The House Theatre of Chicago to Host GAME NIGHT WITH PETER SAGAL, 6/27

By: May. 21, 2015
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Due to popular demand, The House Theatre of Chicago is excited to announce the second Game Night with Peter Sagal, the host of NPR's quiz game show, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, Saturday, June 27 8pm - 11pm at the new Cards Against Humanity Headquarters, at 1917 N. Elston Ave. Event tickets are $50 and include admission, unlimited game play, and plenty of beer. Prize drawing entries are also available for $5 each, with prizes including a tabletop game package and a Wait Wait... prize package. This event is for ages 21+. Space is limited to 100 guests. Tickets are on sale through The House Theatre of Chicago by calling 773.769.3832 or at theHouseTheatre.com.

Game Night with Peter Sagal is curated and co-hosted by local co-creator of the popular indie game, Cards Against Humanity, Max Temkin. Sagal and Temkin will instruct guests on how to play a selection of interactive art games, video games and tabletop classics. In addition, guests will get the chance to play Temkin's new interactive card game, Slap .45, which completed a Kickstarter with over 2,000 backers, as well as Killer Queen, an impressive 10-player, two-team arcade console game.

"We made so many amazing new friends at our first game night [in October, 2014] that Max, Peter and I were all excited to bring it back as soon as possible. Max has built out an incredible new space, and he's lending not only his growing game resources and expertise, but also this brand new facility to support The House. It's really a gift," said Nathan Allen, The House's Artistic Director.

ABOUT PETER SAGAL

Prior to becoming host of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me in 1998, Peter had a varied career including stints as a playwright, screenwriter, stage director, actor, extra in a Michael Jackson video, travel writer, essayist, ghostwriter and staff writer for a motorcycle magazine. In October 2007, Harper Collins published Peter's first book, The Book of Vice: Naughty Things and How to Do Them, a series of essays about bad behavior, which was released in paperback in 2008. He lives in the Chicago area and serves on the Board of Directors for The House Theatre of Chicago.

ABOUT MAX TEMKIN

Temkin is a designer from Chicago. He is a co-creator of the tabletop games Cards Against Humanity, and created Humans vs. Zombies, Werewolf, and published the video game Samurai Gunn. Active in the political and non-profit sectors, Temkin designs and consults for clients such as Barack Obama, the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He serves on the DonorsChoose.org's National Advisory Council.

ABOUT THE HOUSE THEATRE OF CHICAGO
The House is Chicago's premier home for original works of physical and spectacle storytelling. Founded and led by Artistic Director Nathan Allen and driven by an interdisciplinary ensemble of

Chicago's next generation of great storytellers, The House aims to become a laboratory and platform for the evolution of the American theatre as an inclusive and popular artform.

The House was founded in 2001 by a group of friends to explore connections between Community and Storytelling through a unique theatrical experience. Since becoming eligible in 2004, The House has been nominated for 60 Joseph Jefferson Awards (21 wins) and became the first recipient of Broadway in Chicago's Emerging Theater Award in 2007, and was awarded a National Theatre Company Grant by The American Theatre Wing (founder of the Tony Awards) in 2014. Now entering its 14th year of original work, The House continues its mission to unite Chicago in the spirit of Community through amazing feats of Storytelling.

The House Theatre of Chicago is excited to announce the second Game Night with Peter Sagal, the host of NPR's quiz game show, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, Saturday, June 27, 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. at the new Cards Against Humanity Headquarters, 1917 N. Elston Ave. Event tickets are $50 and include admission, unlimited game play, and beer (other beverages provided). Prize drawing entries are also available for $5 each, with prizes including a tabletop game package and a Wait Wait... prize package. This event is for ages 21+. Space is limited to 100 guests. Tickets on sale through The House Theatre of Chicago by calling 773.769.3832 or at theHouseTheatre.com.



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