RC Riley

RC Riley

RC Riley began writing as a means of healing. One day, a co-worker told her she should perform her stories. Although at first she was too afraid to tell her own stories, she did perform in several versions of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues.  Since then she...
Maria Kostas

Maria Kostas

Maria Kostas has told stories on various stages around Chicagoland. Sometimes entertaining, sometimes historical, perhaps insightful, and often quite personal, She blends the past with the present as she shares impressions and memories gathered from working with large...
Holly Beaudry

Holly Beaudry

Holly Beaudry is a writer, stand up comic, comedy sketch performer, performance artist, and tap dance affectionado, She was featured in Kosro Beak’s underground classic independent film: Iraniano or Americano. And played Leanne in Jimmy Boratyn’s film “The Giggles.”...
Danette Mark

Danette Mark

Danette Mark has been writing, performing & producing stand-up comedy for the past 10 years  in the Chicagoland area. She has a raw storytelling style with a sweet mix of observational & improvisational comedy. A lot of her material is personal and...
Francesca Peppiatt

Francesca Peppiatt

Francesca Peppiatt is a writer and performer who lives in Chicago. She received an Emmy nomination in 1988 for her writing on Country Notes (full disclosure…this was Southwest Regional Emmy Nomination…in case you go a-Googlin’), an entertainment news magazine show on...