Oct 13, 2014
Guest: Erik Tylkowski
https://www.facebook.com/themeowsnerplayers
0:01:45 We all know who the baller Jake Scruggs is- long live the king!!
0:02:48 Bryn has rehearsals, VO jobs and auditions going-on
0:04:30 Jake and Laura suggest that Bryn put his headshot candidates to the court of Twitter opinion
0:06:16 What?? Nilsa talks about head shots again?? Yep- and it's a super-informative talk on "re-touching"!
0:14:00 Nilsa and Bryn got to see a fragment of playwright/friend Matthew Paul Olmos' new play "So Go The Ghosts of Mexico Part 2" http://matthewpaulolmos.com/
0:16:07 Bryn and Nilsa have signed the lease on their new place which is Bryn's current place and are eager to commence the sin living.
0:16:45 We now welcome our guest, Erik who has worked with many companies around Chicago, including his cat's company: The Meowsner Players. http://www.meowsnerplayers.com
0:20:20 Erik discusses the development of the play "The Cat Suicides" with his girlfriend EJC Calvert (http://ejccalvert.com)
0:26:13 Erik's children's theatre projects have a compelling focus on adaptations of classic works, the employment of elaborate shadow puppetry and animal imagery
0:40:16 Nilsa goes into director mode and directs Laura and Bryn to incorporate Erik's shadow puppetry skills in their in-development work: "Tales From The Fairy Wars: Hugs During Wartime"
0:42:28 Of Monsters and Men "Little Talks" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghb6eDopW8I
0:44:17 Apparently, too much hugging CAN be a bad thing…
0:48:50 We commence a discussion of side-hugging and intimacy. Go on, dear listener, Google "Christian side-hug".
0:53:00 Erik creates conducts the inaugural podcast segment: "What's Laura Wearing?" http://goo.gl/UwGkwu
0:54:35 Erik and Laura talk about the current Chicago Fringe Post Mortem compared to those of the past.
0:58:05 I'm sorry Nilsa, we never do discuss the happenings of the Chicago Fire Festival, but we do learn more about Erik's motivation to work in puppetry. Here's an example of a Bunraku puppet: http://goo.gl/YE7Rtg
1:04:45 After being in a dungeon for 10 years and some really good times, it may be time for Erik and Dungeons & Dragons to part ways... (http://dnd.wizards.com/)
1:09:05 And then he introduces us to his new role-playing "friend" named "Fiasco". Scandalous. http://www.bullypulpitgames.com/games/fiasco/
01:17:00 Laura will be presenting parts of her in-development work "You Even Run Like a Goody-Goody" at Chicago Dramatists
01:18:00 Bryn's show "Lisa and Her Things" will go up at The Pit in New York on 11/29, 11/30, 12/1 and 12/4
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Outro Music: "Everything's Coming Up Roses"
Performed By: Klea Blackhurst
Written By: Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim