The Neo-Futurists Extend POP WAITS

Due to popular demand, The Neo-Futurists' current prime time show Pop Waits is extending until March 19. Regular performance dates are Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30pm until March 12. Extension dates are:

Thursday, March 17 at 7:30 p.m. *See special event details below

Friday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 19 at 7:30 p.m.

*Thursday, March 17 is pay-what-you-can St Patrick's Day, so skip all that pinching and help yourself to a complementary beverage from CH Distillery!

Pop Waits

Created by Malic White and Molly Brennan

Directed by Halena Kays

Regular run performances continue through March 12: Thurs/Fri/Sat at 7:30 p.m.

Extension performances run until March 19

Tickets are $20, $10 for students/seniors with ID, or pay-what-you-can on Thursdays.

All performances take place at The Neo-Futurarium, 5153 N. Ashland

For tickets or information, visit www.neofuturists.org or call 773-275-5255.

Pop Waits is a participatory, clown provocation through song. Partners and performers Malic White and Molly Brennan both struggle with depression and rely on music to yank themselves out of despair. With the help of a live band and the audience, White and Brennan call on the powers of their heroes, Iggy Pop and Tom Waits. Through monologues, movement and music, Brennan strips away her penchant for theatricality, while White discovers that building a larger-than-life persona might be the key to survival.

Founded in 2013, CH Distillery is Chicago's only distillery making grain-to-bottle Vodka from Illinois-grown ingredients. CH Distillery & Cocktail Bar is also Chicago's first combination distillery and cocktail bar, taking spirit-driven cocktails and paired cuisine to a new level in its sophisticated West Loop 48-seat lounge. Visit chdistillery.com for more information.

"I think a lot of us are just taught that experimenting is something you do and then you're done. And I'm not done," says Co-creator, Malic White.

Director, Halena Kays says, "Molly and Malic are some of the most wildly entertaining and profoundly smart performers in the city- when they asked if I wanted to collaborate with them I didn't think twice- opportunities to work on something this unique at a theater I love this much with people I admire reminds me why Chicago is home to the best new work in the country. I feel lucky."

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