Blog Posts - One year ago today at 5pm, we met upstairs at Mullen’s for our first rehearsal as Octavarius. Since then we’ve done 30 shows around Chicago, made a bevy of short films, had over 1200 people listen to our podcast, and...
A Child’s Poem About Mario
Blog Posts - We are big Mario fans (see our “Are Mario and Peach an Item” podcast if you doubt me.) So it’s always good to see that future generations also appreciate his work as well. This elementary school kid wrote a poem...
Thanks for Being Our St. Patrick’s Day Companions
Blog Posts - Thank you to everyone who took time out of their busy schedule of drinking themselves stupid, to stop by the show last night. We had a great time, and did a great honor to the memory of the Teenage Mutant...
Octavarius Gets Lucky at the Playground for St. Patrick’s Day
Blog Posts - Octavarius will be St. Patrick’s Day-ing it up at the Playground at 8pm tonight, with a sweet show, and maybe some Guinness. It’s BYOB, so celebrate as much as you want during the show.. The Playground 3209 N Halsted Ave...
Compliment Sandwich: A How To and Users Guide
Blog Posts - Why use the Compliment Sandwich? You’re not 100% happy with the world around you. No one is. There are bosses we dislike, friends who annoy us, significant others who just don’t get it. When it’s too much to handle you...
Video: BattleProv, McNuggets, and Batman
Blog Posts - Thanks again to everyone who came to the show last Thursday. For those who didn’t make it, here’s the video of our “Do Your Thing” round. For those of you who were at the show. If you watch this, you’ll...
Thank you for making last night magic!
Blog Posts - Dear Everyone in Attendance at Last Night’s Show, Last night rocked. I’m not really sure how to explain all the little wonderful moments that made it magical, but somewhere between chicken nuggets with Billy Murray carved into them, and last...
BattleProv’s Torture Round
Blog Posts - This top secret footage is so top secret that they actually asked us to stop filming right in the middle. What we did capture though, shows the “Torture Round” of the BattleProv show. If you missed the last BattleProv show...
Top secret footage from our last BattleProv show
Blog Posts - Since Octavarius will be back at ComedySportz this Thursday at 10 for another round of BattleProv, we thought it only fitting that we release some top secret footage from our last show there. BattleProv works differently than other improv shows....
Recipe: Waffle Ice Cream Sandwich
Blog Posts - In an attempt to create something new an interesting, I decided to make a waffle ice cream sandwich. The thought struck me as I looked at the freezer in the grocery store which held both waffles and ice cream. Very...
