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Multiples and Miniatures and Naughty or Vice
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Around the Coyote Gallery - 1935 1/2 W. North Ave.
December 1 through December 22, 2006 Opening reception December 1, 7-11pm |
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Around the Coyote is pleased to present its annual Multiples & Miniatures art exhibition of small and manifold artwork by artists working in a variety of media. While the work is not holiday themed, the art, priced from $20 to $2,000, is perfect for gift giving! This is not art to hang over your couch, although it would certainly fit there. This is the art of fine details and the art found in the complexity of a thing changing over time: the art of series, of late nights with the magnifying glass, the art of subtle variation. This is the art of memories kept in a locket and worn around the neck: art that may be easy to miss, but should not be overlooked. |
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Exhibited artists include: Elise Blue, Nicole Dudik, Susan Fox, Brent Houston, Damien James, Gwynne Johnson, Debra Kayes, Lora Klaviter, Ron Lambert, Ross Martens, Jasmine McCaffrey, David Moré, Darren Oberto, Sanchez-Kitahara, Shawn Stucky, and Angela Yonke.
In conjunction with the Multiples & Miniatures exhibition of art priced from $20 to $2,000 for the gift-giving season, Around the Coyote presents Naughty or Vice, a series of original monologues exploring the darker side of the winter holidays. Naughty or Vice is the work of five Chicago-based solo performers whose imperfect holiday experiences are explored in each short, fifteen-minute piece. |
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Naughty or Vice is written and performed by Margot Bordelon, Tim Bruns, Cynthia Castiglione, Brian Lobel and Braden LuBell. Monologues range from an ill-fated Christmas Eve dinner in a Wendy's parking lot, to a dissection of Adam Sandler's Hanukah Song. These delightfully acerbic pieces take an unapologetic look at the year's most magnified holiday. Naughty or Vice opens Friday, December 1, 2006 and will run through Saturday, December 16, 2006, at the Around the Coyote Gallery in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood, 1935 _ W. North Ave. Performances will be held Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm. Tickets are offered at the door nightly on a first come first served basis. |
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Margot Bordelon is a writer, performer and director; she most recently directed Perks of Nudity by David Perez for Pavement Group. Other Chicago Credits include Pearl and Eloise Are Dead for Around the Coyote's 2006 Fall Festival; Ball and Other Funny Stories About Cancer, both by Brian Lobel; Plants and Animals for Bailiwick's Director's Fest, SCARRIE! The Musical for Hell in a Handbag and Scrabble Yew Near for Appetite Theater. She assistant directed A Man For All Seasons at TimeLine and Love Song at Steppenwolf, where she was an Artistic Apprentice for the 04-05 season. Originally from Seattle, Margot worked with such companies as Seattle Rep, Empty Space, Live Girls!, University of Washington PATP and Double Shot Productions - a company she co-founded. Margot holds a BFA in Acting and Original Works from Cornish College of the Arts and currently serves at Literary Associate at Lookingglass Theatre Company.
Tim Bruns graduated from Emporia State University with a BFA in Theatre and is now working at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Tim has written, directed, and produced many projects through Dark Tag Productions, a production company he started in college. Last winter his play, Her World Disappears had its world premiere at The Side Studio in Chicago. Tim's farce The Safety Date was named The Last Play Standing in a contest run by Another Chicago Theatre Company. Tim's productions have been staged in California, Maryland, Kansas, and Illinois. Most recently, he wrote and acted in the short film Dash with Cap Gun Productions. Cynthia Castiglione is an actress who has performed with many companies since she graduated from the Theatre School at DePaul University. Recent Chicago acting credits include understudying for Splatter at The Annoyance; Laika's Coffin at Collaboraction's Sketchbook 7; (im)propriety at Rogue Theatre and White Devil with American Myth. She performs with the improv group (untitled) and can be seen in Ugly Baby currently running at Strawdog Theatre and Corrupt Ferret at Annoyance. |
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Brian Lobel is a writer and performer originally from upstate New York. His plays BALL and Other Funny Stories About Cancer have been produced in Chicago (at the Bailiwick and Live Bait Theater) as well as at theaters, universities and medical schools nationwide. Brian is the recipient of the 2004 Hopwood Drama Award for BALL and the recipient of a 2006 CAAP Grant from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs to develop Other Funny Stories. He has worked for, and with, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, The Goodman, Next Theatre and Chicago directing credits include The Phase by Molly Bain, Acorns & Guns for Breadline Theatre Group, and Night-Cher at 20,000 Feet for Hell in a Handbag.
Braden LuBell is currently playing Frankie in Perks of Nudity with Pavement Group at EP Theater. He appeared at the Raven last year in Outside the Lines production of Infidel; before that was serving as resident director and casting director for Backseet Productions in Philadelphia, where he directed Closer and The American Plan. Previous directing experience includes heralded productions of The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek, One Flea Spare, his co-authored stage adaptation of the James Baldwin novel Giovanni's Room, and his own deconstruction of The Glass Menagerie. In Boston, he has acted with Speakeasy at the Lyric stage and on the Majestic stage in Infinity's House. Braden studied at Emerson College, and has taught at the Actor's Workshop in Boston. This exhibition is made possible in part by a generous donation from Peroni. |
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