Pile of Cats Theatre Company Presents: Laughing Jackdaws – New Comic Shorts for the Mid 20s with Opener Tom Kastle

//---no times on events--- Doors 6PM / Music 6:30PM / Play 7:30PM Madison’s most accomplished fringe theatre company, Pile of Cats, presents an all new evening of original contemporary shorts. Covering right-now themes of fluid identities and social media codes along with classic battles of the sexes and the foibles of those too smart for the room, Laughing Jackdaws will present a two-act evening of fresh and funny takes on the life you - or someone you know - lives every day. Singer and guitarist TOM KASTLE will open the show with a newly curated set of songs that intertwine with the themes of the show. Laughing Jackdaws will feature the following talented local actors: QJ Dougall, Richard League, Sage Snook, April Brown, Katie Rice, Ben Doran, Sam O’Reilly, Erin Nonn, Michelle Butcher, Linda Gaumnitz, Addison Smith, and Jacob Lange. Pile of Cats Theatre Company emerged in 2020 out of the tangled trappings of Left of Left Center. With more than two dozen productions between them, both companies have long featured the original writing of founder Ned O’Reilly performed by casts of some of Madison’s finest local actors. Using an exceptionally collaborative actor-director model, the Cats have played in dozens of pubs, bars, clubs, and community centers (and even a theatre) in Madtown proper as well as many of the surrounding cities, from Sun Prairie to Oregon and Middleton to Monona. Always witty, always surprising, and always focusing on adult subjects, shorts in Pile of Cats shows make you laugh, think, and talk about them a lot afterward.