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Find out for yourself at a brazen date with some of the most prolific female writers this side of the Kennedy Expressway, when Victory Gardens Fresh Squeezed partners with the stalwarts of late-night Chicago theater, The Neo-Futurists, for Too Much LADY Makes the Baby Go Blind, Monday, April 19, 2010 at 8 pm at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago.

For the first time in the Neo-Futurists' 20-year history, the broads are going stag for this one-night-only, all-female presentation of the company's long-running late night hit Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind . Guys and girls are guaranteed to get their laugh on when eight current and former “Neo-Futurettes” attempt to perform 30 estrogen-fueled plays in 60 minutes. Doors open at 7 pm. Come early for drinks at the bar and classic Neo-Futurist pre-show activities - rolling, tokening, and name-tagging.. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 day of show. For tickets and information, call the Victory Gardens box office, 773.871.3000, or purchase tickets online at victorygardens.org .

Too Much Lady Makes the Baby Go Blind is curated by Neo-Futurist ensemble members Megan Mercier and Kristie Vuocolo , and features a sassy troupe of Neo-Futurists who have graced the nether-clothesline region since the latter days of Reagan: Jessica Anne , Rachel Claff , Chloe Johnston , Noelle Krimm , Heather Riordan and Diana Slickman .

Following the performance, fellow Neo-Futurists Sean Benjamin and Steve Mosqueda (of Drinking & Writing Brewery fame) will host a post-show round table, "Ladies In Your Face." So grab a drink from the Biograph lobby bar and pick the brains of some Chicago's most talented female performers from the last two decades.

"This season Fresh Squeezed has aimed to bring the diverse voices of women to Victory Gardens, and there are no artists more colorful than The Neo-Futurists,” said Will Rogers, Associate Producer of Fresh Squeezed. "We are huge fans of the Neos and as a writers' theater, no one else in town can compete with the number of new work these artists bring to the stage each week. And to present the first all-female Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind in the company's 20-year history is truly an honor. Not only will we get to see some of the ladies that are currently keeping TML alive and relevant, but we are also bringing back ensemble members from as far back as 1980. This show is going to be hot!"