Hey Devoted Readers, I think this September has been the busiest month in Sideshow’s short but epic history! We opened our first company devised piece, Strangerland, at the Chicago Fringe Festival (our first festival performance as well!) and that was pretty awesome. We also held our 11th CLLAW (Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers) match [...]
Here comes the second half of the Matt Fletcher and Nate Whelden conversation and the conclusion of all things Strangerland! What has been challenging? Matt Fletcher: Everything. Haha! It was my first time as a leader in a “devised” work, and the going forward without a script or even really an idea of what [...]
For this second chunk of conversation, we turn to Joshua Davis and Nicole Richwalsky to answer a couple of the questions and offer counterpoint to Matt and Nate. Joshua was brought on in early August to be a movement coach and choreograph the fight. Nicole joined up with us for the TCG Pop-up performance in [...]