About this Event
Fruit Salad, The Martin's monthly queer open mic night returns for another month of art & community! Hosted by Rainn and co-produced by The Martin's Whitney LaMora, this open mic night gives ten performers the chance to share their work in front of our supportive & gorgeous group of attendees before we hand it over to our feature performer of the night.
Our open mic sign up is based on a lottery system! Attendees will get a link immediately after purchasing a ticket to sign up for the open mic until Monday August 15th. Five open mic slots are reserved for BIPOC performers and the other five slots are open for all submissions.
Our open mic list will be announced via our Instagram @fruitsaladchicago on Monday the 15th including ten open mic performers and two backup performers.
After our open mic for the evening, we welcome our featured for the month - Saundra Lezzebaum (LD)! You may know Saundra Lezzenbaum, LD (Doctorate of Love) as the author of such self-help classics as "Married to Menopause: Keeping Things Hot through the Hot Flashes" or "Saundra's Sexy Shabbas: A Cookbook of Kosher Aphrodisiacs", or for her love memoir "Heart Attack, the Good Kind". Or you may know her as the host of the CW's lunchtime-Emmy-award-winning "Queen of Hearts" where she's saved scores of lovers and one polyamorous quintet from romantic peril. Or you may know her from her son Benji's disastrous bar mitzvah cruise in 2003. Either way, Saundra's spent her life devoting her life to love. @biglezzielove
Jake Robertson is currently pursuing a PhD at Oxford, where he studies professional theater in the Soviet Gulag. Awarded "Best Emerging Actor" for his Off-Broadway show MADMAN at NYC's United Solo Festival. Recent creative work includes: All the Mournful Voices (New Play, Invulnerable Nothings NYC), Way Down (Web Series, The Wild Project), The Blacklist (NBC), Love in the Time of Corona with Saundra Lezzenbaum (Youtube Series), Happy Days (The Wild Project), A Lesson in M**der Series (Audible), and various projects with Simon & Schuster Audio. He has an MA in Acting from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and a BA in Slavic Studies from Princeton. Raised by two moms in Lombard, Illinois, he is fluent in Russian and Disco. jakeaustinrobertson.com | @rakejobertson
Entry [for one] is a suggested $10 donation and goes back to our Fruit Salad team, the feature, and our giveback partner for the evening: Minkahz NETs Mission.
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Doors for the evening open at 6:30pm and our open mic starts at 7:30pm. Performers should arrive by 7:15pm at the latest and check in with our host to be guaranteed their slot. Our feature follows after intermission.
Entry is 21+ and requires proof of vaccination & a physical ID.
Want to pair your event experience with dinner before at Split-Rail? Make a reservation to be guaranteed a seat!
Refunds for Fruit Salad are given until 12pm the day of the show.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Dorothy, 2500 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, United States
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