PlayMakers Laboratory (PML), formerly Barrel of Monkeys, is an arts-education and theater ensemble based in
Chicago
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that works in under-served
Chicago Public Schools
Chicago Public Schools (CPS), officially classified as City of Chicago School District #299 for funding and districting reasons, in Chicago, Illinois, is the third-largest school district in the United States, after New York and Los Angeles.
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. Founded by Erica Halverson and Halena Kays in 1997, PML consists of actors, musicians and teaching-artists that run in-school residency writing workshops, an after-school program and a weekly public performance, ''That's Weird, Grandma''. The company works with elementary students in writing workshops, later adapting the students' original works to the stage.
History
Barrel of Monkeys was founded by Halverson and Kays shortly after their graduation from Northwestern University, where both were involved in
Griffin's Tale
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'' That's Weird, Grandma ''
Barrel of Monkeys also runs a public performance, ''That's Weird, Grandma'', which consists of a rotating selection of the company's favorite children-authored plays. ''That's Weird, Grandma'' is performed in the Neo Futurarium, well known as the home of the Neo-Futurists, an experimental Chicago Theater company.
Partnering Schools
For the 2009-2010 school year, Barrel of Monkeys worked with a dozen Chicago elementary schools, as well as a
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People
* St. Ignatius of Loyola
* Loyola (surname)
* Etsowish-simmegee-itshin, indigenous man whose baptismal name was Loyola
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* Loyola (CTA), a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, in Chicago, Illin ...