Donna-Tina Charles
On Babysitters & Body Functions
Not Available

 

June 4th, 2001
Theme: "Wake Me When We Get There" - Road Trip Tales!

Tom Chalmers
Getting the Show on the Road

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John Williams
A Combination for Revenge

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John Williams
One Giant Leap

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Tabatha Hall
The Getaway Driver

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Tom Chalmers & Audience
One Minute Road Trip Tales

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John Sylvain
An Anarchic Story
Not Available

Paul Plunkett
A Spooky Road
Trip Ghost Tale
Not Available
 

May 7th, 2001
Theme: "The Mother of All Shows" -
 Stories of Maternity, Motherhood & Big Mammas

John Sylvain
Graduating to the Next Level

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Shirley Anderson
Food Is Mom

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Alec Holland
A Pair of Queens

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Amy Scribner
Tolerance

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April 2nd, 2001
Theme: "April is the Cruelest Month" - Stories of Cruelty

Joe Hernandez-Kolksi
April Fools in the H-K Household

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Richard Gustafson
Nine Lives

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Tom Chalmers
Revenge is Best Served Secrete-ively

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Ben Davis
The Book-Selling "Scheme"

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Desi Doyen
A Family Affair
Not Avai
lable.

 

Premiere Show: February 12th, 2001
Theme: "What I Did For Love"

Gerald McClanahan
Looking for Love...
in the Classifieds

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Tom Chalmers
The Power to Heal... sort of

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Sharon MacMenamin
What I did for Money...
for Love

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Lizzie & Sage
(aka Quinn Sullivan & Linda Miller)

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Rik Keller
The Congressional Medal of Monogamy
Not Available