Apr 16, 2024 | Airness, Articles, Press
by Allie Northcutt | April 16, 2024 photo courtesy of Wabash Theater The Wabash Theater Department will be concluding its musically inclined season with an electric play about competition, completion, and finding the “airness” inside yourself. “Airness” opens...
Mar 5, 2024 | Airness, Press, Reviews
by Derrick Philips | March 5, 2024 photo by Derrick Philips Illinois Theatre recently unveiled a production that, quite literally, plays the air: Airness by Chelsea Marcantel. Staged at Fat City Bar and Grill, a venue that, before this event, had been...
Mar 1, 2024 | Airness, Articles, Press
By LUKE TAYLOR | March 1, 2024 photo courtesy of Illinois Theatre CHAMPAIGN — The inside of Fat City Bar may look like it’s been set up for a concert this weekend, but something is missing: guitars. The colorful lights and speakers all suggest a rock show underway,...
Mar 1, 2024 | Airness, Articles, Press
Running from March 21st-30th, 2024, at Randall Theater. By: Chloe Rabinowitz | Mar. 01, 2024 What does it mean to really (truly) rock? It’s shred or be shredded in this exuberant, hilarious and totally sweet power-chord swelling comedy/drama about the incredible...
Feb 21, 2024 | Airness, Articles, Press
BY JODI HECKEL | ARTS AND HUMANITIES EDITOR | February 21, 2024 CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A group of nerds playing air guitar competes in bars across the country, seeking the pinnacle of self-expression that the competitors call “airness.” A play of the same name follows...
Jul 7, 2023 | Airness, Press, Reviews
Don’t miss this treat from Contemporary Theater Company! By: Christopher Verleger | Jul. 07, 2023 What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think about air guitar? Now try to imagine a national championship with actual stage performances and musical...
Apr 14, 2023 | Airness, Articles, Press
by John Olson | April 13, 2023 As a certain song popularized by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts in 1981 suggests, who doesn’t love rock “n roll and at times fantasize about themselves as a rock star? Many of those who can’t fight that feeling anymore...
Feb 6, 2023 | Airness, Press, Reviews
This is the last week to see this amazing show. (photo by Ross Zentner) by Scott Rawson | Feb. 06, 2023 I did not attend Foreword Theater’s Airness on Saturday with any intention to review the show. In fact, I said to my partner, “It will be nice to just...
Feb 3, 2023 | Airness, Press, Reviews
By Lindsay Christians | February 3, 2023 Listening to someone describe competitive air guitar is like being pitched on an obscure religion, or a pyramid scheme. Performative air guitar is, to its adherents, “the truest art form. The only pure art form left.” It prizes...
Jan 31, 2023 | Airness, Press, Reviews
Audience members, get ready to embrace your inner rocker. by Gwendolyn Rice | January 31, 2023 Marcus Truschinski as Facebender. (photo by Ross Zentner) In the words of every front man for a big hair metal band, “Are you ready to rock?” Because rock you will,...
