The Electric Pressure Cooker Cabaret AWARD-WINNING “Anything Goes” Open Mic–style Cabaret The Electric Pressure Cooker Cabaret – Akron’s most ELECTRIC open mic – is back just as Wandering Aesthetics <https://www.facebook.com/WATheatre/> gears up for the upcoming launch of Bigger Than A Breadbox! Saturday, August 26, 2017 @ 8 PM Aqueduct Brewing 529 Grant St #106, Akron, OH 44311 $5 cover charge or pay-what-you-can at the door The Electric Pressure Cooker Cabaret is open the public. Audience members can pay their covers ahead of time and artists can pre-register for a performance slot online at epcooker.com <http://epcooker.com/> or via phone at 330.612.3090. ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO: Support #EPCooker <https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/epcooker> team members and to help reach Wandering Aesthetics’ Year Two match for The Electric Pressure Cooker… presents Bigger than a Breadbox. Bigger Than A Breadbox – launching this Fall – is one of the 27 winners of the of the 2015 John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s Knight Arts Challenge Akron. #AkronBreadbox needs to raise $75,000 in matching funds over two years - but only $37,500 over the next 15 months. For more information (including the up-to-date funds raised) visit akronbreadbox.com <http://akronbreadbox.com/> or email watheatre@gmail.com <mailto:watheatre@gmail.com>. ABOUT THE EVENT: The AWARD-WINNING Electric Pressure Cooker Cabaret is piggybacking off of the growing Friday*Night*Mic at everyone's favorite brewery – Aqueduct Brewing <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Aqueduct-Brewing/445716669099319> – for another month of "ANYTHING GOES" entertainment! Blooming from humble beginnings in the basement of a Highland Square flower shop, the #EPCooker is an artist-driven event that sees over 100 audience members, 20+ performances and 6 non-stop hours of art. Registration for performers begins at 7:30 pm. Performances begin between 8:00 - 8:30 pm. Anyone may sign up for a 12-minute slot. Performers may pre-register at epcooker.com <http://epcooker.com/>. An emcee, house drum kit, keyboard and sound system (with operators) are provided. This month's emcee: Comedian & Improviser Ruben Ryan <https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=23321688>! ALL varieties of acts are encouraged to perform. Previous acts have included: monologues, acoustic musicians, comedians, feats of strength, play readings, experimental art, dancers, scenes from plays, improvisation, devised work, full rock bands and performance artists. But the sky is the limit; no art is too taboo for the #EPCooker! ALL levels – from beginner to the most experienced – are encouraged to perform. Those under 18 are permitted to attend (and perform!) with adult supervision. The #EPCooker is not just an Open Mic. It is an open and welcoming community of artists. It is also a great networking event, a great place to improve stage presence and a great place to develop as an artist. Comedian Sarah Jones, Storyteller Kyle Jozsa, Just Go With It Improv, Copper Pennies and many other acts premiered at the #EPCooker. Aqueduct Brewing has a quality selection of craft beer, cider and food available for sale. Outside beverages are not permitted. Outside food is allowed. ABOUT THE EMCEE: Ruben Ryan <https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=23321688> has been doing improv comedy almost half his life and performing on stage even longer. You can catch him performing Short-Form with Point of No Return Improv <https://www.facebook.com/pnrimprov/> and Something Dada <https://www.facebook.com/SomethingDada/> or Long-Form with Just Go With It Improv <https://www.facebook.com/justgowithitimprov/>. He is what he does... He's also been known to do some stand-up and appear in plays. If you're really lucky - or from Barberton - you may have seen him in the movie "Circle Track Summer". Either way, Ruben is an out-there kind of guy!