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Help out CIC by Playing Poker!

Monday, December 19th, 2011

This Friday, December 23, from 2:00pm – 1:00am you can help out CIC by playing poker! Win or lose part of the money from this Tournament will be donated to Chemically Imbalanced Comedy, so please come on out if you like serious poker play (and we hope you win big).

Details:
Event is Located at:

The Odeum
1033 N Villa Ave
Villa Park, IL 60181

LIVE CASH GAMES & SIT & GO TOURNAMENTS
WILL START AT 2PM & RUN ALL EVENT LONG

CASH GAMES OFFERED:
$2-$4 & $5-$10 Limit Holdem
$1-$2T, $2-$5T, $5-$10T
$1-$2 & $2-$5 PLOmaha H/L and High
Plus several other ring games spread on demand!!
YELLOW BALLOONS INDICATE THE CASH GAME AREA
Click here for more information on Cash Games…
DON’T FORGET ABOUT THE CASH GAME GIVEAWAY:
At each event the hosting charity is going to give away 2 Deepstack Seats (ONE the Day of right before the Deepstack Tournament, and ONE at the end of the Night for a future Deepstack. For every hour that you play in a cash game you will earn one ticket for the cash game giveaway. You can only earn tickets by playing in a cash game. At times the hosting charity will have HAPPY HOUR where players will earn double tickets for the deepstack giveaway.

SIT N GO TOURNAMENT INFORMATION:
$25 Sit N Go:
RED BALLOONS INDICATE THE NEXT $25 SNG *Most Popular*
$1,500 in starting chips + $5 add on for additional $1k
12 Min Blinds (blinds start 25/50)
Payouts: 1st = $130, 2nd = $70
$50 Sit N Go:
GREEN BALLOONS INDICATE THE NEXT $50 SNG
$2,000 in starting chips +$5 addon for additional $1k
15 Min Blinds
Payouts: 1st = $250, 2nd = $130, 3rd = $50

SINGLE TABLE (10 players) SATELLITE TOURNAMENT:
$80 Single Table Satellite Tournament:
1st place pays $350 SEAT
2nd place pays $350 SEAT
players start with 4000 in tournament chips +$5 1000 chip add on
blinds increase every 15 min
$100+$15 Silverstrike Tournament:
**(Win Cash and Gold Prizes as well as WSOP Seats)**
1st place pays $700
2nd place pays $300
players start with 5000 in tournament chips (no add on)
blinds increase every 15 minutes
$200+$20 WSOP ME Single Table Satellite Tournament:
1st place pays $1600 Seat
2nd place pays $400 Seat
players start with 8,000 in chips
blinds increase every 20 min

Multi-Table Tournament Schedule…

$20($15+$5) Early Bird Tournament at 2:00PM
This will be a $20 freezeout tournament with no re-buys. This will be a normal NL Holdem Tournament, with an optional $5 add on for an additional $1000 in tournament chips. All tournament entry fees will be added to the prize pool, Players will start with $2000 in tournament chips + bonus/add-on Blinds will increase every 12 minutes

$200 HOLIDAY MEGA DEEPSTACK TOURNAMENT at 3:00PM
$15,000 IN STARTING CHIPS with 30 MIN BLINDS
This will be a $200 No Limit Holdem Deepstack tournament with no rebuys. Blinds will increase every 30 mins for the remaining rounds, all players will start with $14,000 tournament chips + Bonus/Add on. This tournament will be limited to the first 70 players, and the tournament structure will have ante’s. All tournament entry fees will be added to the players prize pool. Any questions please call or email CCG for more information. Here is an example of the structure payouts… PLEASE TEXT THE CCG TEXT NUMBER TO SAVE YOUR SEAT 630-901-9797 NAME AND WHICH TOURNAMENT YOU WOULD LIKE A SEAT IN.

NEW TOURNAMENT FORMAT
$60($15+$45) HOLIDAY MINI BONUS Tournament at 7:00PM
This will be a $60 tournament with no re-buys. This will be a normal NL Holdem Tournament, with a bonus for an additional $1000 in tournament chips. All tournament entry fees will be added to the prize pool, Players will start with $6000 in tournament chips + bonus/add-on Blinds will increase every 18 minutes.This tournament will be limited to the first 60 players, and will sell out.

$40($30+$10) 40 MAX Late Night Tournament at 10:00PM
This will be a $40 tournament with no re-buys. This will be a normal NL Holdem Tournament, with a bonus for an additional $1000 in tournament chips. All tournament entry fees will be added to the prize pool, Players will start with $3000 in tournament chips + bonus/add-on Blinds will increase every 12 minutes.This tournament will be limited to the first 40 players, and will sell out. Registration will open 1/2 hour prior to the start of the tournament.

Brought to you by Chicago Charitable Games & CIC!
Please click here for more information on Tournament Structure, Payouts, Rules, etc>>>

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CIC’s Online Auction Fundraiser is Now Open

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011


We are having a online auction fundraiser. If you are an actor enjoy such prizes as head shots, voice over demos, and so much more.
If you are not a performer take a peek at a Private Arrested Development Party, Poker Party, or even a chance to perform and ten tickets for your friends to watch. There are over a dozen great prizes!
View all items at the link below and please share this with your friends. Thanks for the support, and for supporting live Theater in Chicago!
http://www.cicomedy.webstore.com

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Sneak Peak at CIC’s Nov. 1st Special Online Auction Fundraiser

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Here is a sneak peek at our November 1st online auction fundraiser, items will not be able to be bid on until Nov. 1st (follow the links for more details):

Walk on Roll on Fools Goal

How to Market your Show Workshop

Private Party with Chicago Casio Supplies

Voice Over Demo with Red Star Studio

Chance to perform plus 10 tickets for your Friends to watch

Two tickets to Colin Mochrie

Group/Event Pictures with Carol Bontekoe

10 week Meisner Class at Green Shirt Studio

Private Party for you and 50 of your Friends to watch Arrested Development

MORE COMING SOON! PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS!!!

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NO MORE BAD SONGS Karaoke Fundraiser for CIC

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

Karaoke Fundraiser

Chemically Imbalanced Comedy will be hosting an amazing deal on Saturday, October 15th. For just $20, individuals will get to attend an awesome night of improv, plus get free beer and then stick around for a karaoke after-party! If people wish to attend solely for karaoke after-party, they are more than welcome to do that as well, and it will be $15, starting at midnight.
This is all to help raise funds for the theater so that we can continue bringing you fantastic comedy & awesome shows.

Please Come Help Support Live Theater & Have Fun While Doing It!

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Babies Love Bowling!

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

The success of last weekend’s bowl-a-thon was in no small part influenced by our littlest artistic associates, who provided the bowlers with some much-needed morale.

Here Jordan, age 3, helps Board Vice President Tom get the spare:

And here’s Marketing Director Mike Devine teaching baby Owen the fine art of the approach:

If you missed the Bowl-a-Thon but would still like to contribute to CIC, you can do so by clicking here!



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Bowl-a-Thon 2008

Monday, April 28th, 2008


The CIC 2008 Bowl-a-Thon was a big success, thanks to the fund raising work of participating company members and the generous donations of their families and friends. Totals are still being finalized, but CIC raised over $3,000, which will go directly into the theater. Thanks to everyone who donated and participated, and special thanks to the lovely folks at Timber Lanes for hosting the event.

The highest overall fund-raiser was Tony Lawry, who showed up to bowl with a wrist guard and his very own ball-wiping towel. If there’s an official term for a ball-wiping towel, I don’t want to know. The point is, dude is serious about bowling, and raising money for a most excellent cause. Congratulations, Tony! Enjoy the win, because next year, the ladies are taking it back.

Stats and pictures from the actual event still to come!



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Bowl-A-Thon Update!

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

It’s officially April, the official month of the OFFICIAL Chemically Imbalanced Comedy Super-Fun Bowl-A-Thon Extravaganza 2008: SUPERFUN!

I just made that title up.

But we are having a Bowl-A-Thon, and it is happening on Sunday, April 27th. We’re raising money for an air conditioning system, to ensure a comfortable summer of cool comedy at the Chemically Imbalanced Theater. CIC is a not-for-profit theater, which means that all donations are tax-deductable. And hey, won’t you feel good about yourself, supporting the arts in a tangible way?

You can make a flat donation, or sponsor a bowler at a per-pin level (a nickel, a quarter, a buck a pin). You can even challenge us to do wacky stunts for pledges. How about a dollar per beer imbibed? A quarter for every time we do a little dance when we bowl? Ten bucks per frame if we bowl in formal attire? Use your imagination. Photographic and/or video evidence can be provided.

There is an element of competition to the Bowl-a-Thon, as CIC associates have been pitted against each other in the race for pledges. Mr. Tony Lawry is currently bowling over the competition, but artistic associate Lina Bunte is hot on his tail! And there are still twenty-five days of pledge-driving and smack-talking to go. Why not check out the standings and select a bowler to sponsor, yourself?

Of course it’s not all about competition. It’s about supporting awesome comedy and the arts in Chicago. But if last year’s spectacle of Dave Whalley in a pink lace bra can be repeated in the process? All the sweeter.



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Help! Air….

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Hey folks -

Every year, Chemically Imbalanced Comedy holds a bowling fundraiser. This year is especially important because we are raising funds to get central air in our new Theater space. I know a lot of you out there in CIN land perform in our space (and especially since this years Snubfest is in June!!!), I am sure you don’t want to perform in a hot sweaty yucky space all summer. So here is how you can help.

You can sponsor any CIC Company member on a per-pin, per-gutterball, per-beer or per-whatever-you-want basis. We bowl three games, and when all is said and done, your bowler looks at how much you’ve pledged and tells you what you owe. If you’ve pledged, say, five cents per pin and they knocked down a total of 360 pins in my three games, you owe them a total of 18 bucks. Then you give them a check, or cash. OR You could go to our website RIGHT NOW and sponsor a bowler with a flat rate of your choice. Go to
http://www.cicomedy.com/Bowl-a-Thon.html
and pay through paypal. Make sure you type in the name of the bowler you are sponsoring so we can give them credit on our race to air.

Want to do EVEN MORE! You could become a bowler for us. If you want to bowl and raise us some money email dwhalley529@yahoo.com for a pledge sheet.

Best part, we are a 501c3 Not for Profit Theater Company so all donations can be met with a tax write off letter.

Thanks for the support, we couldn’t survive without you



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Poking fun

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

by Steve Heisler on May 16th, 2007

Like poker? Want to have a small chance of winning something, but really you’re just delaying an inevitable donation to a comedy theater? You’re in luck. Chicago Charitable Games Association, a group that organizes games for altruistic card sharks, is holding a launch party for their new site Saturday 19, 7pm–10pm. $35 gets you an open bar, appetizers and the chance to win small-ticket raffle items like theater tickets. The kicker? All the proceeds go to benefit Chemically Imbalanced Comedy. Yes it’s in Naperville at some bar, but who doesn’t like comedy? Don’t answer that question.

According to Angie McMahon, CIC’s founder, Chicago Poker had no idea that comedy theaters were capable of benefiting from these types of events. (She even turned the head of the company into so much of a comedy believer, that he’s been asking her to join the board of directors.) What’s that? You didn’t know comedians are poor? You can always make donations: Just visit one of the many non-profit theater companies in town (including CIC, pH and the Playground, just to name a very select few. And judging by CIC’s last improv show photo, which we “managed” to “nab” using “connections”*, they’re clearly putting your money to good use.

*Not true, or really a CIC photo. Sadly, itisa real photo for someone, though.



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Launch Party for ChicagoPokerLive.com to benefit Comedy Theater

Monday, May 14th, 2007


Naperville…Chicago Charitable Games Association is proud to announce the launch party for ChicagoPokerLive.com at Two-Nine in Naperville on May 19 at 7pm-10pm. Tickets $35, includes open bar, passed appetizers, door prizes, and raffle items. Including Tickets to Late Night Catechism, Gorilla Tango Theater, ImprovOlympic, Hell in a Handbag, Thunder and Lightning, Zanies Comedy Club and much much more!

Proceeds from the evenings events will benefit Chemically Imbalanced Comedy, a 7 year old not for profit Theater Company in Chicago dedicated to exploring every aspect of comedy in its many art forms.

Chicago Charitable Games is a party planning and consulting firm looking to help charities maximize their fund raising events. They specialize in Casino Night Events with Poker being the number one game offered. Using their resources to connect the charities with suppliers, locations, volunteers, and a dedicated roster of poker fans to play.

Bert Kaulen, Vice President and Co-Founder of Chicago Charitable Games Association says it’s all about a good cause. “We are dedicated to helping charities host successful events in order to raise money that go to worthy causes. We are with you during every stage of the event process, from filling out paperwork, to setting up the chairs at the event, to shaking the hands of the players for a wonderful night.”

Chemically Imbalanced Comedy was fortunate enough to be one of the partnering Charities just a month or so ago. “We raised $8,000 in four events. For a small arts organization that is equivalent to a major grant that could take us up to a year to get. This is the kind of major donation that can change the direction of your whole season.” Says Angie McMahon, Executive Producer and Founder of Chemically Imbalanced Comedy.

Charitable Gaming Consultants have been around for over 20 years, but this is all news to McMahon. “I had never even heard of this kind of thing.” But she is not the only one learning something out of this partnership. Kaulen says “I had no idea Theaters were charities.” So it is great that they found each other. Because of it now Kaulen’s organization is partnering with over 15 arts based organizations for their summer fundraising events. These include Chicago Music Group, Stage Left Theater, and Strawdog Theater just to name a few.

To kick off there summer full of poker and arts they are throwing a lunch party at Two-Nine in Naperville on May 19. Two-Nine is a trendy bar located in the heart of Naperville. It seems like a perfect match of folks who would love to laugh and have a good time. Being that Chemically Imbalanced Comedy was there first Arts Based client they have named them the Charity of Choice to get proceeds for the evening. “Its wonderful to find a group of people who can really benefit and appreciate from the services we offer. When I know how much this small amount can mean to an organizations like Angie’s it makes it worth it even more”

Two-Nine
29 W. Jefferson Avenue
Naperville, Illinois 60540
http://www.two-nine29.com

Saturday May 19
7pm-10pm
Tickets $35
Includes: Open Bar, Appetizers, Raffle Prizes

www.ChicagoPokerLive.com

www.Cicomedy.com

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