Archive for March, 2011
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
Fear No ART Chicago airs on WTTW on March 31 @ 10 PM, April 3 @ Noon, April 6 @ 10:30 PM and April 23 @ 11:30 PM. It also airs on WTTWPrime on April 1 @ 4 PM, April 7 @ 4:30 PM and April 9 @ 5 PM Our shoot day started at Read more…
Tags: chicago actress, chicago actresses, chicago artists, chicago arts, chicago theater, chicago theatre, elysabeth alfano, fear no art chicago, joan cusack, joyce piven, piven theater workshop, Piven Theatre Workshop, wttw
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Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
Fear No ART Chicago airs on WTTW on March 31 @ 10 PM, April 3 @ Noon, April 6 @ 10:30 PM and April 23 @ 11:30 PM. It also airs on WTTWPrime on April 1 @ 4 PM, April 7 @ 4:30 PM and April 9 @ 5 PM Due to a tiny budget, Read more…
Tags: artist, Chicago Artist, chicago arts, collage artist, elysabeth alfano, fear no art chicago, playwright, Steppenwolf, this train, Tony Fitzpatrick, wttw
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Monday, March 28th, 2011
Fear No ART Chicago airs on WTTW on March 31 @ 10 PM, April 3 @ Noon, April 6 @ 10:30 PM and April 23 @ 11:30 PM. It also airs on WTTWPrime on April 1 @ 4 PM, April 7 @ 4:30 PM and April 9 @ 5 PM Blair Thomas: what a creative Read more…
Tags: blair thomas, chicago arts, Chicago puppeteer, contemporary puppet theater, elysabeth alfano, fear no art chicago, puppeteer, wttw, wttw prime
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Friday, March 25th, 2011
Fear No Art: Joan Cusack/Joyce Piven, Blair Thomas and Tony Fitzpatrick By Kathryn Born on Mar 23, 2011 in Chicago Art News, Featured She’s back! Elysabeth Alfano, host and creator of the WTTW program “Fear No Art”, returns to the small screen to deliver this 3rd installment of Chicago’s only television show dedicated to art Read more…
Tags: 3rd Episode, blair thomas, elysabeth alfano, fear no art chicago, joan cusack, joyce piven, The Piven Theatre Workshop, Tony Fitzpatrick, wttw, wttw 11, wttw prime
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Friday, March 25th, 2011
Discover the Artist Behind the Art on WTTW – Rare Joan Cusack Interview! In this 3rd episode, join host Elysabeth Alfano and go behind the scenes of the Piven Theatre Workshop with veteran actresses Joan Cusack ( in a rare interview) and Joyce Piven, discover the passion of puppeteer Blair Thomas and get homey with Read more…
Tags: blair thomas, chicago actress, Chicago Artist, Chicago puppeteer, elysabeth alfano, fear no art chicago, Fear No Art Chicago Episode, Fearless Radio, joan cusack, joyce piven, Piven Theatre Workshop, Tony Fitzpatrick, wttw, wttw 11, wttw prime
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Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
Here is a clip from Elysabeth’s show, Fear No Art, on Chicago’s PBS station, WTTW. Joan Cusack began her acting career at The Piven Theatre Worshop, studying under Byne and Joyce Piven and crediting Joyce Piven with being instrumental in her acting career and he “artist mother”. Cusack has twice been nominated for Academy Award Read more…
Tags: Academy Award nominee, American Comedy Award winner, Broadcast Film Critics Assocation Award winner, chicago actress, chicago art, elysabeth alfano, Fear No Art Chicag, fear no art chicago, joan cusack, New York Film Critics Circle Award winner, Saturday Night Live 1985 - 1986 cast member, The Piven Theatre Workshop, wttw
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Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
JOYCE PIVEN (Co-Founder / Artistic Director Emeritus) was one of the founding members and leading actresses at Playwrights’ Theatre, the group that spawned Compass Players and Second City. With Playwright’s Theatre, she played leading roles in Midsummer Nights Dream, The Seagull, The Dybbuk, Round Dance and Caucasian Chalk Circle and studied extensively with Uta Hagen Read more…
Tags: chicago actress, co-formed the Story Theatre Company, Co-Founder and Artistic Director Emeritus of the Piven Theatre, elysabeth alfano, fear no art chicago, founding member of Playwrights' Theatre, joyce piven, Second City Reperatory, wttw
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Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
Blair Thomas has been a practicing puppeteer in Chicago for over 20 years. The summer of 2010 he performed a 5-week run of his award winning solo shows entitled Hard Headed Heart. In the fall of 2008 he conceived, designed and directed The Ox-Herder’s Tale, a Buddhist parable at the Museum of Contemporary Art as Read more…
Tags: blair thomas, chicago art, Chicago Artist, Chicago puppeteer, elysabeth alfano, fear no art chicago
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Monday, March 21st, 2011
Candace Jordan does a nice write up in Candid Candace of her webisode on FearNoARTChicago.com and episode 3 of Fear No ART Chicago on WTTW airing March 31 @ 10 PM. It also airs on WTTW on April 3 @ Noon, April 6 @ 10:30 PM and April 23 @ 11:30 PM, and on WTTWPrime Read more…
Tags: art chicago, blair thomas, Candace Collins Jordan, candace jordan, candid candace, candidcandace.com, elysabeth alfano, fear no art chicago, joan cusack, joyce piven, Tony Fitzpatrick, wttw
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Sunday, March 20th, 2011
Click the below link the hear the podcast on WGN’s The Sunday Papers with the legendary ( I call him Chicago’s Emcee) Rick Kogan. It was a real treat to be on this show. Rick and I discuss episode 3 of Fear No ART Chicago airing on WTTW11 on March 31 @ 10 PM, April Read more…
Tags: blair thomas, elysabeth alfano, fear no art chicago, joan cusack, joyce piven, rick kogan, The sunday papers, Tony Fitzpatrick, WGN, wttw
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