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In addition to all the wonderful things I get to do in regular life, I have been lucky enough to be asked to do three new things in November that I’m really excited about. 1. Here’s The Story: On Sunday, November 4th, I will be telling an impromptu story of my own design for the storytelling show! It might not …

There’s a bunch going on today. A BUNCH! IMPORTANT THINGS! 1. There are very special shows for bigwigs at iO tonight. Tonight at 8pm, come see Dummy, Chaos Theory, and The DelTones. These closer shows are typically sold out and separate, and this week they are all gathered for a one night engagement, together! 2. defrancisCO has it’s 8th guest …

defrancisCO has received an extended run at io chicago. today, it was supposed to end – but, we’re going on an additional 5 dates. and there’s more exciting announcements… in october, defrancisCO will continue to run with the Nelson/Tremper/Webb vehicle, A Year of Saturdays. that will be tonight, the 18th, and 25th. go see them. in november, defrancisCO will be …

Jake asked me to write a paragraph of show notes for Episode 2 of Delusions of Grandeur – just a little insight to the shooting process. It was fun to give that window. Those notes are here. What I didn’t know is that he wrote some of his own, about me. New York, NY – Jake: “I loved creating this …

Lots of news: Delusions of Grandeur, the slated ABC Family show, launched this week – yesterday in fact, October 4th, as we all expected… but not the way we expected. The cast was informed that ABC pulled the plug on Delusions just days before it was going to air, after press conferences and interviews. Why? Not sure, to be honest …

First off, as I’ve posted briefly, my family is going through some hard times right now. Being with people is important thing in my life, and it never won’t be; People are the most important of all. Through this dark spell, I have been really inspired by how they seem to balance being open and driven by heart, reaching out …

This was originally published on a blog of mine March 27th, 2006. Was in my 20s – a little younger then, but, when I ran across this today, I felt happy to see how true it still is. For anyone feeling lost, know that feeling unlost takes a while, but hopefully your compass becomes less foggy year by year, if …

Mounting the show defrancisCO at iO has been one of the most simple, gratifying projects of my career. To think that people are understanding the reasons I wanted to do it, to think that it’s being received the same way that I saw it, it’s the greatest gift in return. And now, to have a person write an open letter …

In my life, I have been lucky enough to cross over from the auditioning side of things to the auditor side of things at three places. Auditions are so tough, especially if the nature of the beast is improv – there’s a lot of pressure to make a make-believe moment count, just showing a slice of what you can do …

Press Release: Decorated performer Tara DeFrancisco (SC, iO, ComedySportz, ABC Family), pulls one lucky audience member out of the audience to become her COstar in this production. The person must be a student enrolled in improv classes or completely unfamiliar with performing an improvisational show, who willingly threw an ID into the lottery pre-show that evening. Tara & CO will …