Cabinalysis at Chicago Fringe Festival

One of regulars Larry Kerns is taking his one man show “Cabinalysis” to the Chicago Fringe Festival, Sept. 1 – 5th. If you’ve been a regular of This Much is True you’ve been able to hear pieces of this story in it’s development and now you’ll get to hear the  whole thing.

“The cabin you think you’re going to build…is never the cabin you end up building.”

This is a story about a middle-aged psychiatrist who wants to become a better parent, a better father — to develop closer relationships with his four teenage children and to create something meaningful with them before they grow up and leave home.

Following a serendipitous visit to Walden Pond, he decides that the perfect way to bond with his children and teach them some important life lessons would be through the experience of building a replica of Thoreau’s cabin together…in their suburban backyard.

When the cabinbuilder embarks on his mission, he soon encounters resistance from his children, problems with the construction, and eventually his own internal confusion and Builder’s Block.

After his kids go their own way – to live their own lives – the cabinbuilder vows to build his own cabin. His desperate search for answers takes him to Frank Lloyd Wright’s school of architecture, the Log Doctor’s clinic, and finally to a psychiatrist who treats psychiatrists.

When the half-built cabin floods and begins to sink into the mud, he learns his real lessons about family, creativity and the cost of living your unlived life.

Please go support Larry it’s an amazing story and a good friend, you will be glad you did.

Cabinalysis…or, Build Your Own Damn Cabin!
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960 W.18th St.
Chicago, IL 60608