Out Goes the Tide, In Comes Youth A commentary on The Outgoing Tide, In Tandem Theatre by Helene Fischman Several weeks ago, I brought my collective “Draw Write Here!” comprised of both youth and adult artists and writers, to see the In Tandem Theatre production of Bruce Graham’s, The Outgoing Tide. Taking high school students... Continue Reading →

A fitting tribute could go something like, 'Time traveling musical outfit gets knees-a-knocking with woodwin, banjo, tuba, fiddle and a gal that carry a tune, strum a chord, bend a saw and rake the dickens out of a washboard. They go by... Sweet Sheiks.' Jen Schrank leads this line from the middle with a musical... Continue Reading →

The jury's foreman and the bailiff have a brief exchange in an empty room furnished with twelve chairs. The bailiff (Ken Meleski) ushers the jurors into the deliberation room, eleven men file in, and the locks the door behind them. Not yet befitting the title of the play, including the foreman (Al Van Lith), twelve... Continue Reading →

Date Stuff's drummer (Abby Black) was all geeked about being in Milwaukee so she could nab some Spotted Cow for the trip back to Chi-town. Part of the gag was that she could actually tell everybody since she had a mic. Drummers never have mics.  Her band mate Karla Bernasconi seared her for it, "You... Continue Reading →

A couple of German fellows, err a Swiss military officer Cordelius (Timothy Rebers) and his bond  Julian (Zach Thomas Woods) have found themselves washed ashore in the Amazon. They over-shot their destination by a couple thousand miles and have somehow lived to tell the tale.  These salty dogs blather guarded thanks for their landing, and soon... Continue Reading →