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History
SPRING 1999 - The Beginning
March - The original Sirens lineup
Stephnie Weir, Director
Jill Benjamin (through
Fall 1999)
Molly
Erdman
Sarah Gee
Karen Graci (through
Summer 1999)
Lindsey
Harrington
Erin
McEvoy
Rachel Miller (through Summer 1999)
Celeste Pechous (through Winter 1999)
Jacqueline
Stone
May - ImprovOlympic Cagematch winners
SUMMER
1999
June - Opening act at Thursday Night Thing
July / August - Headlining act at Thursday Night
Thing
- Guest Performers at The Playground
August - Lillian Frances becomes new Sirens
director
- Performers at Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins
Theater Festival at the Mary-Aarchie Theater
FALL 1999
October / December - Sirens longform show
at ImprovOlympic
- Guest Performers at The Playground
WINTER
2000
January - Abby Sher joins Sirens (through
Summer 2000)
February 19th & 20th - Created and co-hosted
LAUGH,
an annual 24-hour improvisation and sketch comedy benefit for
Gilda's Club Chicago, a free cancer support community. The event
was held at the Turnaround Theater and raised $3600 in a single
day.
March - Northwestern University's Dance Til Dawn
benefit for Gilda's Club Chicago
- Guest Performers at The Playground
SPRING
2000
April - Open auditions for Sirens are held.
The ensemble welcomes: Megan Grano, Abby
McEnany, and Katie
Watson
- Performs at the Chicago Improv Fesitval at the
Turnaround Theater
SUMMER 2000
July - Guest Performers at The Playground
August - Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins Theater
Festival at Mary-Aarchie
- Guest Performers at The Playground
- Headlining act for the first national Funny Women's
Fest 2000 at the
Viaduct Theater
FALL 2000
September - Guest Performers at The Playground
October - Guest Performers at The Playground
October / December - Sirens creates Token
Male at the Playground
WINTER
2001
January / February - Sirens extends Token Male
for 8 more weeks
March 3rd - 4th - Sirens hosts 2nd Annual LAUGH
festival with Comedy Sportz
SPRING 2001
March - Open auditions for Sirens are
held. The ensemble welcomes Amanda
Davis and Joanna
Buese
Please read the rest of our history at the
Past Shows page. |
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