Don't Spit the Water retrospective
Blewt! has decided to end Don't Spit the Water's long open run at the Playground as of Saturday, August 9. (Look for announcements of a blowout show, a big party, etc.) We've got plenty in the hopper, especially with Impress These Apes 3 starting up in September. But our decision prompted some ...
more
Lookee me! Lookme!
It was pointed out to me that some of my Chicago friends, who might even have a passing interest in seeing me perform every now and then, are reading my site in a feed-reader and so don't see the handy calendar that's right up at the top of the home page. I'll note that you can also subscribe to a feed ...
more
Team Gerdes in Action
OK, check it -- Monday night I said of a friend of ours, "well, at least she didn't display her butt on Display Your Butt dot com." Erica asked, "is that domain available?" It was. A few photos of the Blewt crew hanging around for Chicago Underground Comedy later and Team Gerdes Plus Noah is ...
more
Chiditarod results
Erica The results of this year's Chiditarod have finally been announced and Blewt's Silly Funny Goof Gang weren't very fast runners (we came in 46th out of 77, nearly an hour behind the winners) but we were awarded "Best Fashion". Yeah, that's right, we're pretty.
more
Chiditarod
Silly Funny Goof Gang at the finish Blewt fielded a team in this year's Chiditarod -- Chicago's own shopping cart race and mobile food drive. Everyone dresses up and decorates their carts, so we went as the Silly Funny Goof Gang. The race was a lot harder than I thought it would be -- the course ...
more
The Callback
So last night I was interviewed on The Callback at the Strawdog Theater, a revived podcast hosted by Kate Parker, and produced by Hank Boland. Hank is also one of the fellas behind Triad Productions, whose web site I built about 7 years ago. I had been co-workers with his writing partner, Todd Mueller, ...
more
Stand-up
Fuzzy at Pressure - photo by Dan Telfer photo by Dan Telfer So Dan decided he wanted to add "stand-up comedy" to his already-varied theatrical resume (playwright, actor, improvisor, solo performer, what else, Dan?) and in a "if we all look foolish, none of us look foolish" sort of mentality began bugging ...
more
Blewt
It's a delightful time to be even peripherally involved with Blewt productions. In Chicago, Impress These Apes has gotten a good review in the Reader and now an excellent write-up in Time Out, accompanied by two large photos taken by yours truly. And in Charleston, SC, Don't Spit the Water ...
more
Impress These Apes
Impress These Apes PR shot Did a photoshoot Wednesday night for the latest Blewt production, Impress These Apes. Perfect Cup didn't have any problem with us taking a bunch of pictures of guys in gorilla* masks, which frankly surprised me a bit. People are so touchy about that sort of thing, ...
more
The Clapkees!
I love having friends who ask, "are you busy Saturday morning? Can you come shoot a video for us?" and then have the edited video done by Saturday afternoon. Presenting, The Clapkees!, a Blewt! production (with camera work by yours truly):
more
