Parody isn\’t as harsh as a lampoon. It doesn\’t bite as deep as satire. Parody is a loving form of flattery, taking something familiar because it\’s well loved, and having some fun with its petticoats. My all time TV favorite shows were those that featured sketch comedy. There was something so friendly about seeing the …
Oh, yes, it\’s been a while coming, and here it is. It\’s like Comedy Central when some of our Gilda Shedstecker Presents! players in solo action steal the spotlight. Happy New Year, our first production of 2016 is a party for our audience, our friends! When I directed Tammy Zinkhon Hyde in the one-woman show …
I\’m so excited to ring in the new! Here it is, another show. Going back to the satirical and wicked comedy we love, Gilda Shedstecker Presents! is in production on a Christopher Durang double feature. Coming in April, we pair the one-act plays The Actor\’s Nightmare with Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You. …
Tickets for Gilda Shedstecker Presents! Abraham Lincoln\’s Big Gay Dance Party, by Aaron Loeb are now on sale! This play is in turn outrageously funny and frighteningly serious as it tells the story of the \”Trial of the Century:\” An elementary school teacher is fired in Menard County, Illinois, when her 4th grade Christmas pageant …
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All right, now. And the knee jerks. Let\’s calm down, people! The question has been asked, how dare we besmirch the inviolable name of everyone\’s beloved Abraham Lincoln?! I\’m referring, of course, to the title of the next Gilda Shedstecker Presents! show coming in February. It seems offense is taken based on the idea that …
