TangleKnot Theatre

11/15/2013

3 months after NICKEL AND DIMED closed at the Greenhouse Theater Center, and the rave reviews keep coming in!

Check out Illinois Wesleyan University Magazine's 4-page spread on how we Set the Stage for Change from Behind the Curtain!
http://www.iwu.edu/magazine/2013/Fall/tangleknot.html

It is a warm Friday evening in Chicago’s affluent Lincoln Park neighborhood. Revelers spill out of trendy bars and restaurants. Fashionably dressed residents push toddlers in strollers or zip about on bikes retailing for more than the cost of a month’s rent in the city’s poorer neighborhoods just mi...

08/19/2013

Interesting article on the correlation between customer service when server are or aren't paid in tips
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2013/08/tipless_restaurants_the_linkery_s_owner_explains_why_abolishing_tipping.single.html

For more than six years, I ran a restaurant without tips. A couple of years after opening the Linkery restaurant in San Diego, the team and I adopted a policy of adding to each dining-in check a service charge of 18 percent—a little less than our tip average had been....

08/14/2013

Thank you to everyone who attended NICKEL AND DIMED this summer! We have a post-show questionnaire that only takes 2-3 minutes. You can access the survey here: http://ow.ly/nVF1Z

08/11/2013

It's closing day for NICKEL AND DIMED! Join us at the Greenhouse Theater Center today at 3PM for the last time to join in the discussion. Call 773-404-7336 or visit www.greenhousetheater.org for tickets

08/09/2013

30+ Examples of Middle-to-Upper Class Privilege
Check them out here: http://ow.ly/nEM9w

Following is a list of middle-to-upper class privileges. If you are a member of the middle class or upper class economic groups (or, in some...

08/08/2013

“One thing really great about working the closing shift: You can make the food pantries!” Another great thing about today: Thursday is Industry Night, with $10 tickets for patrons who work in the entertainment industry

08/08/2013

“I appreciate my gals, I want you to know that: especially the good ones. Starting next week, I’m putting you at $6.75” –Ted, Magic Maids Owner
“About appreciation, don’t you think good people might be easier to find if you raised everybody’s pay?” –Barbara
“Our wages are standard for the industry! Tell you what though… I’ll give some thought to this issue if you give thought to the promotion. Deal? Wouldn’t want you to think I’m an ogre.” –Ted
“Actually, the word that comes to mind is pimp” –Barbara

NICKEL AND DIMED returns this weekend starting Thursday night. Call 773-404-7336 or visit www.greenhousetheater.org for tickets

08/07/2013

According to Labor Department data, about 1.7 million workers earned the minimum wage or less in 2007. By 2012, the total had surged to 3.6 million.
Read more of the modern minimum wager workers' stories here: http://ow.ly/nELQl

The number of Americans earning minimum wage has grown significantly since the recession hit. Here, six stories of getting by.

08/07/2013

“We think of customers as guests in our house. Fact, that’s why we call ‘em Guests. Here, you’re not an employee, you’re an Associate. I’m not a manager, I’m a People Servant. You’re here to serve the Guests, and I’m here to serve you.” –Howard, Mall-mart

NICKEL AND DIMED invites you to be a Guest in our audience our final weekend. Call 773-404-7336 or visit www.greenhousetheater.org for tickets

08/06/2013

"Maybe she's a plant: they put her here to prove how fast the cleaning can get done... Hmm -- Turkey and Cheese Sandwich! She a spy, all right" -Carlie, Economy Inn
Enjoy a meal before the show with one of Greenhouse Theater's dining partners here: http://ow.ly/nEOWb

08/06/2013

Last weekend to catch NICKEL AND DIMED at The Greenhouse Theater! Call 773-404-7336 or visit www.greenhousetheater.org for tickets and join our cast & crew!

08/06/2013

What do the Magic Maids really think when they tidy up your home? Former maids and cleaning agencies describe the 13 things your housecleaner won’t tell you.
Watch the slideshow here: http://ow.ly/nEMJP

Former maid service owners and housekeeping agencies come clean about what it's like to tidy up your home.