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Photos: First Look at Barrel of Monkeys' THAT'S WEIRD, GRANDMA: HOLIDAY STORIES

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Barrel of Monkeys celebrates the season with THAT'S WEIRD, GRANDMA: Holiday Stories, a festive line-up of sketches and songs written by kids and inspired by the holidays, winter, elves, gift-giving and much more! THAT'S WEIRD, GRANDMA: Holiday Stories will play Mondays at 8 pm - plus a special weekend of added holiday performances - now through December 23, 2017 at the Neo-Futurist Theater, 5153 N. Ashland Ave. in Chicago. The press opening is Monday, December 11 at 8 pm. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Directed by Artistic Director Brandon Cloyd, THAT'S WEIRD, GRANDMA features stories conceived and written by Chicago elementary school students and adapted for the stage and performed by Barrel of Monkeys Company Members.

THAT'S WEIRD, GRANDMA: Holiday Stories features Barrel of Monkeys Company Members Ashley Bland, Barry Irving, Mari Marroquin, Meredith Milliron, Deanna Myers, Caleb Probst, Bradford Stevens, Mary Tilden, Gwen Tulin and Rawson Vint.

Clever and funny - touching and poignant - the collection of short sketches and songs featured in THAT'S WEIRD, GRANDMA is equally entertaining for adults and children. The line-up of the long-running, critically-acclaimed revue changes each week by audience vote, so no two shows are ever the same.

Tickets are available at www.barrelofmonkeys.org or by calling (773) 506-7140.

Photo Credit: Evan Hanover

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Barrel of Monkeys company member Barry Irving with (back) Bradford Stevens, Rawson Vint and Mari Marroquin perform 'The Deer in a School'

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Barrel of Monkeys company members Deanna Myers, Rawson Vint, Meredith Milliron, Bradford Stevens and Mari Marroquin perform 'Santa's Mean Day'

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Barrel of Monkeys company members Barry Irving, Ashley Bland, Mari Marroquin, Deanna Myers, Bradford Stevens and Caleb Probst perform 'The Crazy Reindeer'

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Barrel of Monkeys company members Caleb Probst, Meredith Milliron and Ashley Bland perform 'The Time We Had a Snowball Fight'

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Barrel of Monkeys company members Ashley Bland and Barry Irving perform 'Day of the Dark'

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Barrel of Monkeys company members Deanna Myers and Meredith Milliron perform 'The Battle of Ice and Lava: Go Bears'

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Barrel of Monkeys company members Mari Marroquin and Barry Irving perform 'Tilly, Thunder, and Bob'

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Barrel of Monkeys company members Barry Irving, Meredith Milliron, Deanna Myers, Caleb Probst, Rawson Vint and Mari Marroquin perform 'Dear Hidolya'



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