New Millennium Theatre Company (the theater company that brought you Boomstick! A Musical Parody of Darkness, The Texas Chainsaw Musical, and Manos: Rock Opera of Fate) presents Silent Night of the Living Dead a stage parody of the George A. Romero classic Night of the Living Dead. Just because there is a zombie apocalypse doesn’t mean we can’t be civil at Christmas time.  We are seeking volunteers to perform as the “zombies.”  We are looking for actors with their own zombie makeup and costumes and character to commit to any or all performances of the show. We would need you for a couple nights during tech week and then ideally every night of the show but a split schedule can be made if we have enough interest- we need about 6 or so zombies a night. There are no lines involved, nothing to memorize, simply looking for great zombie characters to wander the stage and try to eat the brains of the family as they desperately attempt to hang onto the Christmas spirit.  If you are interested in ruining Christmas with your zombie awesomeness, please contact our Zombie Wrangler at silentnight@nmtchicago.org

To celebrate Chicago zombie scribe Scott Kenemore‘s reading from his debut novel Zombie, Ohio this Saturday, ChicagoZombie.com has a STACK of the books to give away!

Head over to the Webster Place Barnes & Noble (y’know, the bookstore that DIDN’T file for bankruptcy this week) at 1441 W. Webster Ave on Saturday at 3:00 pm to hear Scott read from his new book, and then send an email to savage@chicagozombie.com with the Subject Header “I WANNA GO TO ZOMBIE OHIO”, include your name and mailing address in the email, and you could win a copy of the book!

Check out this teaser trailer for an in-progress zombie movie being developed in Chicagoland, then head over to http://notomorrowthemovie.blogspot.com/ for more information about it!

OPENING OCTOBER 7, 2010

Billed as a “Musical Zom-com” (zombie
comedy), Musical of the Living Dead is an original musical parody of
classic zombie films and musical theatre.  Featuring music inspired by
everything from Gershwin to Green Day, Musical of the Living Dead
follows the lives of ten very different people trapped in a farmhouse
during the breakout of a zombie apocalypse. They are all brought
together seeking refuge from the brain-eating zombies outside and,
following classic zombie genre rules, we see who gets eaten, who comes
back to eat someone else and who lives to fight another day.

Musical of the Living
Dead features several sequences of carnage – each one more visceral than
the last. The cast will be bloody…the first few rows of the audience
will be bloody…and everyone will have a bloody good time – laughing and
being horrified all at the same time.

• Directed by Marc Lewallen and Brad Younts
• Produced by The Cowardly Scarecrow Theatre Company
• Presented at the Charnel House

Dates: October 7 – October 31, 2010

Thursday –Saturday with a special performance on Halloween

Time: All shows at 7:30 pm

Charnel House, 3421 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL 60647

Full details and information: http://musicalofthelivingdead.com/Musical_of_the_Living_Dead/Welcome.html

We are back again this year with another bigger and better Zombie Disco! Yep that’s right, its time to shake your groove thang on the dance floor 70′s style!

We will have DJ Joe Wallace spinning some of your favorite disco hits, drink specials to get you in the mood, BEST DANCE MOVE CONTEST, BEST MAKEUP AND COSTUME CONTEST (both with CASH PRIZES!) and more! You can also get Zombiefied there as well.

Its going down at Lucky Number Grill in Chicago, IL on Saturday, July 24th starting at 9pm and going till you are done!

We are bringing back the favorite from last year, Zombie Twister, along with some new games (Pin the Limb on the Victim, Bobbing For Brains) and more, so get ready to get twisted!

Tell your friends, tell your family, and tell your enemies that you are going to shake that ass on Saturday July 24th.

Tickets are only $10 at the door – $8 online (coming soon) and with every ticket purchased, you will be entered in a raffle to win some great prizes!

For more info and online tickets, head over to http://www.horrorsociety.com/zd2

Facebook Invite: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=102065456509796&ref=mf

Buy Tickets Now

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/116295

21+ Event, so its only for grown ups!

See you there!!

NOTE: No one under 21 years old will be admitted.

Friday, August 13th at the Hawthorne Race Course, 3501 S Laramie Ave, Stickney, IL 60804 (near Cicero).

Five live bands:

• Cobia
• Punch Cabbie
• Stuck Underwater
• Diagon Alley
• Soul Pollution

Full details & info at http://www.zombiefestchicago.com

Collateral Damage Productions is holding auditions for their upcoming film, Rigamortis: A Zombie Love Story. The film is a 30-40 minute comedic musical in the vein of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, but is a far more classic musical in nature. It is funny and romantic, but also delves into questions about what it means to be human. You can find out more on our website: www.RigamortisMovie.com.

Friday and Saturday, July 9th and 10th • 10am – 8pm
Superior Street Rehearsal
2744 W Superior St. Chicago, IL • Room 318

If you are unable to make these audition times, please still contact us with your headshot/resume as we may hold more auditions for this film in the future.

Casting is being held for three main characters (two male, one female), all of which must be able to sing and have some ability to dance or learn to dance.

For FULL info, requirements, characters needed and details:
http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/tfr/1826511741.html

Rigamortis website:
http://www.rigamortismovie.com/

On Sunday, May 30th, get ready to party like it’s 1959 at RETRO ZOMBIE TIKI TERROR 2, a night of zombie fun set in the tiki wonderland that is The Tiki Terrace in Des Plaines, IL. RETRO ZOMBIE TIKI TERROR 2 will feature a Polynesian floor show, Zombie Pinups Beauty Pageant, Zombie Costume Contest, raffles, prizes, zombie movies, tiki tunes and, of course, delicious tiki drinks!

Tentative itinerary (subject to change):

• 3:00 – 10:00 : All ages welcome!
• 6:00 – 8:00 : Socialize, eat, drink and be scary!
• 8:00 – 9:00 : Live Polynesian Floor Show
• 9:00 – 10:00 : Booze & Shmooze
• 10:00 : Kids, go home – 18+ after 10:00
• 10:00 : Zombie Costume Contest
  Guys & Dolls, come dressed in your zombie finest and compete to win fabulous prizes!
• 11:00 : Zombie Pinups Beauty Pageant
  Ladies, put on your sexiest classic pinup outfit and your most gruesome zombie make up, and compete to win awesome prizes! Judging will be based on quality of make up / effects and costume. All contestants will be photographed for a special gallery at ZombiePinups.com; to get an idea of what we’re looking for, visit the gallery at ZombiePinups.com, and start planning your character NOW!

Enjoy fine food, tiki drinks, classic music, zombie movies and other Chicago zombie dudes & dames in between events! Every ticketholder gets a raffle ticket, so you never know when you’ll win something spectacular.

Tickets are $15.00 in advance, $20.00 at the door - purchase advance tickets HERE. Ticket does NOT include food or drinks. The Tiki Terrace has a full menu of Polynesian-themed food. Pre-sale tickets are only available until Midnight of May 16th. After that, the full price of 20.00 will be charged for tickets.

RETRO ZOMBIE TIKI TERROR 2 will take place from 3:00 pm to 2:00 am on Sunday, May 30th, at the Tiki Terrace, 1591 Lee St., Des Plaines, IL 60018, approximately 4 minutes north of O’Hare International Airport. Tiki Terrace is located at the NE Corner of Lee/Manheim and Oakton. It’s in a shopping center – keep a sharp eye out or you’ll drive right by it.

RETRO ZOMBIE TIKI TERROR 2 is presented and hosted by Kitty Zombie, ChicagoZombie.com, ZombiePinups.com and Zombie Army Productions.

• The Tiki Terrace : http://www.thetikiterrace.com
• Kitty Zombie : http://www.kittyzombie.com
• ChicagoZombie.com : http://www.chicagozombie.com
• ZombiePinups.com : http://www.zombiepinups.com
• Zombie Army Productions : http://www.zombiearmyproductions.com

See photos of last year’s RZTT event HERE.

Unearthed by Zombie Army Productions, Q101, and Elevate Chicago

May 21, 2010 | 9:00 pm – 4:00 am

VISION NIGHT CLUB
21+ ONLY

(above Excalibur)
640 N. Dearborn | Chicago

$15.00 Advanced Ticket | $20.00 at the door

ZOMBIE MAKE UP / ATTIRE MANDATORY
ON SITE ZOMBIE MAKEOVERS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR $10.00

Visit ZombiePromChicago.com for full details, information and to purchase tickets.

Date: Friday 21 May 2010

Price: $12 at door, $10 in advance through Brown Paper Tickets

Location: Portage Theater, 4050 N. Milwaukee Ave

Announcement:

Terror in the Aisles 4:
Undead By Dawn!

The Ultimate Zombie Triple Feature!

Friday – May 21, 2010

Portage Theater
4050 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL
1.773.736.4050

Tickets are $10 pre-sale:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/110157
$12 at the door
$8 with a zombie costume!

Doors open at 7pm

7:30pm – Trailer Trash – half an hour of vintage horror trailers!!!
8pm – Night of the Living Dead (George Romero)
10pm – Rec 2 (Midwest Premeire!)
Midnight – Zombie (Lucio Fulci)

Also: Zombie costume contest with $200 worth of prizes in three categories:

Goriest Zombie, Funniest Zombie and Sexiest Zombie (Male or Female)

And: Zombie Short film contest:
We will show 5 short zombie films (1-3 minutes long) and the winner will receive $200 worth of prizes. Details coming soon – start making your films!

Plus: Dealer Tables, Special Guests, Vintage Film Trailers, Zombie Make Up Station, Live Charity Auction for Vital Bridges (www.vitalbridges.org) and more!!!

http://massacre.rabbitroom.org/terror4.html

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=119722031378002