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Hitch*cocktails: “Comedy Critic’s Choice”

Hitch*Cocktails review: “Comedy Critic’s Choice”, (2014) Chicago Reader

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Reviews from the Minnesota Fringe on “A Series of Absurdities”: “painful and funny,” “heartfelt and hilarious,” “shocking and amazing” (2015) MN Fringe website

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Hitch*Cocktails voted “Best Improv/Sketch Group” (2016) Chicago Reader

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6 Chicago comedy shows to see this week

Step away from the Netflix marathon and find your way into one of these local theaters for a belly laugh this week. Your guide to Chicago’s affordable and

“Body of Work”,  featured in “6 Chicago Comedy Shows to See This Week” (2016) Chicago RedEye

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Anything But Shrewish: Female Improv Group Reimagines Shakespeare

The Shrews brought the Bard into the 21st century with a feminist twist.

The Shrews Improvisation at Second City, featured in “Anything But Shrewish: Female Improv Group Reimagines Shakespeare” (2018) The Chicago Maroon

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Gender-Bending The Bard with The Shrews Present 'Untameable' - Gay Lesbian Bi Trans News Archive - Windy City Times

The Shrews Improvisation collective has come a long way since its initial run, which was spearheaded by founders Lindsay Gonzales and Claudia Alpert. They shoved furniture aside, and performed to audiences packed in Gonzales' living room in 2018. Their idea of an inclusive ensemble composed of female, trans or non-binary members drew members like Caitlin Robb to take part. "The Shrews takes all of the disparate parts of of my theater career and combines them into one project, with a group of people who are extremely dedicated to inclusion in the arts," said ensemble member Jessica Landis.

The Shrews Improvisation at Second City, featured in “Gender-Bending The Bard with The Shrews Present ‘Untameable” (2019) Windy City Times

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Lots of travel this month, means very few shows! #tumblr https://www.instagram.com/p/B4fwhnMhNoR/?igshid=1hfciys1sddc6

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A live joke commercial for American Airlines. Recorded as part of the Mary Scruggs Works by Women Festival at Second City, within the “News* with Maggie Smith” show.

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Just Pinned to Art: "All maps are but representations of reality: They render the physical world in symbols and highlight important relationships — the proximity of one subway stop to another, say — that are invisible to the naked eye. If storytelling, the way we structure and make meaning from the events of our lives, arose from navigating, so, too, is the practice of navigation inherently bound up with storytelling, in all its subjectivity." http://ift.tt/2APhCXg

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Gail Gallagher

Gail and Jessica try their best: answering your questions in the form of improvised song

The very first time we tried to improvise life advice through songs 

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Gail Gallagher

Gail and Jessica Landis try their best: a musical advice show.

Ooops we did it again

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Gail Gallagher

Gail and Jess try their best!

Another improvised song advice show with Gail, answering life questions in improvised song

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The 90s Taught Us How To Sing

A quick ballad my friend Jessica Landis and I wrote about growing up in the 90s and singing all the songs

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The Annoyance Theatre Chicago uses improvisation to create new and original plays, musicals, sketch-comedy and more in a vibrant, uncensored atmosphere.

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The Annoyance Theatre Chicago uses improvisation to create new and original plays, musicals, sketch-comedy and more in a vibrant, uncensored atmosphere.

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TONIGHT. ON THE INTERNET. Gail​​ and Jess Try Their Best, again! We will improvise songs to solve your problems. What problems do you have? What questions can we provide definitive and helpful answers to?

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It begins... #rehearsalplanning #feathers #premierpremieres