Welcome everyone, to the backstage tour of the Chicago Premiere of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson! FYI: this photo gallery (not unlike our show) is BYOB. So crack one open, and proceed.
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Somewhere... in the heart of the Second City... in an abandoned Masonic Temple... on the 4th floor of the Peoples Church... in historic Uptown... Some serious, serious shit is about to go down.
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"If performance is your religion, then the theater is your church." --Andrew Jackson (not really)
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Our gracious hosts, The National Pastime Theater.
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That's right. This ain't your grandparent's lobby sign.
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Oh yeah. This is what I look like.
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Our Bloody Box Office. These tickets don't sell themselves...
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That's Geoff Bleeker. Our production manager. His job (amongst many others) is to hold that wall up so the building doesn't collapse. This ain't Broadway, people.
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What did I tell you? We goin BACKstage.
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Judy, Sam, and Brit. Gettin ready to get all sex-ified.
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That's Tiffany. Our A-ASM. The extra A stands for Awesome. Great hair, right?
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The men's dressing room. I almost fit!
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Our Lyncoya! Luke (Lukoya) Emano. (not pictured: Dylan "Dylyncoya" Lainez)
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Harter Clingman... you make this shit look easy.
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Now were getting somewhere... (set design ass kick by Nick Sieben)
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Boo-ya.
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Yup. I do stuff like this during the show.
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One of the many murals that cover the walls of the theater. Est. 1925.
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Soon... these seats will be packed full of those eager for an emo-rock history lesson. Now, it's just Luke, Harter and Patrick.
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Beethoven Festival 2012. Leavin their mark on the walls.
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Nothing says Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson like an Alexis De Tocqueville face puppet.
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Lookin GOOD, Michel Foucault.
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Patrick Rooney says: "Open the rock-star gates, beotch."
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And now: Obligatory gratuitous actor warm-up pics...
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..continued...
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I do this on purpose, actually...
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TMI?
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Varris Holmes. Aka: Black Fox. Aka: Henry Clay. Aka: The Intelligentsia.
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Even our vocal warmups look cool.
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Right, Tanner Smale?!
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Mr. Mark LeBeau on the ivories, ladies and gentlemen.
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Um, Matt. Why are you taking pictures of vocal warmup? This isn't going to be on the Internet, is it?"
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FIGHT CALL!
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Mic check!
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That's where the band would be. If the band were here. But the band gets here when the band damn well wants to. Cause they're the band. Dig?
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The band is clearly not happy with my comment on that last pic.
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Matt Holzfeind's profile photo Matt Holzfeind - The lovely Sam Dubina (our Rachel Jackson) and Michel... Looks like I have some competition.
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Sam is getting ready for out onstage blood letting scene. Totally method, right here.
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The Bloody Bloody Guitar. All Hail.
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Combination Star's Dressing Room and Utility Closet. Hey, in Chicago we're all about consolidation.
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Puttin on the mic.
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Guy-liner time! Uber-attractive.
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Keep it goin...
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That's a president I'd vote for.
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Kyle Gibson's gotta get his guy-line on too.
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Judy Steele, our effervescent Storyteller, is gettin in the zone.
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Our nightly powwow. "Bloody Bloody, on three!!"
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Sam's one-armed pushups would seem cool... if she weren't next to Varris's one-fingered pushups.
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Save it for the stage, you two.
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Brittney Townsley, ladies and gents. Breakin hearts.
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"Oops, did you catch us being sexy?"
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Brit and Mark. Ready to roll.
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Me and the band. "I'm Not That Guy"
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Requisite spotlighted guitar solo.
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"Andrew Jackson was born..."
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Getting my ass kicked by the British.
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Saloon scene.
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The Founding Fathers (dancing to "Let's Have a Kiki")
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Rock Star Unveiled!
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Patrick Rooney and Matt Deitchman, sing "Second Nature".
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Sam watches from off... "There goes Matt, chewing the scenery again."
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The aftermath...
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And... as a fitting final image: stalwart Stage Manager, Heather Stuck, cleaning the blood out of... well... everything. Thanks ya'll! Hope you enjoyed! And don't forget to vote...
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