The Good, the Bad, and the Monkey has four performances in April–two right here in Chicago, and two in Louisville, KY! Please come check out the show in a city near you! The Good, The Bad, and The Monkey Singlehood, Dating, and the Search for Something Real Amanda Rountree takes a hilarious–and at times, heartbreaking–look…
I sure am lucky that I’m such a happy person. Otherwise, I’d be miserable.
So the other day, I was teaching an improv workshop to very young kids (ages 6-9). We began with sitting in a circle and I asked them if they knew what they were going to learn in the workshop. A few hands shot up, and I called on one of them. As I listened to…
After running my one-woman show in Chicago in the fall of 2009, I’ve toured it to several cites. But I’m happy to announce that I’ll be performing it in Chicago again this April! If you haven’t gotten a chance to see it yet, the monkeys and I sure would love it if you came out…
I took my one-woman show to my beautiful hometown, Louisville, KY last summer and it was delightfully well-received. The folks at the fantastic Bunbury Theatre have invited me and my monkeys back to perform the show again. I’m happy to announce that we’ve scheduled two performances at the end of April! Here are the details:…
I just found my new favorite quote. I’ll have to figure out a way to have this with me all the time…. “If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present.” -Lao Tzu…
I have discovered Downton Abbey. Although I’ve only watched two episodes, I am already a fan. Big fan. Here’s one of my favorite quotes from the second episode: The English wouldn’t dream of dying in someone else’s home. Especially someone they didn’t know. There are at least five more episodes, currently. So, I’ve got a…
custard Woody Allen movies coffee flavored anything (including coffee) diamonds … are appreciated, enjoyed, loved, and desired by many but not by me nothankspassrathernot But please, you just go right ahead.
Since moving to Chicago as an improviser, I have ironically, been performing a lot less improvisational theatre than I was when I was living in Seattle. Surprisingly, there just isn’t a huge amount of the type of improvised work that truly feeds my soul out here. This was frustrating at first, but Chicago being the…