Released on = December 22, 2006, 3:54 pm

Press Release Author = Suspicious Clowns

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = Sketch group Suspicious Clowns will be closing Chicago
Sketchfest 2007, the largest nationwide gathering of sketch comedians.

Press Release Body = Performance Summary:
Sunday, January 14, 2007 @ 7pm
The Theatre Building
1221 West Belmont, Chicago, IL 60657
Tickets are $12 at the box office or through www.ticketmaster.com

Five-year-old sketch comedy troupe Suspicious Clowns has been selected to close
Chicago Sketchfest 2007, the largest nationwide festival of its kind. It is the
group\'s third appearance in the festival\'s six year history. Directed by Vincent
Truman, the 2007 performance of the group is a revue written especially for
Sketchfest. \"Since we were asked to close the entire festival, we thought we might
as well write something good,\" remarked Truman.


Suspicious Clowns is currently in pre-production for its ninth original show, slated
to debut in April 2007.

With its balance between the cerebral and the inane, Suspicious Clowns has been
honored to receive the following:
* Prime Time Pick by Chicago Magazine (twice)
* Top 10 Thing to Do This Weekend by the Chicago Sun-Times
* Radio interviews/appearances on BFN Networks, Red Bar Radio and NPR
* Four features in the Pioneer Press, a suburban chain of newspapers
* Special features by the Chicago Tribune for two productions (\'Suspicious Clowns 5:
Clown on a Hot Tin Roof\' and the three-act play entitled \'Remote\')
* Positive reviews for all eight original productions
* Publication of its sketch \'Cliche Whores\' in KNOCK, the annual literary journal
issued by the University of Antioch Seattle



Web Site = http://www.vincenttruman.net/clowns1.htm

Contact Details = Suspicious Clowns
c/o The Viable Theater Company
suspiciousclowns@hotmail.com
+1 773 732 3103