The Encyclopedia Show #6 Vice Presidents
Young Chicago Authors
Each month a new topic is randomly picked for “The Encyclopedia Show” with written assignments sent to a diverse group of writers, poets, visual artists and musicians. This month’s topic Vice Presidents!
Each month a new topic is randomly picked for “The Encyclopedia Show” with written assignments sent to a diverse group of writers, poets, visual artists and musicians. This month’s topic Vice Presidents!
With music, poetry, visual art and spoken word featuring:
Aaron Enskat (Normal Poetry Slam Slammaster): Song Qingling
Naomi Ashley (Folkish Singer): Walter Mondale Ryan Heneberry (National Forensics Finalist): William Rufus King (called Miss Nancy and Aunt Fancy) Mary Fons (Neo-Futurist): Adlai E. Stevenson; Lindsay Muscato (Journalist): Floride Bonneau Calhoun (wife of John Calhoun) Jasmine Houston-Burns (Phi Rho Pi National Forensics Gold Medalist): Geraldine Ferrero Marty McConnell and Andi Strickland (The Morrigan Reunion Show): Dick Cheney; Sarah Becan (Artist – Short Pants Press Comics): Al Gore Dan “Sully” Sullivan (HBO Def Poet): Aaron Burr Greg Pickett (Rootabega Slam Champion): Dan Quayle Sarah Winters/Alice Thatcher/Raina Sun (The Smartest Girls at Northside College Prep): Sarah Palin Ashley Hart (Louder Than A Bomb Poetry Slam All-Star 2009): George H. W. Bush.Featuring cast regulars Kurt Heinz (E-Poets.net) – Fact Checker; Tim Stafford (HBO Def Poet); Joel Chmara (HBO Def Poet); Evan Chung (Musician)- House Band Leader “The Encartagans”; and Jilted Emily Rose (Poetry Vet and House Manager) – As Jilted Emily Rose.
About Young Chicago Authors:
The mission of Young Chicago Authors is to encourage self-expression and literacy among Chicago’s youth through creative writing, performance and publication. YCA provides student-centered, artist-led workshops free to youth ages 13–19 in schools and communities. Our process emphasizes artistic development, mentorship, and creating safe spaces where a young person’s life matters. We believe that through their words, young people can promote respect and remove barriers to transform their lives and society.Director
Robbie Telfer and Shanny JeanPerformers
Aaron Enskat (Normal Poetry Slam Slammaster): Song Qingling
Naomi Ashley (Folkish Singer): Walter Mondale
Ryan Heneberry (National Forensics Finalist): William Rufus King (called Miss Nancy and Aunt Fancy)
Mary Fons (Neo-Futurist): Adlai E. Stevenson;
Lindsay Muscato (Journalist): Floride Bonneau Calhoun (wife of John Calhoun)
Jasmine Houston-Burns (Phi Rho Pi National Forensics Gold Medalist): Geraldine Ferrero
Marty McConnell and Andi Strickland (The Morrigan Reunion Show): Dick Cheney;
Sarah Becan (Artist – Short Pants Press Comics): Al Gore
Dan “Sully” Sullivan (HBO Def Poet): Aaron Burr
Greg Pickett (Rootabega Slam Champion): Dan Quayle
Sarah Winters/Alice Thatcher/Raina Sun (The Smartest Girls at Northside College Prep): Sarah Palin
Ashley Hart (Louder Than A Bomb Poetry Slam All-Star 2009): George H. W. Bush.