BYOT Presents: Please Be Less Weird This Time
Saturday, September 9, 2025
7:00 pm
Mrs. Murphy and Son’s Irish Bistro
Chicago, IL
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Saturday, October 4, 2025 @ 7:00 pm
Mrs. Murphy’s Irish Bistro
Chicago, IL
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This Month’s Theme:
Like A Hallmark Movie
Act I
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"Christmas in July"
Written by: Grey Miller
Directed by: Cathy Crocco*
Cast: Julia Lawrence Miller, Dave Rader*
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"75th Annual Mystic Fall Fest"
Written by: Siobhan McManamon
Directed by: Carmen Gabriel*
Cast: Mackenzie Barnett, Donaldson Cardenas*
Content Warning: This scene contains implications of past grooming and sexual assault. Further information can be given by Front of House (located at the table at the entrance).
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Original Music
Pete Laughlin
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"It Is Until It Isn't"
Written by: KT Lark*
Directed by: Katrina Spencer Fenner
Cast: Matteo, Dahlia Meynardie*
Company MembeR
Spotlight
Brendan McInturff
An absurdist comedic play about gay vampires, time travel, and a small town with a complete lack of a moral compass.
The Den Theatre and comedy club is pleased to host Time is a Popped Bubble on September 11-14, 2025 at 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood.
https://tickets.thedentheatre.com/event/time-is-a-popped-bubble-zv5xds
Jake Schwingshakl
To Drink or Not To Drink is a staged reading/drinking game where everyone plays whether they're on stage or in the audience. The premise is simple: Perform a Shakespeare play in front of an audience. The catch is that the actors won’t know what role they're playing until they're on stage. The game is even more simple; When there’s innuendo, the audience drinks. When an actor screws up, the actor drinks.
It's basically Drunk Shakespeare, but we have no idea what we're doing.
Find tickets at https://www.simpletix.com/e/tdontd-presents-twelfth-night-tickets-233516
Tanise Robnett
Tanise’s (Legacy Company Member") original short play “If Only Life Were This Dream” will be performed during Rhinofest on September 11, 18, and 25 at 7:00 pm at The Labyrinth Club. She will also be performing in accompanying short plays.
Dante Charlton and Donaldson Cardenas
“Dave Who Is Not Dave (and Maybe Never Was)”
It’ll be the second part of a short play double feature for Rhino Fest at Jarvis Square Theater. Showtimes are Friday 9/12 at 7pm, Saturday 9/13 at 5pm, and Sunday 9/14 at 7pm.
Maggie Smith
Play: Calvaria: A Play for Feral Girls written by Maggie Smith
Company: Babes with Blades Theatre Company
Tickets: https://babeswithbladestheatrecompany.thundertix.com/orders/new?performance_id=3177767
Location: Bramble Arts Loft
Dates: September 13th, 2025
Time: 7:30 PM
Play: Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Company: Two Chairs Theatre Co.
Tickets: Free (Just Show Up!)
Location: Trebes Park
Dates: September 27th and 28th, 2025
Times: 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM
Act II
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"Laser Comedy Show"
performed by: Chris Fair*
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"Femalien’s Happy Ending"
Written by: Megan J. Smith
Directed by: Daniel Boughton*
Cast: Daniel Boughton*, Allie Maldonado, Jules Reid, Megan J. Smith
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"(AI)’ll be home for Christmas"
Written by: Estefania Unzueta
Directed by: Eliza Tyron*
Cast: Dante Charlton*, Caitlin Marz
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Emcee
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Technical Team
Lights: Maggie Smith*
Sound: Stephanie Tryon*
House Manager: Maggie Smith* and Brittany Voss*
Production Manager: Maggie Smith* and Brittany Voss*
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* Denotes Company Member
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