ABOUT THIS SHOW
It's Angels in America meets Snakes on a Plane, but with DRUGS! Time travel with Trauma Clown John Michael who creates a space to mourn and celebrate those who we might have lost. This show raises awareness about narcan and offers us a chance to go back for a do-over.
The first five minutes of his monologue is perhaps the most sexually explicit you’ll ever hear in live quasi-mainstream theatre...I left smiling and basking in the authenticity of it all.
— Snappy Critic
Additional information on Narcan will be provided on site by the Community Outreach Intervention Projects, School of Public Health University of Illinois at Chicago.
About John Michael
John Michael is an award-winning international performance artist/trauma clown. What is that? Exactly...He creates interactive comedies about tough-to-talk-about topics that use audience participation to create a party vibe full of beaputiful calamity. He has created 10 original plays including: John Michael and the Order of the Penix, Dementia Me, It’s Not All About You John Michae, The A-Gays-Stillwater Oklahoma and Meatball Seance which has been performed in five countries if you count Florida. He studied theater in Stillwater, Oklahoma at Oklahoma State University. It was there he created his very first show Would You Like Guys With That? about coming out of the closet while working at McDonald's.
Artist Links: @jmsilly
About the Community Outreach Intervention Projects
The Community Outreach Intervention Projects (“COIP”), School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago was founded in 1986 to address HIV/AIDS, particularly among people who use drugs. COIP operates from storefront sites in Austin, Humboldt Park, West Englewood, South Chicago, and Uptown. Other neighborhoods are served by COIP’s motorhome and mobile van units. COIP’s interventions are known for their use of the Indigenous Leader Outreach Model, which employs former drug users to deliver services and assist in conducting research. More information can be found on their website at: https://coip.uic.edu/about-coip/
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Due to the high volume and wide breadth of work we present, we are often not able to proactively offer content advisories for individual performances. However, if you have specific concerns about stage effects (such as strobe lights or fog/haze) that might have a bearing on comfort or well-being, or if you would like to know more about the age appropriateness of the performance, please contact the box office at 312-335-1650.
accessible PERFORMANCE
ASL interpretation will be provided for the Sunday, June 30 at 3pm performance.
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Content Advisory
Due to the high volume and wide breadth of work we present, we are often not able to proactively offer content advisories for individual performances. However, if you have specific concerns about stage effects (such as strobe lights or fog/haze) that might have a bearing on comfort or well-being, or if you would like to know more about the age appropriateness of the performance, please contact the box office at 312-335-1650.
accessible PERFORMANCE
ASL interpretation will be provided for the Sunday, June 30 at 3pm performance.