7 Questions for Darron Story: Josh and Trish want to know...

NOTE: We want to get to know our guest monologists even better before the show. So we're introducing a brand new feature—7 Questions. Each member of Tantrum gets to ask a question—the same one every time—to our special guests, who can answer them in as much or as little detail as they'd like.

Josh wants to know: What was/is the most unusual job you've held?  

I was a security guard, but I guarded a warehouse full of car bodies…Italian car bodies.

Trish wants to know: What weird thing scares the hell out of you?  

Nothing weird really scares me. Of course weird is relative...but I guess it is when people don’t think for themselves…that’s not really funny, but it's kind of like how people are following our President...that scares me! 

Check back for more answers...and come put Darron on the spot at our next show!

Second Fridays at the Westport Coffeehouse
4010 Pennsylvania • 816-678-8886 for reservations
Friday, April 10 • 8pm • Tickets: $10
May contain adult material.

Our April shows are kind of a big deal

It's April! And Tantrum has two shows. Surely you can make it to one of them...

Friday, April 10: Darron Story of KC After Hours on KCTV5

There’s only one place where you can see some of KC’s most interesting personalities live, unscripted and uncensored. Every Second Friday at the Westport Coffeehouse, Tantrum invites a “guest monologist” to tell stories on the spot for us to spin into scenes.

In April, we crank up the cool factor with Darron Story.

Host of Kansas City After Hours on KCTV5, Darron is a TV veteran whose appearances include The Oprah Winfrey Show. Before lauching KC’s cutting-edge late night talk show, he hosted The Wrap, a weekly call-in sports talk show on Kansas City’s Sports Radio 810 WHB.

The Kansas City native is also the owner and executive producer of the production company, Intrepid Entertainment. As a musician, Darron scored a Billboard number-one hit, “I Got A Thang 4 Ya!,” with his R&B group, Lo-Key, and received a Platinum sales award for contributions to the motion picture soundtrack of the hit movie Mo’ Money.

When he performs with Tantrum, Darron will take requests. You tell us what you want to hear about, and he can say anything he wants to—as long as it’s true. Then Tantrum takes over, twisting and turning his tales into a series of hilarious scenes.

Darron has answered our 7 Questions...check back soon to find out more about him.

Second Fridays at the Westport Coffeehouse
4010 Pennsylvania • 816-678-8886 for reservations
Friday, April 10 • 8pm • Tickets: $10
May contain adult material.

Wednesday, April 15: Surprise guest

Tantrum returns to the KC Public Library for the FINAL SHOW in our Talking Out of Turn series.

We're still waiting for final confirmation of our guest monologist...but we can promise you, it's a big deal. 

Talking Out Of Turn at the KC Public Library
Plaza Library, 4801 Main • 816-701-3407 for reservations
Wednesday, April 15 • 7pm • Admission: FREE
All ages welcome.

Don't just take our word for it...

Tantrum gets a great review from the UMKC University News. 

Here's an excerpt:

The audience sees the perfect alchemy between the comedians and how they work effortlessly together as a team. Especially in this form of theater, that spirit is absolutely essential.

We also see that every comedian has his favorite kind of characters, but the differences of the actors combine together in a perfect mix.

Read the rest...and check us out tomorrow night!

See Tantrum FREE this Wednesday

We're back at the library with Cindy Weiner Schloss.

It's not often you get a chance (OK, a small chance, but a chance nonetheless) to leave an improv show with improved life skills. Cindy has her act together off stage—and on. Don't miss it!

Want to know what other audience members think of our shows? Awesome foodie blogger Emily said some really nice things about our Second Fridays performance. You eat, right? Then check Everything Begins With An E for ideas on where to eat out before the show.

7 Questions for Sassy B Yatch: Rob and Michael and Nikki want to know...

NOTE: We want to get to know our guest monologists even better before the show. So we're introducing a brand new feature—7 Questions. Each member of Tantrum gets to ask a question—the same one every time—to our special guests, who can answer them in as much or as little detail as they'd like.

Rob wants to know: What's your first memory?
SASSY: Right after my parents divorced my dad brought his girlfriend (whom he had been seeing while he was married to my mother) with him to visit and I was only 2 or so but I remember sitting on her lap and I couldn't stop staring at this big a$$ mole she had on her face. I finally reached out and touched it! I'm pretty sure it was an awkward situation or whatever but I don't remember what happened before or after I touched it.

Michael wants to know: What is the best decision you've ever made?
SASSY: One day in college, my cousin was in a car accident and she flipped her car on the highway. She walked away with only a few bumps and bruises because she had her seat belt on. I decided on that day to ALWAYS wear my seat belt and 12 years later, it saved my life!

Nikki wants to know: What's the best thing you got away with as a kid? 
SASSY: Absolutely nothing! No joke, my mother was young and single and nothing got past her. She was like Inspector Gadget, Nancy Drew and MacGyver all rolled into one! She had spies and eyes everywhere and any time I did anything she knew about it. In fact, if she believed I did something wrong, there was nothing I could do to convince her otherwise....sometimes she could make me wonder if I really did do something I knew I hadn't done!


Sassy and Tantrum at our show—tonight!
Second Friday at the Westport Coffeehouse Theatre

4010 Pennsylvania • 816-678-8886 for reservations
Wednesday, March 18 • 8pm • Admission: $10 (cash only at the door)
May (OK, probably will) contain adult material.

7 Questions for Sassy B Yatch: Josh and Trish want to know...

NOTE: We want to get to know our guest monologists even better before the show. So we're introducing a brand new feature—7 Questions. Each member of Tantrum gets to ask a question—the same one every time—to our special guests, who can answer them in as much or as little detail as they'd like.

Josh wants to know: What was/is the most unusual job you've held?
SASSY: Does pregnant stripper count? Just kidding! I haven't had any unusual jobs. I know...pretty boring.

Trish wants to know: What weird thing scares the hell out of you?
SASSY: Fire drills!!!! I know, it's just a drill—but it still scares me to the verge of tears! Oh yeah, and bare feet on bathroom floors (only mine though)!

Check back soon to see more answers to more questions. And hear more from Sassy and Tantrum at our next show:
Second Friday at the Westport Coffeehouse Theatre

4010 Pennsylvania • 816-678-8886 for reservations
Wednesday, March 18 • 8pm • Admission: $10 (cash only at the door)
May (OK, probably will) contain adult material.

7 Questions for Sassy B Yatch: Megan and Pete want to know...

NOTE: We want to get to know our guest monologists even better before the show. So we're introducing a brand new feature—7 Questions. Each member of Tantrum gets to ask a question—the same one every time—to our special guests, who can answer them in as much or as little detail as they'd like.

Megan wants to know: What makes you laugh out loud?
SASSY: Funny things kids do and say and watching someone act stupid or acting stupid myself.

Pete wants to know: What was the first album (45/8-track/cassette/cd/whatever) you purchased with your own money?
SASSY: I purchased Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" single (cassette) through BMG...actually, I'm not sure I ever actually paid for it or fulfilled my commitment of purchasing one tape at regular price, but does that still count?

Check back soon to see more answers to more questions. And hear more from Sassy and Tantrum at our next show:
Second Friday at the Westport Coffeehouse Theatre

4010 Pennsylvania • 816-678-8886 for reservations
Wednesday, March 18 • 8pm • Admission: $10 (cash only at the door)
May (OK, probably will) contain adult material.

Two chances to see Tantrum in March

March brings two completely different monologists for what are sure to be two radically different shows. 

Friday, March 13: Sassy B. Yatch of the KC Roller Warriors

Joining us for Second Fridays at the Westport Coffeehouse: Aris Chapman, aka Sassy B. Yatch, is a wife, mother, teacher and a bad-ass blocker for the KC Roller Warriors team Black-Eye Susans. 

Sassy's been sidelined since last year after a near-fatal car accident—but she's ready for a comeback bout in July. In the meantime, she's taking care of her four-year-old daughter and working to start her own business, matching caregivers with families. 

Outside the rink, she was on Wheel of Fortune in 2005. She wasn't the big winner: She lost to a twenty-something year old Katrina victim—and for the first time in her life, found out she was okay with second place. (OK, and she won $11,000.)

See her with Tantrum Friday, then cheer on the Black-Eye Susans at Fat Bruiseday on Saturday night.

Second Fridays at the Westport Coffeehouse
4010 Pennsylvania • 816-678-8886 for reservations
Friday, March 13 • 8pm • Tickets: $10
May contain adult material.

Wednesday, March 18: Cindy Schloss

Tantrum returns to the KC Public Library for the Talking Out of Turn series.

Cindy was named one of Radio’s Most Influential Women in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and again in 2006. After managing radio stations in major markets across the country, she added Career Coaching to her resume and started her first business venture, Centric Coaching. She's been active with the American Red Cross, United Way and the National Kidney Foundation, currently is serving on the Board of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Kansas City and chairs the Marketing Committee and is on the Board for The Women’s Employment Network. She’s also an advisory board member for Flourish Magazine, a KC Women’s Business Publication.

Talking Out Of Turn at the KC Public Library
Plaza Library, 4801 Main • 816-701-3407 for reservations
Wednesday, March 18 • 7pm • Admission: FREE
All ages welcome.