Gab Bonesso Tonight!

Don't forget that Tonight at 8pm! the Red Masquers' own Gab Bonesso is performing her own brand of underground comedy in our above-ground Peter Mills Theater. Teaming up with her partner in crime, an inflatable shark named Phineas voiced by Jay Keenan, she will deliver a night of laugh-out-loud comedy. Gab has been working the Pittsburgh comedy scene since 2002 and has been seen in the Funny Bone, Brillobox, and Club Cafe, as well as on the airwaves with radio personality John McIntire. Here are a few words from the comedienne herself:

You guys have to come this show on Saturday it’s going to be AWESOME. Phineas and I are doing a scene from Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Comic: Tim Dimond will be doing some highly-intelligent comedy about string theory, Improv Actor/Writer: Sean Collier will be insulting your taste in cinema, Host: John McIntire will be spreading his lefty, Commie propaganda and I, Dr. Gab, will be talking about my dead father, American Idol and found art. If nothing else, it should be interesting. Tickets are ONLY $10 for general admission. Students, Artists and Old people get in for $5 and Duquesne Students enter FREE. The show begins at 8PM in The Peter Mills Auditorium located on Duquesne Campus (600 Forbes Avenue) in Rockwell Hall.
If you think you have more interesting plans, you're probably wrong. Come on down and laugh out loud! Let's pack the house!

A Message From John

Thanks everyone for coming to crew on Sunday! The set looks great and after several attempts, blood, sweat, tears and hair falling out — we actually have a garage door that works! Thanks all for staying so late and getting it all done!

And don't forget about Gab Bonesso, alumni comedienne and radio personality, performing on our stage. Spread the word — the show is free to all Duquesne students and I am really hoping for a packed house! The show also features Jay Keenan as the voice of a plastic, blow-up shark! Absurdity abounds — please all come!

-lane


Gab Bonesso's show is this Saturday April 4th at 8pm in Peter Mills Theater. More information is available here.

Important End-of-Semester Information

One Acts becomes Showcase
To save our sanity at the end of the semester and showcase our talents on multiple levels, this year's One Acts for Charity has been changed to a Directing II and Playwriting I & II showcase. Eight plays by the Playwrighting students will be directed by Duquesne's first-ever crop of Directing II students. We will still hold auditions (to be announced at a later date) as we would have for One Acts, and since this project requires so many parts there is no lack of opportunities to get involved! We will also be collecting money for a charity to be determined, so there are no losers in this equation. The Showcase will be held on April 29, our Reading Day, to leave everyone free to enjoy Banquet and Finals Week without worrying about their extracurricular theater activities. This leads to our next announcement...

Banquet!
Woo! Banquet is scheduled for Friday May 1 this year. Keep your calendars open! Banquet is our end of the year get-together at a local restaurant to celebrate all that we have accomplished over the year. Anyone involved in a Red Masquers show this year is invited. Guests are also welcome. More information is coming soon. Speaking of Banquet...

General Meeting April 17, 2009
We will have our bi-annual general meeting on Friday, April 17 at 6pm. The most important thing we will discuss at this time is the executive board and chair positions for next year. If you are interested in running for a position you MUST attend this meeting. If you are interested in attaining a chair position (lights, sound, set, house, social, hair and make-up, public relations, costume), please speak to the current chair of that position. We need AS MANY MASQUERS AS POSSIBLE to come to this meeting for nominations. After nominations, we will then talk about...
Voting
Voting for this year's executive board (and ham sandwich) will take place from Monday April 27 through Thursday April 30. Voting for this year's executive board (and ham sandwich) will take place in the English office on the sixth floor of College Hall. Voting for this year's executive board (and ham sandwich) will be explained in greater detail at the general meeting. Don't forget to vote for this year's executive board (and ham sandwich)!
Comedian Gab Bonesso!
Fabulous Red Masquer alumna, comedian, actress, and radio personality Gab Bonesso is coming to do a show in Peter Mills Theater on April 4th at 8pm. This hilarious act also features our own Jay Keenan in several of the skits. Definitely not worth missing. Tickets are $10, but FREE with a DU ID.

Summer Company Auditions
This year's Summer Company auditions will be held April 19 from 1-4pm and April 20 from 6-10pm. The Summer Company is a theater company founded by Jay Keenan and John Lane of Duquesne University and Steve Fatla of Carlow University. They perform in Peter Mills Theater and are tied very close to the Red Masquers. For more information email John Lane at jelppt@aol.com.


As always, if you have any questions at all or see any misinformation in the above copius notes, please email us at redmasquers@gmail.com.

Brillobox Underground Comedy Night

Previously mentioned alumnus Gab Bonesso says,

"Underground Comedy Show on Tuesday, Feb. 10th hosted by me (Dr. Gab) and it's FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't miss this... You will regret it! PLUS... I will open the show with a tune on my silver trumpet! Take that, Miles Davis!!!! "

Brillobox Underground Comedy Night
Every Second Tuesday of the Month 9-11pm
Next Show: February 10, 2009
The Brillobox

On the Red Masquers Awesomemeter, a Gab Bonesso show ranks about a 7.4. Seriously, the chart is right there. Now you've got your Tuesdays in order. First Tuesdays on campus. Second Tuesdays at the Brillobox.

Bonesso-Keenan Comedy Act Tonight!

This message was posted on the Red Masquers Facebook page this morning by Masquers alumnus and local comedian Gab Bonesso:

Hey Red Masquers!!!! (For those of you over the age of 21) Jay Keenan and I are performing in a comedy show at The Club Cafe in the South Side tonight at 7PM. Don't miss this shiz!!! John Lane will give you extra credit and masquer points!!! (Not confirmed by John Lane at this time.)