Chicago is a performing arts hub home to internationally renowned acts. While any good-old-fashioned tour will instruct you to hit Broadway and Second City, I encourage you to take your theatrical experience one step further (not to diss those places-they're great too!).
Chicago's Neofuturists are a widely talented group of producers, writers, and performers who create some of the most innovate, surreal theater I've ever had to pleasure of viewing. The show that I saw, "Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind" is an extremely impressive display of their acting, writing, and improvisational chops. The performers have 30 minutes to perform 30 pre-written skits, ranging in length from 5 seconds to multiple minutes. The order they perform these skits in is decided as the audience screams out the number they want performed based on the titles, which they are given beforehand. And if this novelty isn't enough for you, the skits are absolutely amazing, making you laugh, become somber, or some strange combination of both. The essential aspect that makes this show so special, however, is the energy that the Neofuturist team brings and continues to bring throughout the entire set. Even as a physically stagnant audience member, you feel alive and active as you're watching them set up the stage 30 times over, barely missing a beat or taking a second to breathe. It's an unparalleled characteristic I can't say my friends and I have seen anywhere else (check out our smiling faces at the show below!).
In short, if you're looking for a theatrical experience that will keep you on your toes, this is the production for you. For more information on the Neofuturists, please visit http://neofuturists.org/
Chicago's Neofuturists are a widely talented group of producers, writers, and performers who create some of the most innovate, surreal theater I've ever had to pleasure of viewing. The show that I saw, "Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind" is an extremely impressive display of their acting, writing, and improvisational chops. The performers have 30 minutes to perform 30 pre-written skits, ranging in length from 5 seconds to multiple minutes. The order they perform these skits in is decided as the audience screams out the number they want performed based on the titles, which they are given beforehand. And if this novelty isn't enough for you, the skits are absolutely amazing, making you laugh, become somber, or some strange combination of both. The essential aspect that makes this show so special, however, is the energy that the Neofuturist team brings and continues to bring throughout the entire set. Even as a physically stagnant audience member, you feel alive and active as you're watching them set up the stage 30 times over, barely missing a beat or taking a second to breathe. It's an unparalleled characteristic I can't say my friends and I have seen anywhere else (check out our smiling faces at the show below!).
In short, if you're looking for a theatrical experience that will keep you on your toes, this is the production for you. For more information on the Neofuturists, please visit http://neofuturists.org/
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