CHICAGO-Producer and comedian Tamale Sepp announces the launch of the monthly showcase Brass Chuckles: Comedy that Kicks Ass, to take place on Friday Aug. 31, 2012 at 10 p.m. at the Playground Theater located at 3209 North Halsted Street in Chicago. Admission to the show will be $10.
Brass Chuckles is a comedy show that explores comedy through stand-up, sketch, improv, videos, performance art, live readings of personal narrative work, and other creative methods. The work comes from the artists’ experiences in other worlds of performance- drag, burlesque, fire dancing, belly dancing, and other areas of expression. They play in the intersection of comedy and interdisciplinary performance. It’s comedic self-expression at its finest.
After earning her BS in Agricultural Education and Agricultural Technology Management, Tamale began performing burlesque with the Sissy Butch Brothers Burlesque, travelling far and wide with the international gender performance troupe, Windy City Blenders. Tamale began performing drag with members of the Chicago Kings at events like the International Drag King Extravaganza (IDKE). She then picked up fire dancing, performing with members of SPUNN, Pyrotechnique, and Temple of Poi. The serpentine moves of tribal belly dancing seduced her and she began incorporating them into her performances, taking classes with Read My Hips and KC Medicino. She began playing with installation and multi-disciplinary art, earning her MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts and Media from Columbia College Chicago. Following graduation, she began working with Brigid Murphy (creator of Milly’s Orchid Show) writing personal narrative work.