News & Upcoming Performances
'After 30' Pilot Available to Watch Online!
Bitter Jester Creative, an Emmy® award-winning production company established in 2001, is proud to present "After 30," a sitcom pilot featuring members of The Comic Thread sketch comedy troupe (BEST GROUP: Los Angeles Comedy Festival; AUDIENCE CHOICE: Chicago Fringe Fest).
"Brilliant" according to SNL alumni Garrett Morris, The Comic Thread has performed across the country and in Canada since 2010 and throughout Chicagoland since 1998. Now "Chicago's finest sketch troupe" (Cinema Without Borders, LA) brings its brand of "exceptionally funny comedy" (Express Milwaukee) to the screen in this pilot for one of their sitcoms currently in development. For a selection short films by Bitter Jester and The Comic Thread, visit: vimeopro.com/bitterjester/digital-shorts
Bitter Jester Creative and The Comic Thread are managed by Pooka Entertainment. Please contact Kevin Cleary for all media, booking, and development inquiries: Kevin@PookaProductions.com
Check it out here: http://vimeopro.com/bitterjester/after-30-pilot
"Brilliant" according to SNL alumni Garrett Morris, The Comic Thread has performed across the country and in Canada since 2010 and throughout Chicagoland since 1998. Now "Chicago's finest sketch troupe" (Cinema Without Borders, LA) brings its brand of "exceptionally funny comedy" (Express Milwaukee) to the screen in this pilot for one of their sitcoms currently in development. For a selection short films by Bitter Jester and The Comic Thread, visit: vimeopro.com/bitterjester/digital-shorts
Bitter Jester Creative and The Comic Thread are managed by Pooka Entertainment. Please contact Kevin Cleary for all media, booking, and development inquiries: Kevin@PookaProductions.com
Check it out here: http://vimeopro.com/bitterjester/after-30-pilot
August 1-22, 2014
My Favorite Mikes: An Improv Show
My Favorite Mikes is an Improv Show featuring some fantastic improvisers that Jessica Antes loves to watch and perform with. The amazing fact is that they are all named Mike! Come see this great mix of players with a new show each Friday night in August. Some weeks we may even bring in some extra special guest Mikes! (Stay tuned!)
Featuring: Jessica Antes, Michael Carothers, Mike Finn, Mike Migdall, Michael Lackos, and Mike Gifford
Directed by Rachael Mason
Stage Manager: Dujuan Pritchett
Fridays in August (1, 8, 15, & 22) at 7:30pm at Donny's Skybox Theater 1608 N Wells St. 4th Floor
Tickets available online at www.secondcity.com or call 312-337-3992
$12, $10 Students, $6 for SCTC Students
Featuring: Jessica Antes, Michael Carothers, Mike Finn, Mike Migdall, Michael Lackos, and Mike Gifford
Directed by Rachael Mason
Stage Manager: Dujuan Pritchett
Fridays in August (1, 8, 15, & 22) at 7:30pm at Donny's Skybox Theater 1608 N Wells St. 4th Floor
Tickets available online at www.secondcity.com or call 312-337-3992
$12, $10 Students, $6 for SCTC Students
June 29th - August 10th , 2014
Truth Decay: A Second City Training Center Music Conservatory Graduation Sketch Revue
Sometimes people aren't who they seem. Sometimes people think they are better than they actually are. Sometimes, just sometimes, a person just wants to shut out the world, and eat a box of donuts all by themselves! Just us? OK then. We'll just pretend we're all good people and call it a day in a world of Truth Decay.
This musical sketch show is a collection of sketches and songs that we have spent a year as an ensemble creating while improvsing, singing and laughing together. We really hope you can come check it out!
Cast
Jessica Antes, Glenn Abel, Julia DiFerdinando, Daniel Ennion, Tina Gluschenko, Paul Iutzi, Brian Morrow, and Allison Taylor
Directed by Anthony LeBlanc
Musical Direction by Stephanie McCullough Vlcek
Technical Direction by Dujuan Pritchett
A Music Conservatory Revue
Sundays @ 8pm following Infinite Sundaes
July 20th, 27th, August 3rd, and August 10th is the real deal guys and gals!
Donny’s Skybox Theater 1608 N Wells ST
This musical sketch show is a collection of sketches and songs that we have spent a year as an ensemble creating while improvsing, singing and laughing together. We really hope you can come check it out!
Cast
Jessica Antes, Glenn Abel, Julia DiFerdinando, Daniel Ennion, Tina Gluschenko, Paul Iutzi, Brian Morrow, and Allison Taylor
Directed by Anthony LeBlanc
Musical Direction by Stephanie McCullough Vlcek
Technical Direction by Dujuan Pritchett
A Music Conservatory Revue
Sundays @ 8pm following Infinite Sundaes
July 20th, 27th, August 3rd, and August 10th is the real deal guys and gals!
Donny’s Skybox Theater 1608 N Wells ST
July 11-August 8th, 2014
Positively Selfish: A Second City Directing Program Showcase
Directed by Anna Lucero
Featuring: Rob Grabowski, Jessica Antes, Alex Manich, Nancy Fast, Michael Carothers and Kenzie Siebert
Stage Manager: Keri Mack
Musical Director: John Sturk
Fridays at 10:30pm from July 11 - August 8
Tickets: $12 - General, $10 - Students and $6 - Training Center Students
Order Online: http://www.secondcity.com/training/chicago/performances
Call: 312-337-3992
Featuring: Rob Grabowski, Jessica Antes, Alex Manich, Nancy Fast, Michael Carothers and Kenzie Siebert
Stage Manager: Keri Mack
Musical Director: John Sturk
Fridays at 10:30pm from July 11 - August 8
Tickets: $12 - General, $10 - Students and $6 - Training Center Students
Order Online: http://www.secondcity.com/training/chicago/performances
Call: 312-337-3992
August 3, 2013
Milwaukee Comedy Festival with The Comic Thread
Jessica will be joining the cast of the Chicago sketch group, The Comic Thread (http://www.bitterjester.com/tct/) for her second year at the 2013 Milwaukee Comedy Festival!
The Comic Thread is one of Chicago's oldest sketch comedy troupes. Consisting of a rotating ensemble with several main members, TCT's core group of writers, directors, producers, and crew have been closely collaborating since 1998.
The Comic Thread won BEST GROUP at the 2011 LA Comedy Festival and AUDIENCE CHOICE at the 2012 Chicago Fringe Fest.
Milwaukee Comedy Fest Schedule and info: http://festival.milwaukeecomedy.com/
The Comic Thread is one of Chicago's oldest sketch comedy troupes. Consisting of a rotating ensemble with several main members, TCT's core group of writers, directors, producers, and crew have been closely collaborating since 1998.
The Comic Thread won BEST GROUP at the 2011 LA Comedy Festival and AUDIENCE CHOICE at the 2012 Chicago Fringe Fest.
Milwaukee Comedy Fest Schedule and info: http://festival.milwaukeecomedy.com/
July 2013
Just the Tip Presents: 'Hot Chateau' A Live Sitcom
Just the Tip is so excited to put up their very first LIVE SITCOM, 'Hot Chateau'!
'Hot Chateau features the ladies of Just the Tip (Jessica Antes, Meg Grunewald, Bess Boswell & Julia Lippert) as four loveably awful characters that live in the infamous, and now shut down, Single Room Occupancy (SRO) Hotel Chateau located in Chicago's East Lakeview neighborhood at Grace and Broadway.
With a new episode each week, the endearing stories of these misfits are told through the honest humor of their character as they struggle to survive in a long-term hotel pitted against society’s villains. Each episode will have a unique story, such as the residents trying to save the Chateau from health inspectors or a Loyola graduate student moving into the hotel to do research on the psychological impacts of their impoverished lives.
The four central residents of the hotel are:
Tammy Tammy No Panty (Bess Boswell), an Arkansas road slut
Lavender (Jessica Antes), a teenage runaway
Ramona (Julia Lippert), a street hustler
and Loretta (Meg Grunewald), a glamorous 80 year old hoarder.
The Show is directed by Jack Thurston Farrell
The supporting characters will be community members, aldermen, residents, videographers, cops, and whoever else is sucked into the hotel, all performed by guest comedians each week. We also have a LIVE HOUSE BAND playing throughout the show!
DONT WORRY! If you can't make one, we will recap at the beginning of each episode, as told by a guest stand-up comic what you missed in the previous episodes. Each story stands on its own, so come for one or see the whole 4 episode series!
Here's the Schedule:
Episode 1: Thursday, July 11th at 8pm
Episode 2: Thursday, July 18th at 8pm
Episode 3: Thursday, July 25th at 8pm
Episode 4: Thursday, August 1st at 9:30pm
Tickets are $10 and include 1 drink ticket!
The Pub House Theatre 3914 N Clark st, Chicago
1-800-650-6449
Order online here: http://pubhousetheatre.com/hotel-de-chateau/
Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/events/291744804305304/
We hope to see you there! This show is gonna be nuts!
May-June 2013
'Blender'
A Night of Improvisation -- Featuring a Blended Cast of SCTC Faculty, Students, and Grads.
Cast: Rich Alfonso, Jessica Antes, Jeff Bouthiette, Kate Cohen, Emily Fightmaster, Scott Goehring, Andy Herren, John Hildreth, Jenna Steege, Jay Steigmann, Stacey Smith, Jay Sukow, Tiffani Swalley, and Molly Todd
Fridays at 9 PM. May 31, June 7, June 14 and June 21
Tickets: $13 - General, $10 - Students and $8 - Training Center Students
http://www.secondcity.com/training/chicago/performances/
Cast: Rich Alfonso, Jessica Antes, Jeff Bouthiette, Kate Cohen, Emily Fightmaster, Scott Goehring, Andy Herren, John Hildreth, Jenna Steege, Jay Steigmann, Stacey Smith, Jay Sukow, Tiffani Swalley, and Molly Todd
Fridays at 9 PM. May 31, June 7, June 14 and June 21
Tickets: $13 - General, $10 - Students and $8 - Training Center Students
http://www.secondcity.com/training/chicago/performances/
June 2013
Chicago Women's Funny Festival (CWFF)
Come to Stage 773 at 1225 W Belmont Ave, Chicago
Jessica will be performing in 4 SHOWS!
Thursday, June 6th at 8pm: Sketch Comedy with Half & Half
Thursday, June 6th at 10pm: Improv with Lady Jam
Friday, June 7th at 8pm: Sketch Comedy with Just the Tip
Saturday, June 8th at 11pm: Sketch Comedy with Stank Face
http://www.chicagowomensfunnyfestival.com/
Jessica will be performing in 4 SHOWS!
Thursday, June 6th at 8pm: Sketch Comedy with Half & Half
Thursday, June 6th at 10pm: Improv with Lady Jam
Friday, June 7th at 8pm: Sketch Comedy with Just the Tip
Saturday, June 8th at 11pm: Sketch Comedy with Stank Face
http://www.chicagowomensfunnyfestival.com/
