Category: thoughts

Buddhas at the Bunbury

Produced in conjunction with the Bunbury Theatre Company, I will perform my solo show, 185 Buddhas Walk into a Bar… in the beautiful and historic Henry Clay building in downtown Louisville this Saturday night, Sept. 7th.  Please click here to purchase tickets. The Chicago Reader says, “Amanda Rountree is a riot!”  Audience members have described…

Encounters with Wildlife

Today, I ran into a squirrel.  I literally ran into a squirrel.  Now, I realize that the word “literally” doesn’t carry any weight anymore, since it no longer means what it used to mean.  So I shall say it this way:  I actually, really, truly, and matter-of-fact-ly ran into a squirrel.  I was running along…

185 Buddhas heads to the west coast this fall!

The tour of my solo show about my journey through the world of improv is going on a little journey itself!  I’ve just confirmed some tour dates in some very cool cities on the west coast.  185 Buddhas is coming to Washington state and Oregon in November!  For exact showtimes and locations, please visit my…

Living in Chicago

Sometimes means that you will occasionally attend a street festival by accident in the summer Sometimes means you’ll find yourself squished into the corner of the train car between an oblivious guy with a backpack and a chuckling gentleman who rolls his eyes Sometimes means you can fall asleep to the sound of the waves…

185 Buddhas is coming to Louisville later this year!

Louisville, Kentucky is a fantastic little city/big town.  I was very lucky to perform my first one-woman show, The Good, the Bad, and the Monkey there a few years back.  Well, I guess they must have liked me or something (or maybe they just liked the monkeys?), because they’ve invited me back!  Produced in conjunction…

SNORF!

So there’s this great puppet company here in Chicago called The Noah Ginex Puppet Company.  It was created by this guy, Noah, who happens to be super talented at making puppets.  So talented, that he was even nominated for a Jeff award for design!  I’ve worked with Noah and his company before in different shows…

Auditions posted for WNEP’s one-act plays

Chicago’s WNEP Theatre has a lovely run of original one-acts this summer!  Two Plays, One Place will be running at Zoo Studios in Ravenswood from July 26th – Aug 17th. RAINBOWS AND LOLLIPOPS by Dave Goss (to be directed by Rebecca Langguth) THE TRIBUTE by Rebecca Langguth (to be directed by Amanda Rountree) We’re looking…

Theatre Family

They say everyone has two families—the family we’re born into and the family we choose.  For theatre folks, I think there is also a third family—the ensemble that you find yourself a part of.  Theatre families have a strange, magical mix of the first two types of families.  You don’t necessarily choose who exactly is…

Two Original One Act Plays this Summer

I’m an ensemble member of a pretty great theatre company here in Chicago called WNEP (What No one Else Produces) and this summer, we’ve got two original one-act plays coming up! RAINBOWS AND LOLLIPOPS by Dave Goss (to be directed by Rebecca Langguth) THE TRIBUTE by Rebecca Langguth (to be directed by Amanda Rountree) Both…

The Great Pantsing Incident of 2012

While I was waiting for the results of my x-rays in the emergency room, my boyfriend looked at me and asked, “Was it worth it?” I succeeded in my goal.  I was victorious.  So, yes.  Yes, it was worth it. But before we get into the details of the Great Pantsing Incident of 2012, let’s…