Laughter and Social Change

It’s a night of comedy and theater at the Guild Complex! See not one or two but THREE theater, sketch comedy and stand-up comedy performances that promise to be lively, witty and socially responsible.

Theater Oobleck’s philosophy can be summed up as follows: New plays. No director. Free if you’re broke. Chicago magazine refers to these works as “20th Century parables as told by Hieronymus Bosch.”

Stir-Friday Night! is an Asian-American sketch comedy troupe. Founded in 1995 by an ensemble of Asian American actors/writers, Stir-Friday Night! uses comedy as a tool to dispel stereotypes and bridge understanding among the various social racial and intergenerational groups. Actor and comedienne Sapna Kumar most recently toured nation-wide as an actor with Chamber Theater Productions of Boston. Kumar’s Chicago area theater credits include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Ivanhoe Arts-Lanes, the young playwright’s Festival with Pegasus Players, and Suburbia at the Circle Theater. She has also performed her stand-up act around town at such events as the 2001 International Funny Women Fest, Ladyfest Midwest, All Girl Revue and the Lesbian Arts Festival.

This event is part of the festival Creative Movements: Human Rights and Social Justice, (April 25th-May 17th). The festival explores the relationship between contemporary cultural work and social change movements and helps foster a critical dialogue between progressive and cultrual workers, intellectuals and social change activists/organizers. Insight Arts’ four-week festival inculdes a visual art exhibition featuring comic art and zines, performances, panels and community discussions. For more information about the festival conatact Insight Arts at 773.973.1521