Is this an improv troupe?

No. For the last time.... we are not an improv group! We are a real professional theater company that produces original and established works. Bob Mitchell, founder of the company, was an improv teacher at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville in the 1990's, and he took some of his brightest students and formed the NonProphet Theater Company in 1995. The first show was a presentation of Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind by Chicago's Neo-Futurists. We then followed with three original sketch shows (Militant Propaganda Bingo Machine; If Our Meat Were Any Fresher, The Cows Would Slap Us; and Episode I: Balance Of The Farce), with the Bingo Machine being our most successful. We've also done two full scale productions (Parallel Lives by Kathy Najimy & Mo Gaffney and Dark Rapture by Eric Overmeyer) with more to come. And while there is a fair amount of improvisation that happens in the show, we are not an Improv Troupe (not that there's anything wrong with that). Everything we do is scripted- written by our own company members and contributing friends.

How many people have been in the group over the years?

48 cast members & writers & a partridge in a pear tree

Who came up with the logo, and what does it mean?

The logo was created in 1997 by Chris Adrienne, when he was going through his African Mask period with his art. The version you see today is a significantly cleaned up and altered version of the first. In fact the first on looked like crap, and the current version looks nothing at all like the one he came up with first. The second one was slightly better, but not much. The third version, the one that you see blazoned on the website is the best he could do. It has no true symbolism, we all just thought it looked real bitchin'. We're just lucky that he came up with it before he entered his "Midgets and Jell-O" period.

What is the air speed velocity of an un-laden swallow?

Well, that depends if its an African or European swallow. Please try to be more specific in the future if you want your questions answered.

Is Travis really gay?

No, Travis is not gay, but he plays one in bed.

What is the meaning of life?

42

What are your turn-ons?

We want a man with a slow hand. We want a lover with an easy touch. We want some one who will spend some time, not come and go in a heeded rush.

We also love long walks on the beach at sunset; a man who isn't afraid to cry, but who's not a big wuss; money and power are also nice. Oh, and jackhammer butt-sex.

Where are you located?

We are a St. Louis based, professional,theater company (currently pursuing 501(c)3 status) dedicated to bringing weird, subversive, off-beat, new & established works to the stage. Our major is sketch-comedy, with a double minor in plays and improvisation.

What is a NonProphet?

NonProphetism is a way that we look at life: through cynical, cold, unfeeling eyes. We feel that there is no subject is taboo when it comes to theater. We explore these issues, and through our singular and collaborative writing sessions, we craft a humorous, yet skewed, version of the world as we see it, sometimes with serious results, most often with hilarious results. Either way, if our work makes you think or at least laugh, then we've done our job.

We also love the groupies and free beer.

What exactly is anaphylactic shock?

Well, Health On The Net defines it as: