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Jason Narducy
Jason Narducy is a Chicago musician. When he isn't touring with Bob Mould, Superchunk, or Sunny Day Real Estate, he writes and sings in Split Single. Jason has performed with Robert Pollard (Guided By Voices), The Pretenders, Liz Phair, Eddie Vedder, Michael Shannon, R.E.M. and many more. Jason and his first band, Verböten, were featured in the Foo Fighter's HBO series Sonic Highways and in Dave Grohl's NYT best seller, Storyteller. Playwright Brett Neveu wrote a musical about Verböten (featuring music by Jason) that opened in Chicago in January 2020.
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Eileen Tull
Eileen Tull (she/her) is a multi-disciplinary theatremaker, poet, educator, and one-woman show person based in Chicago. Her work has been seen throughout the country in United Solo Festival, Minnesota Fringe, Dallas Solo Festival, San Francisco Fringe, Cincy Fringe, and Tampa’s New Seeds Festival. In Chicago, she has worked with The Factory Theatre, Stage Left Theatre, Theatre Wit, and Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre, among others. Eileen recently founded Fat Theatre Project, a creative collective committed to telling stories by/about/for/with fat artists. Coming up in 2025, she'll be directing "Funny, Like An Abortion," with FTP, co-produced by Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble. She is currently pursuing her MFA in Theatre Directing from Randolph College. www.eileentull.com
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Dan Weissman
Dan Weissmann is a reporter. He’s the host and creator of An Arm and a Leg, a podcast about why health care costs so freaking much, and what we can maybe do about it.
Because Dan likes a challenge, the job he’s chosen with An Arm and a Leg is to take one of the most enraging, terrifying, depressing parts of American life — and create a show that’s entertaining, empowering, and useful.
Before starting An Arm and a Leg in 2018, Dan was a staff reporter at WBEZ and Marketplace. His stories have appeared on shows like Reveal, 99 Percent Invisible, and Planet Money.
Most Monday nights, Dan can be found practicing with the Blue Ribbon Glee Club, singing the punk rock canon. If that sounds like something you might dig, it abso-fucking-lutely is.
And if it sounds like something you might enjoy being part of, definitely hit Dan up after the show.
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Jennifer Husbands
Jennifer L. Husbands was born and raised in the Philadelphia area. Her two lifelong passions are music and education, though once she moved to Chicago, she made room in her heart for hometown boys Wilco, her now-husband CHIRP DJ Mike Bennett, and their amazing tween Skylar. Jenn has been a frequent guest DJ on WLUW 88.7's “The Mixtape Show” with Lou Berkman and appeared on a recent episode of “The Songseekers” podcast, where she discussed her love for Wilco and how she tells her life's story through music. She is also producing a documentary film about Chicago folk-soul artist Terry Callier. Professionally, Jenn has held senior roles in philanthropy, at several education nonprofits, a charter management organization and a large school district. She recently launched a consulting practice, Steward Education Advisors. She currently serves on the advisory boards of the Chicago Children’s Museum and the Chicago Public Education Foundation.
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Stephen Peebles
Steve is an Actor and Storyteller living in Chicago, IL. He's worked with several theatre companies in Chicago, most notably with Shattered Globe, The Mercury, and First Folio. He toured seven times with Montana Shakespeare in the Parks and is currently understudying Macbeth at Invictus Theatre. If you didn't see him go on two days ago, then you blew it, that was his one guaranteed performance. As a storyteller, Steve has been a repeat performer at Writer's Theatre's "Show and Tell" series, at The Gift Theatre's first annual "CampFire Stories", and has been featured on "The Moth Radio Hour," having won two Moth StorySlams and one Moth GrandSlam at the Athenaeum Theatre here in Chicago.
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Natalie Whalen
Natalie Whalen is a local comic, CHIRP DJ, and mediocre guitarist. She also loves to support and appreciate people who share their own version of these arts with the world. Natalie likes dogs, sandwiches, running, and adventure and chuckles in the face of a monotonous routine.