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Julia Weiss is a 2007 graduate of the Indiana University Theatre and Drama program, where she studied playwriting under the mentorship of Dennis Reardon and Paul Shoulberg. As a junior, her one-act play, Mr. Postman was honored by the Indiana University Theatre Circle and was later produced by The Bloomington Playwright's Project. In 2008, Ms. Weiss became affiliated with Corn Productions, a long-standing storefront theatre in the heart of Chicago's North Center community, where she has produced several plays. Ms. Weiss's staged works include: Salute My Shorts, The Somewhat Gelatinous Blob From Beyond The Grave (And Also The Grave's In Outer Space), Jesus Camp (co-written by Corn's artistic director, Robert Bouwman), and Tammy: A Coming of Age Story About a Girl Who is Part T-Rex. Ms. Weiss's written work has also been seen on McSweeney's Internet Tendency and at The Paper Machete, a weekly live magazine. Ms. Weiss studied improvisational comedy at the world-famous iO Theatre, where she currently performs. |
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Comedy
Full-length, 100-120 minutes
6 females, 6 males, 4 either
(16-24 actors possible: 6-12 females, 6-12 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Tammy is your average pre-teen. She has a crush on a popular jock. She wants to fit in with the cool crowd. Her parents and teachers just don't get her. Oh, and she's part T-Rex. Being different is never easy, but it gets a whole lot harder when your lunch is raw meat and you get muzzled every time you roar in math class. With the help of her best friend, Hope, Tammy struggles to keep her talons in check and her head held high. But can she learn to navigate the hallways of middle school while governing her own prehistoric tendencies? A hilarious homage to growing up in the 90s.
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| "Weiss satirizes the vicious dynamics of tween life with killer instincts and a precise ear." |
| --Kieth Griffith, Chicago Reader, Highly Recommended |
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