Wandering Aesthetics & Rubber City Theater Company Present… The Electric Pressure Cooker Open Mic Cabaret Wandering Aesthetics, in collaboration with Rubber City Theater Company, is proud to announce the next Electric Pressure Cooker Open Mic Cabaret – a monthly “Anything Goes” Cabaret-Style Open Mic. The Electric Pressure Cooker will be held on Friday, May 22 at 8 pm at None Too Fragile Theater inside Pub Bricco, located at 1841 Merriman Road in Akron, Ohio. The Electric Pressure Cooker is a free event and open to the public. For more information visit www.tinyurl.com/EPCooker15 <http://www.tinyurl.com/EPCooker15> or email watheatre@gmail.com <mailto:watheatre@gmail.com> About the Event: The #EPCooker is one of Akron’s hottest open mics. Started in the basement of a flower shop, it is an artist driven event that sees over 100 audience members, 30 performances and 6 non-stop hours of art. Most months include an art gallery, showcasing the talents of a local visual artist. Sign ups to perform begin one-half hour (7:30 pm) before performances (8:00 pm) start. Anyone may sign up for a 10-minute slot. An emcee, drum kit and sound system (with operators) are provided. Ruben Ryan – improv star – is this month’s emcee. ALL varieties of acts are encouraged to perform. Previous acts have included: monologues, acoustic musicians, play readings, comedians, experimental art, dancers, scenes from plays, improv, 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. Pub Bricco has a full bar and a wide selection of food. Food and alcohol are permitted in the theatre. About the Emcee: Ruben Ryan started doing “weird hippy theatre” with Standing Rock Cultural Arts in Kent when he was no older than 11. He has been strung out on a diet of theatre and improv ever since, working with such organizations as: Point Of No Return Improv, The Bang and the Clatter Theatre and Karamu House. Currently, Ruben is a member of Just Go With It– Akron’s only long-form troupe.