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A new series of special events and performances highlighting fresh talent from Chicago and around the country.
All shows $15-$20 (except WNYC's RadioLab)
Member price $15
773.871.3000
Become a Fresh Squeezed Member
Members
pay less for each event and can purchase additional tickets at the
reduced rate. Memberships come in 3 and 5 event flex packages. That
means you get 3 or 5 tickets to use however you want, one ticket to
each event, three tickets to one event, two tickets to one event and
three tickets to…well you get the point.
3 Event-Flex Pass - $45
5 Event-Flex Pass - $75
MEMBERSHIP has perks including special discounts to WNYC's RADIOLAB:Martian Invasion (info below)
Check out the Fresh Squeezed Blog to tap the juice and interact with us throughout the season, pulp lovers and non-pulp lovers alike.
2008-2009 Fresh Squuezed Events:
Cabaret! Cabaret!
New writers, new musicals
Nov 7, 10:30pm Nov 9, 7:30pm
Co-presented by Chicago Public Radio Presents, this evening of musical theater will highlight the work of emerging writers and feature performances by theater companies presenting musical work this season. Participants will include Victory Gardens Theater, Theatre Building Chicago Musical Theater Workshop, Bohemian Ensemble Theatre, and more.
Drinking & Writing Vol IV
The 12 Steps of X-mas
Fridays Nov 28- Dec 19, 10:30pm
“Neo-Futurists Steve Mosqueda and Sean Benjamin, have the appeal of your favorite two bartenders. They’re charming, a little smug, interested in everything and never too busy with the task at hand to f#$@ with you in that way that makes you feel a valued regular.” – Time Out Chicago
Tis the season for the annual onslaught of holiday shows. But the one sure to catch the strongest holiday buzz. The true meaning of Christmas spirit comes out when it’s drunk. With the help of Bukowski, Kerouac, Capote, and others uncork the myths and traditions of the holidays. Presented in the Biograph Theater Lobby Bar, this hilarious show sold out last year. Don’t miss it!
What Does The Sun Sound Like?
Feb 15 & 16, 2009 7:30pm
The totally true tales of a hearing daughter growing up in a deaf family & culture.Funny, touching and poignant, Chicago Dramatist Arlene Malinowski’s stories are told through sign language and voice using both Deaf and hearing storytelling techniques which challenges the audience to share a world beyond their experience. Presented as part of Victory Gardens Theater’s Access Project.
Literally Sexy 2: Because it feels good
April 3 & 7, 2009, 10:30pm
The very naughty variety show is back. See what happens when some of Chicago’s most exciting ensembles and performers turn their mind to sex. Lascivious stories, carnal comedy, and all the sex advice you can handle with fill the evening. Last time there wasn’t a seat to be had…not a dry one anyway. Check in with victorygardens.org throughout the year to see what titillating acts will join the illicit evening.
The Margot Bordelon Project
April 19 &20, 2009, 7:30pm
Writer and performer Margot Bordelon is dropping everything to spend three months breaking out of her bubble and traveling the country to explore the United States at this crucial and divisive time. Join her when she returns as she compiles her travels into a one-woman show. Follow the journey as Margot blogs on victorygardens.org.
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Membership has other perks too. Take advantage of these two special member offers:
WNYC’s RadioLab: Martian Invasion
Oct 26 & 27, 2008, 7:30pm
Regular price $30 Fresh Squeezed Members pay $25
The breakout public radio hit will explore the phenomenon that is War of the Worlds. Hosts
Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich examine the amazing and disturbing
effects it has had on radio listeners not once, not twice but three
times. Just in time for Haloween, RadioLab lands for a rare, and always sold out, live event. Fresh Squeezed Members get a special discount and the opportunity to buy tickets long after the rest of the tickets are gone.
Fresh Squeezed Night
Use one punch of your card to attend a Victory Gardens mainstage show on Fresh Squeezed Night. The boys from Drinking & Writing Brewery will pare a new beer with each production and present it in a fun, informal event before the show begins. That is free beer, free appetizers, and a drastically reduced ticket to our mainstage.
2008-2009 Fresh Squeezed Night Dates:
Eurydice 10/10/08
The Snow Queen 11/28/08
Living Green 1/30/09
Class Dismissed 3/27/09
Love Person 5/22/09
Blackbird starring CSI’s William Petersen 7/10/09
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