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35 years of ongoing, ever-changing experimental theater. The Infinite Wrench - every weekend Fri + Sat @ 10:30 | Sun @ 7 neofuturists.org
June 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐬 - your parents' sibling’s kids

𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐭-𝐨𝐟-𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧-

🔧𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇 🔧

😷mask required for entry😷
*we have disposable masks*

tix available online - link in bio📲
walk-ups welcome🚶‍♀️💵💳

#neofuturists #theatre #performanceart #experimental
#thingstodoinchicago
March 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫 - brews more beer than any other city in the US

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇 - writes more plays than any other theater in the US

😷mask required😷
*we have disposable masks*

tix available online - link in bio📲
walk-ups welcome🚶‍♀️💵💳

#neofuturists #theatre #performanceart #experimental
#chicago
March 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
𝐃𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐛𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐞𝐨 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐆𝐲𝐦!

Schedule below:
6:30pm-7:30pm – Exercises led by Connor Shioshita Pickett
7:30pm-8:30pm – Free Work (solo or in pairs & groups)
8:30pm-9:30pm – Showings

#neofuturists #theatre #performanceart #experimental
#thingstodoinchicago
March 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
𝘈 𝘞𝘖𝘙𝘒𝘚𝘏𝘖𝘗 𝘍𝘖𝘙 𝘍𝘐𝘙𝘚𝘛 𝘛𝘐𝘔𝘌 𝘈𝘕𝘋 𝘓𝘖𝘕𝘎-𝘓𝘈𝘗𝘚𝘌𝘋 𝘞𝘙𝘐𝘛𝘌𝘙𝘚, 𝘈𝘙𝘛𝘐𝘚𝘛𝘚 𝘈𝘕𝘋 𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘈𝘛𝘌𝘙-𝘔𝘈𝘒𝘌𝘙𝘚, 𝘈𝘎𝘌𝘚 50+ 

Learn to create stunning self narratives using core Neo-Futurist tenets of honesty, brevity, and transformation in order to create short plays in our unique, non-illusory aesthetic.

𝗘𝗡𝗥𝗢𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬 - 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙞𝙣 𝙗𝙞𝙤📲
March 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐥𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐜 𝐀𝐳𝐭𝐞𝐜 𝐠𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧? 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐭-

🔧𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇 🔧

😷mask required for entry😷
*we have disposable masks*

tix available online - link in bio📲
walk-ups welcome🚶‍♀️💵💳

#neofuturists #theatre #performanceart #experimental
#thingstodoinchicago #chicago
March 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 - the sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings, or

🔧𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇 🔧

😷mask required for entry😷
*we have disposable masks*

tix available online - link in bio📲
walk-ups welcome🚶‍♀️💵💳

#neofuturists #theatre #performanceart #experimental
#thingstodoinchicago #chicago
March 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʟʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ᴋɴᴏᴡ - ʟɪɴᴄᴏʟɴ ʙɪᴏ

🔧𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇 🔧 - feat. aussie, Andres, Connor, Emma & Annie w/ Andrew in the booth!

😷mask required for entry😷
*we have disposable masks*

tix available online
walk-ups welcome🚶‍♀️💵💳

#neofuturists #theatre #performanceart #experimental
#thingstodoinchicago
March 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
𝙂𝙚𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙬-𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝-𝙟𝙞𝙣𝙭 𝙖𝙩 𝙉𝙚𝙤 𝙊𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙂𝙮𝙢!

The Neo Open Gym is a combination of guided exercises, free work, and sharings. Schedule is below:

6:30pm-7:30pm – Exercises led by Connor Shioshita Pickett
7:30pm-8:30pm – Free Work
8:30pm-9:30pm – Showings

$𝟮𝟬 ~ 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙞𝙣 𝙗𝙞𝙤📲
March 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡 𝗧𝗢 𝗗𝗢 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗪𝗘 𝗗𝗢 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗦𝗧!

Explore core Neo-Futurist tenets of honesty, brevity, and transformation in order to create short plays in our unique, non-illusory aesthetic.

$300 FOR AN 8-WEEK COURSE

𝗘𝗡𝗥𝗢𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬 ~ 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙞𝙣 𝙗𝙞𝙤📲

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March 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Reposted by The Neo-Futurists
Just saw this and it was really good AND everyone was required to wear a mask 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
“… a funny, unexpected, melancholy and thoughtful treatise on what it means when the perception of others is what you chase, because you can’t stand your perception of yourself.” - Chicago Theatre Review

Tix in bio📲

#neofuturists #theatre #performanceart #experimental
#thingstodoinchicago
February 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
DON’T MISS THE LAST WEEK OF PERFORMANCES!🚬🍺😎

😎𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗢𝗟😎
Created by Neil Bhandari
Directed by Anna Gelman
Technical Design by Amelia Osborn

Tix and info in bio.

#neofuturists #theatre #performanceart #theater #experimental
#thingstodoinchicago #chicago
February 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Reposted by The Neo-Futurists
funny, unexpected, melancholy, thoughtful! my calling cards as a director, you're hearing it more and more
“… a funny, unexpected, melancholy and thoughtful treatise on what it means when the perception of others is what you chase, because you can’t stand your perception of yourself.” - Chicago Theatre Review

Tix in bio📲

#neofuturists #theatre #performanceart #experimental
#thingstodoinchicago
February 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟖 - year of the first paid stunt in cinema

𝐔𝐩𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐟 - the stunt

$𝟓 - amount paid for the first paid stunt

𝟏,𝟕𝟏𝟒 - most cartwheels in one hour

𝟏𝟏𝟗𝐟𝐭 𝟗𝐢𝐧 - longest dirt bike jump

𝟏𝟓𝟐 - most toilet paper rolls balanced on the head
February 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“… a funny, unexpected, melancholy and thoughtful treatise on what it means when the perception of others is what you chase, because you can’t stand your perception of yourself.” - Chicago Theatre Review

Tix in bio📲

#neofuturists #theatre #performanceart #experimental
#thingstodoinchicago
February 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
“[A] poignant look at how the desire to be “cool” can color and distort one’s life from a young age” -Chicago Reader

😎𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗢𝗟😎
Created by Neil Bhandari

Tix and info in bio.

#neofuturists #theatre #performanceart #theater #experimental
#thingstodoinchicago #chicago
February 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙒𝙚𝙚𝙠. 𝙉𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙒𝙚𝙚𝙠. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝘼𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩. 𝘿𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙬:

😎𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗢𝗟😎
Created by Neil Bhandari
Directed by Anna Gelman
Technical Design by Amelia Osborn

Tix and info in bio

#neofuturists #theatre #performanceart #experimental
#thingstodoinchicago #chicago
February 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐨-𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝟒𝟗 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐚 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫🎭

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇- feat. aussie, Andres, Jasmine, Abby, Emma, Annie & Abby w/ Kira in the booth!

buy ur tix online - link in bio📲
walk-ups welcome🚶‍♀️💵💳

#neofuturists #theatre #performanceart #experimental
#thingstodoinchicago #chicago
February 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Reposted by The Neo-Futurists
I am so happy to know that this CD is still being listened to (I spent three years of my life producing it circa 1995-97). A fun time capsule of some great shows and performances that were life-changing for me.

cc: @theneo-futurists.bsky.social
I accidentally got two Too Much Light CDs as Christmas gifts lol, they have the same contents but I don’t mind, having two is nice :]
January 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚙 𝚠/ 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙽𝚎𝚘-𝙵𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚜! 🚨𝙾𝙽𝙴-𝙽𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚃-𝙾𝙽𝙻𝚈🚨

🗓️𝚂𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝟸𝟻𝚝𝚑
⏰𝙰𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙸𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚆𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚑

🎟️𝙱𝚞𝚢 𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍
💸𝙿𝚆𝚈𝙲 𝚝𝚒𝚡 𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 ~ l𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒o📲

#neofuturists #theatre #performanceart #theater #experimental
#thingstodoinchicago #chicago
January 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Reposted by The Neo-Futurists
January 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
“𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗵” 𝗢𝗿, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁. 𝗯𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝗻 𝗞𝗲𝗿𝗿-𝗛𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝘇𝗶 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗶𝘁

See this and 29 plays more at…

🔧𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇 🔧

tix available online - link in bio📲

#neofuturists #theatre #performanceart
#thingstodoinchicago #chicago
January 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
𝘼𝙇𝙇 𝙔𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝙁𝘼𝙑𝙊𝙍𝙄𝙏𝙀 𝙉𝙀𝙊𝙎 𝘼𝙏 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙎𝘼𝙈𝙀 𝙏𝙄𝙈𝙀!🤯🤩🥳

🏆𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗪𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗛 𝗕𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰🏆

𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟲𝘁𝗵 - 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟱𝘁𝗵
𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 & 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 @ 𝟭𝟬:𝟯𝟬
𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 @ 𝟳

tix available online - link in the bio📲
walk-ups welcome🚶‍♀️💵💳

#neofuturists #theatre #performanceart #theater #experimental
#thingstodoinchicago
December 2, 2024 at 11:15 PM
Reposted by The Neo-Futurists
The Neo Futurists (@theneo-futurists.bsky.social) is in Chicago and actively involved in the local community by offering their main ongoing show The Infinite Wrench which is 30 plays in 60 minutes. They’re the literal definition of gotta go fast in play form!
November 25, 2024 at 5:00 PM
🔧𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇 🔧 - feat. Emma, Andres, Neil, Dan, & Trent w/ Amelia in the booth!

Friday + Saturday @ 𝟏𝟎:𝟑𝟎
Sunday @ 𝟕

tix available online - link in bio📲

🎨: Lara Johnson

#neofuturists #theatre #performanceart #theater #experimental
#thingstodoinchicago #chicago #collage #collageart
November 22, 2024 at 6:54 PM