Ele Nominated for Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award
Hi ‘claws, Ele here.
I’m thrilled to share that my poem, “The Last Lullaby,” which Steve Herson read so deliciously in a recent Deathscribe, has been selected as a semi-finalist for the 21st Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Award for poetry!
As you can see, everyone is thrilled.
The finals are tomorrow–Wednesday, July 23rd, at 7 pm at the beautiful Chopin Theatre. The 20 semi-finalists will perform their nominated pieces, and audience voting will determine the winner of the $500 grand prize!
I hope that those of you who favor cursed verse can join us at the Chopin tomorrow night–as with all things WildClaw, our fans support means the world to us.
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WildClaw in the Wild: Tales at Twilight on July 27th, 2014
WILDCLAW IN THE WILD: TALES AT TWILIGHT
a summer reading series at 3031
Join WildClaw in the great outdoors this summer as we gather in the twilight at 3031 to hear three chilling new plays. Sip on a beer, have a snack, and hear a scary story as the sun goes down…what better way to spend a Sunday night?
Each selection for this series represents a different flavor of Horror than what WildClaw has done in the past. We invite you to join us (and bring a minion!) to hear these exciting new plays read aloud by some of Chicago’s finest actors, and then stick around to talk about what Horror Theatre means to you.
The WILDCLAW IN THE WILD series will take place on the last Sunday evening of the months of June, July, and August.
Join hosts Ele Matelan and Josh Zagoren as reading begins at 6:00pm at 3031 (3031 N. Honore); doors open at 5:30pm. Suggested donation $5
Sunday, July 27, 2014
THE OLD NURSE’S TALE
by Tim Foley
directed by Josh Sobel
Music from Erik Hellman
featuring Ariel Brenner, Ed Dzialo, Elizabeth Dowling, Lona Livingston, Peter Greenberg, and Stevie Chaddock Lambert
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Monstrous Regiment Or Bad girls do it well
I’m not an avid Pratchett reader. Truth be told, I’ve only read Monstrous Regiment to prepare for the role of Maladict. But Pratchett’s Discworld is amazing & rich & HILARIOUS.
If you’re in the Chicago area, stop by and check it out!
Our cast and crew are stoopid.
Sarah Price as Polly Perks is new to us in the WildClaw clan, but she’s got moxie and we’re into it.
Robert Kauzlaric, one-time Deathscribe judge and avid one who appreciates the strong qualities of Event Horizon, as Lt. Blouse.
Chris Walsh as Sgt. Jackrum has been known to participate in Deathscribe both as a performer, and in 2011 as a finalist with “Comparing Notes at the End of the World”.
Mandy Walsh and I met when I murdered her in Carmilla. “Tonight…” was always hers, and the matches are always hers as Lofty.
Kim Boler is a huge Discworld fan and a regular participant of Bruised Orange‘s “I Saw You” at the Town Hall Pub. As Tonker, she has a tendency to face off with… Everyone. Always.
John Ferrick is our man of many faces as Corporal Strappi, General Froc, one of Heinrich’s biatches & Bernice the washerwoman. He’s a friend to the claw and is birthing a monster soon.
Justine Turner is Carborundum. We had to turn down the a/c in the theater to make sure, as the troll, she’d get her lines out in a timely manner.
Katie McLean Hainsworth & I met when I was a bad penny at the very first Deathscribe. As Igor, she’s always pulling something out somewhere. Stitching, fixing, lisping.
Matt Engle is our man of many moustaches. He’s our Handsome Young Man, Prince Heinrich, Lord Rust, Paul & … Let’s just say he’s got to polish himself up a bit. A member of The Factory Theater, he was recently nominated for a Jeff Award for his directorial work on Incident on Run #1217.
Melissa Engle is a sweet dream and our Wazzer.
Oh, and me. I’m Maladict. Yes. Total typecasting.
WILDCLAW IN THE WILD RETURNS ON JUNE 29TH!
In a few short weeks, WildClaw once again descends upon the theatre at 3031 to present you, yes you, with the horror you so crave these summer nights. After the success of last year’s WildClaw in the Wild, we had no choice but to bring this unique series back for another round. No, seriously, there were flaming hot pokers and steaming acid baths involved, and much gnashing of horrible little teeth. That’s the Daemon’s way of asking nicely.
We kick things off for 2014 with Ian McDonald’s play “The Boy Who Lived Forever.” Directed by Mary Rose o’Connor.
THE BOY WHO LIVED FOREVER (and the woman who didn’t)
by Ian MacAllister-McDonald
Directed by Mary Rose O’Connor
Sunday, June 29, 2014
3031 (3031 N Honore, Chicago)
Doors open at 5:30pm
$5 suggested donation
When a ten year old boy discovers the body of a dead woman hanging in the woods behind his house, an ancient evil is set loose upon him and his friends. THE BOY WHO LIVED FOREVER (And The Woman Who Didn’t) is a play about the world of children: a world where ignorance fuels creativity as well as cruelty, and where curiosity can reveal equal parts wonder and danger; where evil still has its roots in monsters, and not in men.
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Tilda & Scarlett & Tom!? Oh my!
What do you get when you take an American starlet and throw your perception of her beyond the rim of expectations?
I am not an enormous Scarlett Johansson fan. There are plenty out there, so I don’t think she’s missing me. But the simplicity of her performance in this film has made me think twice. We’ve all seen her pretty flesh on parade in Hollywood blockbusters, but watching her eyes flit about the streets of Anywhere, Europe, silently stalking was more memorable and mesmerizing than her booty in that tight Avengers costume.
When you think femme fatale, you may think of a slinky vixen sauntering up to a man at a bar, demurely conning a cocktail and possessing him before the first sip. However, this femme fatale approaches in a Euro creeper van, and is conning you into it only to bring you to a nightmare palace where… Well, I won’t say what comes pass within that void of sticky flooring, but… Were you fool enough to accept the ride, you’re not getting one back.
Director Jonathan Glazer crafted a feminist masterpiece with this film and I can’t express how moved I was at its conclusion. It’s been out for a couple months now, but I’m hard-pressed to give anything away for fear of ruining a first timer’s experience.
Just know this: As humans if we lose our compassion towards one another, we’re food. Nothing will save us but humanity and it might come from an alien.
Now…
What do you get when you combine an androgenous masterpiece of a woman with a sullen, ginger man-of-my-dreams and make them vampires?
Understand this… Jim Jarmusch made me believe in love again. Real love. Capital MF-ing L, Love.
He made vampires human. Tired & tender. Sullen & soft. Nurturing & needy.
Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston make a balanced, timeless union in this story of vampire survival.
Adam & Eve.
Tee hee…
Adam & Eve exist in a world they find corrupted and “contaminated” by the “zombies“. Not zombies in the flesh-eating sense, but in the endlessly, thoughtlessly all-consuming sense. The mundane masses that file through the world without any foresight.
You know… Us.
They live on the outskirts of anywhere until the irrevocable occurs. They aren’t blatantly run out of town by a mob with pitchforks & torches… They simply have to find another way. They need to embrace change and handle it with the graceful fortitude that only vampires can.
The catalyst for their necessary change comes in the form of a little sister (I thank all the gods for sparing me that personal hell…), Ava. Mia Wasikowska, as the petulant undead princess, becomes the trouble no one needs. Even if her presence is predictable, it doesn’t make it any less exciting.
Again, this film has been out for a while now, and the cast is full of ringers, but I don’t want to steer any opinions or expectations. So, go.
Get spun into the blood delirium and observe the Yin and Yang of these beautiful creatures living for each other.
Forever. Because they Will find a way. Together. Forever.
Mmmm… How romantic.
WildClaw DCASE “In the Works” Residency
City of Chicago :: In The Works: A Residency and Development Program
WildClawWildClaw Presents: A Taste of Terror
WildClaw Presents: A Taste of Terror
In residency June 28–August 31, 2014 in the Chicago Cultural Center Studio Theater, 1st Floor North
Showing Date: August 9, 2014
Showing Time: 6:30pm
RSVP Info: wildclaw8@gmail.com
WildClaw Theatre, dedicated to bringing the world of horror to the Chicago stage, presents an evening of short scenes of original and adapted plays for upcoming seasons by the finest local playwrights and directors. Indulge in a decadent sampling of suspense and terror from a range of spooky genres and theatrical styles. Come be a part of our creative process by giving feedback on what you have seen and be the first to experience all that WildClaw has in store for the future.
Chrysalis premieres TONIGHT at the Logan Theater
I know how I died.
I know what was playing for three hours on the costumer’s ipod during a cold, damp, night in a shady, decrepit part of Gary, IN one January night in 2013.
I know that the blood was mint-chocolate flavored.
Other than that, I am going in blissfully blind to tonight’s theatrical premiere of Glass City Film’s Chrysalis, starring Sara Gorsky, Tanya Thai McBride, and Cole Simon.
