Monday, August 5, 2013
We need some help from anybody who was in the audience the past few weeks…take a look at the below photos.
These audience members generously donated their faces to our …
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 05:13PMThursday, July 25, 2013
A short note of appreciation to our friends at Dad’s Garage in Atlanta, who as of July 31st will be leaving their longtime home at 280 Elizabeth Street and moving ... The post Garage …
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 12:38PMTuesday, July 23, 2013
As many of you know, one of our major summer projects has been to try and upgrade our lobby area, known as the “State Park,” via the power of crowd-funding. ... The post The Sec…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 02:02PMWednesday, June 26, 2013
Not content with just one special performance of our annual Pride Show, this year we’re bringing you our best queer-themed plays at all of our performances all weekend, and collecting …
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 05:27PMFriday, June 14, 2013
A quick note to Neo fans…
Coming back next week to Victory Gardens Theatre is the One-Minute Play Festival, a marathon of short works written by over 50+ Chicago playwrights.
Although …
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 12:56PMMonday, March 18, 2013
If you’ve seen TMLMTBGB you know how much we rely on our technicians to handle the chaos of the show and help make our art look and sound as impressive as ... The post “Give It…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 12:23PMMonday, February 18, 2013
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SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 03:02PMThursday, February 14, 2013
As I write this, the Illinois State Senate just voted 34-21 to legalize same-sex marriage. The bill now goes to the House, where it will require 60 votes to move to Governor Quinn's desk, wh…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 06:05PMThursday, February 7, 2013
The exciting thing we haven't told you too much about is that we're rapidly approaching the launch date of our brand-new website, built by the theatre-professional-run marketing/branding age…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 03:49PMThursday, January 17, 2013
Welcome back, friends. Right now, we're in the midst of:Planning our 25th Anniversary seasonPreparing to launch a brand-new websiteProducing The Carter Family Family Show at Rhino FestRehear…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 03:17PMFriday, December 28, 2012
Miss us?Our 2013 shows start up again this weekend, even though it's still 2012, because time is just, like, an artificial construct, man.This weekend we're doing a special menu featuring so…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 11:37AMThursday, December 6, 2012
This past year, 441 new plays were written and performed for Too Much Light. When we present to you these menus of the 30 best plays of the year, we're giving you a mere 7% of the work that …
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 12:30PMMonday, December 3, 2012
As those of you who recently saw Lincoln (or, um, remember your American history) know, it's against the United States Constitution to keep another human being in captivity for purposes of w…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 11:42AMThursday, November 29, 2012
Do you read?(If you don't, then you didn't know you were just asked that question.)If you do read, though, you might enjoy our first book of plays, 100 Neo-Futurist Plays from Too Much Light…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 11:59PMFriday, November 23, 2012
The weekends of November 30 - December 2 and December 7-9 we'll be presenting our annual, epic Best of Year TML shows, in celebration of both the year that was and the anniversary of the sho…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 10:31AMWednesday, September 19, 2012
We have an announcement about our Design a Neo T-Shirt Contest.First off, deep thanks to everybody who...Expressed interestShared the notice with their friendsLinked to us on their blog or n…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 12:49PMTuesday, September 4, 2012
The nationwide Plays for Presidents Festival is more than just dozens of productions, nationwide, of 44 Plays for 44 Presidents. All participants have also been asked to create their own uni…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 11:56AMTuesday, August 28, 2012
The Neo-Futurists are ecstatic to announce that we've chosen to add four brand-new members to our ensemble!Before we give you those names, we want to take a second to acknowledge everybody w…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 01:15PMTomorrow night!One night only!Absolutely Free!The INTRO TO TOO MUCH LIGHT SUMMER 2012 CLASS: 20 PLAYS IN 40 MINUTES!Nathan Brewer * Ajay David * Alysia Eggerman * Kate Healy * Chelsea H…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 11:27AMWednesday, June 27, 2012
Wow Bao Beauty (clockwise from left; Lisa Buscani, Mary Fons, Megan Mercier, Eliza Burmester, Caitlin Stainken, Jessica Anne)Our mission this week is to have three sold-out houses. …
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 12:44PMThursday, June 21, 2012
In case you've been dragging your feet about buying your tickets to the Pride Show (and they're selling out quickly)...here are the 30 plays we'll be performing tonight, tomorrow, and Saturd…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 03:01PMMonday, March 12, 2012
First of all, thanks to anybody and everybody who came out this weekend to attend the opening of our newest world premiere production, The Strange and Terrible True Tale of Pinocchio (t…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 01:38PMThursday, March 8, 2012
Apparently our contest call-out for Personalized Puppet Creatures struck a real chord with our home audience, allowing them to tap into their long-dormant Jim Hensons (or Victor Franken…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 10:51AMWednesday, March 7, 2012
It took Kalina "Kitten" McCreery less than six hours after our puppet-building contest got underway to send us Clementine, an eerie, alien creation she brought to life while still at work.We…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 02:39PMTuesday, March 6, 2012
This weekend, we're opening our latest prime-time creation, Greg Allen's The Strange and Terrible True Tale of Pinocchio (the Wooden Boy) as Told by Frankenstein's Monster (the Wretched…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 12:41PMMonday, March 5, 2012
Luke Holladay has been part of a number of Neo productions, both as a technician and performer. He is also, arguably, the most committed Doctor Who fan we have working for our company...you …
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 12:31PMTuesday, February 7, 2012
Melinda "Mindy" Evans has been one of the stalwarts of our company since 2001, longer than most of the current ensemble. She has been mistress of the booth for not only Too Much Light, but a…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 01:30PMFriday, February 3, 2012
Our technicians aren't exactly the unsung heroes of Too Much Light, because we sing about them often, sometimes even with actual songs. Each of them bring their own personalities and enjoyab…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 02:00PMFriday, December 9, 2011
The holidays have a tendency to assault you with excess -- sensory overload in the form of cheerful music and brightly colored lights and decorations; office break rooms filled with gift bas…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 03:12PMFriday, December 2, 2011
Today -- December 2nd, 2011 -- is the 23rd birthday of Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind (and thereby the de facto birthday of The Neo-Futurists Theater Company as well). In dog years, …
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 04:07PMFriday, November 18, 2011
You have no idea how exciting a weekend it is at the Neo-Futurarium, which is why this blog is climbing its way out of the mothballs to tell you.FIRST OF ALL, we're proud and excited to pres…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 10:50AM 
