Tara was asked to do a guest piece for the critically acclaimed live news magazine, the Paper Machete, at the beautiful Green Mill. It was a dream come true. Catch Tara here as Bethany Wells, a “personal historian” and defender of the rights of all St. Patrick’s Day partying Chicagoans. Thanks to the Machete, and can’t wait to come back. …
The LasVegas.com commercials are up and running as of mid-January, 2013! Currently, you can see one of four on air, where you meet the main character and some of his fans – and the other 3 are slowly being released. All four, however, are on the web – so take a look for yourself! All four: http://www.lasvegas.com/lasvegasdotcom/ Tara is in …
Tonight, 5 members of iO Chicago have been tapped by a PR firm in Chicago, Illinois to do red carpet commentary and interstitial bits during the Academy Awards! Tara DeFrancisco, Cesar Jamie, Nnamdi Ngwe, Maria Randazzo, and Rance Rizzutto take you on a romp of bawdy banter for the duration of the show, all live-streaming at iO …
Every year, I make these attainable goals that are easy to reach. In 2013, I thought I’d just overshoot it, so I can fail immediately and get it all out of the way. – by Tara DeFrancisco 10. UNCLUTTER THAT SPACE AND OWN NOTHING. Why do you have 18 pairs of capri pants and 43 hypercolor shirts? Some people would say …
Tara was lucky enough to book a few national commercials, shot in December, and directed by the incredible Bob Balaban! Since the commercial isn’t running until Spring 2013 – you’ll have to wait to see what the ensemble/principle cast did, but you can see TD in 3 of 5 spots, and an incredible amount of web-extras/ads. She was even lucky …
A national gig for Motorola was booked for Christmastime, 2012. In the first national Google+ Hangout, Santa and Snowflake the Elf chatted live with kids who won a sweepstakes to talk to the North Pole crew. All recorded live and with real-time off-line load-ins and texts to the Elf, the Hangouts happened 6 times, December 20th, with a gaggle of …
On December 9th from 8pm-10pm central, Tara was on AskMeAnything for the Reddit community. Below is the transcript of that AMA with the improv community at large. [–]MJMCP[M][S] 1 point 8 minutes ago* The Full Transcript! Hi everyone! I’m going live here in a few minutes and hope to be on for about 90 minutes. I’m hoping to get to …
Last night, the last defrancisCO of 2012 was completed. It was one of the greatest nights out there. I promised I’d write something, and I feel moved to do so still. A few years back, we had an idea to start a show where a student and an older performer/teacher played a long set together. It sounded risky – there …
Chicago’s well-known Gapers Block released an article today on Tara DeFrancisco, regarding leadership and notoriety in the comedy scene, and generating content through improvisation as a breakout star on Delusions of Grandeur. Read the article here. Article by LaShawn Williams
Here’s The Story is a live storytelling event hosted on the first Sunday each month to a packed audience. Hosts Janna and Dan foster a creative, spirited room – four featured artists and five drawn participants share their extemporaneous story with the crowd. The Chicago Tribune captured pictures of this night (see photo). Tara DeFrancisco was a featured performer on …
Independently, Tara teaches internationally - and in Chicago, currently three regular levels at the iO Theatre (Level 1, 3, and 4B) as staff! Sign up for regular classes there each season.
You can also catch Tara sporadically at Second City, and regularly on the ComedySportz & iO mainstages.
