To kick off the summer and get the word out about our show, our actors took to the streets last weekend at the Do Division Street Festival. Pop-up tents took over Division street between Damen Avenue and Leavitt Street to showcase new music, food, and fashion in the area. Actors and crew alike met in the theatre space to create a game plan for our Wongettes to conquer the festival. Dave Orgin (producer and composer) had created “Wongo Wesidency Surveys” to ask festival-goers

As I entered the tech run for The Wild Women of Planet Wongo I had no idea what to expect. Smoke machines blew fog into the space, which was covered with painted mountains and screens projecting the image of another planet. Wongettes stood in half costumes, and two brave astronauts sat crosslegged on the floor laughing with them about something in the script. Though some of the costumes were not fully complete in time for the run, every Wongo Woman had a towering purple wig a

Production Manager Greg Kolack and Producer Dave Ogrin spent their morning visiting the Chopin Theatre, where Planet Wongo would soon emerge, to discuss some outstanding technical issues. Outside the theatre, the new Planet Wongo poster was on display and postcards were inside. It was nice to see them in place. The Chopin was in the process of clearing out the space to get ready for the immersive production that Greg and Dave were about to bring in. Things were progressing ni

Producer/co-writer Dave Ogrin and director David Rigano rushed (slightly bleary eyed) off their early morning plane from New York City, grabbed the blue line to Belmont and headed over to the Porchlight Theatre rehearsal space where the first day of the Chicago production of Wild Women Of Planet Wongo began. It was the official Meet and Greet and everyone working on the show was invited. Most of the cast attended as did the fabulous design team. After everyone introduced them