Nasty, Brutish & Short
(NBS) is a Chicago-based cabaret of contemporary short-form puppet and object based theater for adult audiences. The cabaret provides an opportunity for professional quality puppet artists to perform new work, fosters creative exchange between puppet artists of different generations and specialties, and introduces audiences to innovative and compelling puppet theatre.
Presented by Links Hall and curated by Taylor Bibat and Mike Oleon. It is funded in part by the Puppet Slam Network (a project of IBEX Puppetry).
Below are selected past works and artist bios from NBS’s inception in 2011 to 2013
2013
3/4
Curated by Julia Miller and MikeOleon
Noah Ginex, Taylor Bibat, and Adam McAleavey
Adam McAleavey with Ellen DeSitter
Sam Deutsch
Glen Kelly and Jill Frederickson
Helen Jones and Paper Boat Group
Rough House; directed by Mike Oleon, written by Shelley Geiszler, performed by Kay Kron,Sarah Noel Rush, Nathan Edmondson and Courtney Kearney
Nasty, Brutish & Short will also feature Sam Hertz, Blake Russell, URiEL, Aaron Weissman, and Jessie Winslow
2012
12/10
9/17
Mike Oleon
Kat Pleviak
Davey K
Alexander Knapp
Emmy Bean
Kieran Krendall and Tien Tran
Christopher Knowlton
Kathryn Conaway & Kaley Cross
Taylor Bibat & Jessica Simon
3/5
Lacy Campbell
Sean Ewert
Kasey Foster
Jessica Hudson
Davey K.
Spencer Lott
Manual Cinema
Adam McAleavey
One Whole Asian Productions
Terry Reimer
2011
12/5
Curated by Julia Miller and Jessica Simon.
Taylor Bibat
Rough House
Erika Friesth and The Nerdologues
Kat Pleviak
Sam Deutsch
Davey K with Ian Fullerton and Stephen Lieto
Sid Branca
Jason Adams
Adam McAleavey with Arne Parrot and Andrew Howard
9/26
Curated by
Julia Miller and Jessica Simon
Lizi Breit
Liz Schachterle
Jill Frederickson
Lolly Extract & Erik Deshaun Dorris
Dan Kerr-Hobert
Sam Deutsch & Aaron Weissman
Mike Oleon & Meredith Miller
Amber Marsh
Kat Pleviak
Jessica Simon
3/7
Jason Adams’ Clipper Ship Spectacular
The Noah Ginex Puppet Company: featuring Dan Kerr-Hobert and LiziBreit with music performed by John Bliss.
Jessica Simon: performed by Julia Miller, Drew Dir, and Sarah Fornace, sounds by Ben Kauffman
Manual Cinema
The Royal We are Max Wirt, MasonFidino, and Sophia Hamilton.
Meredith Miller
Emmy Bean’s Baby