Sweet Sweet Darlings,
It’s hard to type when you’re
WALKING ON AIIIIIIIIIR, but we’ll do our best! We’re coming off of one of the
theater’s most
epic weekends,
sleep deprived but life enriched. Here’s why the weekend was so epic:
Friday an article came out about us in the
NY Times, two years to the day after we launched our Kickstarter to open the venue. It was the nicest portrait of us we ever could’ve ever hoped for, and included quotes from people we love and admire. (See below for images from the article!) It’s unbelievable. (Huge thanks to the amazing writer
Julie Seabaugh!) We wanted to cry and revel, but there was just no time! Friday night at 10 Chicago comedy heartthrob
Sarah Squirm had the LA debut of her show
Helltrap Nightmare and it was wonderful and strange and beautifully/weirdly/disturbingly executed in and presented to a sold out house of beautiful weird wonderful people. Then Saturday The
NY Times article ran in the
actual physical paper! And it wasn’t holed away somewhere and edited down (which still would’ve fully thrilled us) it was
the front page of the Arts section!
Again, we wanted to revel!
But we had a party to throw! So it was all hands on deck all day, decorating the theater with
spiderwebs and pumpkins and skeletons and (even more)
electric candles until the 7pm show with
Margaret Cho, Reggie Watts, Megan Gailey, Frankie Quiñones, the saw
stylings of
Becky Poole, and the host stylings of the perfect-haired
Daniel (spider) Webb. Then not a beat was missed, (but the volume of said beat was raised) as we rolled right into the
DynastyLand Halloween party. It was one for the BOOKS folks!
Truly the most epic and wonderful and wild night the theater’s seen, and she’s seen some nights honey! The stage turned into a dance floor (and the dance floor was a show in itself), the greenroom had intimate shows going all night, free (AMAZING)
VanLeeuwen ice cream flowed,
tarot cards were read, a
costume contest was had (all hail the fly!) and the saw kept sawin’. At midnight, Jamie and Vanessa reached
peak happiness/surrealness (let’s pretend that’s a word) as they sat on stage, in the middle of
a circle of bones with candles lit and held a
seance for a packed house. The ghosts let it be known that they won’t be leaving the theater anytime soon… because they love it so dang much. Then they led
a conga line! Awww, ghosties, we love ya, ya flarpin’ haunts. Sunday we hosted our first ever kids event, and the theater was full of
L’il Dynamos! We watched
vintage cartoons! Chased a ghost! Saw a
creepy marionette get put in his place and
Joel Ward, a real sunbeam of a magician, delighted the kids of all ages. The epic weekend came to a fittingly epic end with a
sold-out live show of Bill Burr’s Monday Morning podcast. We wanted to revel! But we were too tired.
Now let’s talk about days ahead in this beautiful week that will saunter us right into November. (
THE BEST MONTH OF THEM ALL. #DoubleScorp)
TONIGHT! It’s the Halloween season, but what could be scarier than
true love and intimacy!? Come tonight and see
Valentine’s Day is for Suckers, a Valentine’s related album recording for
Virtual Comedy featuring some amazing folks including:
EDDIE PEPITONE! BEN ROY! CP POWELL! ERICA RHODES! GUY BRANUM! JODI MILLER! and
JOE PRAINO! WEDNESDAY it’s the classiest team of improvisors ever, it’s
Workjuice Improv! Featuring the fine n’ fancy:
MARC EVAN JACKSON (if you’re not obsessed with him on
The Good Place, what are you waiting for?!),
ANNIE SAVAGE, PAUL F. TOMPKINS, MARC GAGLIARDI, ANNIE SAVAGE, and of course
Little JANET VARNEY. With piano from
JONATHAN DINERSTEIN! "
Improv backed by piano, just like the good old days!” ~ unknown
THURSDAY is Halloween! And we’re so excited to screen one of our all-time favorite movies,
Young Frankenstien! Join us for a special Halloween screening of the comedy classic
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN at the Dynasty! And what’s Halloween without an option to get realllll treated? Participate in our
MEL LOOKS costume contest by rocking a look from any
Mel Brooks project (you could be Doctor Frankenstein! A producer! A Spaceball!) or come dressed as Mel himself. Him sMELf?
FRIDAY we host an
Asian American Film Thing, a celebration of Asian American filmmakers through screenings, comedy, and conversation. There’s also the promise of a musical treat at the end of the show and a raffle, so honestly there’s nothing to hold you back. Performers include:
APARNA NANCHERLA, MISS SHU MAI, JASHON CHU and NITEMRKT, and videos from a bevy of artists.
SATURDAY is another edition of
Go Day! at 2pm. Our free monthly event designed to enchant and inspire our community. If you want to get to know us or the space more intimately, connect with likeminded
DynaHeads, and get
creative advice from some of our very
favorite people.. this is the place and time to do it! We LOVE it. This month is made even MORE special because Go Day falls on one
MR. JAMIE FLAM’s birthday. (And a mere two weeks before
VANESSA’s!) So if you have a guilt-attendance to get off your chest, this would be a GREAT time to do it.
