Burst Your Bubble.
In 2019, Lil Wenker and David DeRuiter were fatefully cast in a puppet show for the Yale Children’s Theater. Lil built the puppets with cardboard she found on the side of the road, and David played a talking volcano.
Since then, they have been the best of friends, almost-lovers, and the co-founders of Chekhov’s Gum. They’re a new work comedy production company that specializes in repurposing recyclable material, writing dick jokes, and packing audiences into spaces where performance of any kind could be considered a fire hazard.
Lil and David want to shake you — literally, they want to shake you. Their work runs at breakneck speed, it’s often profane, and it’s always very, very stupid. They can’t promise that it will make sense, but they can promise that it will be funny.
LIL
Lil graduated from clown school in 2021 and has not stopped talking about it since. While at Yale, she changed the institution’s comedic landscape by doing a bit about Drake at graduation, finding gainful employment, and publishing her manifesto. Her mother often critiques her for “stirring the pot” and “going manic.” ;))))))
DAVID
David’s career in the arts includes the worst EP of indie music you’ll ever hear (don’t ask), a home movie where he played Batman (do ask), and a swift kick in the pants (don’t tell). Their recent bits include a shy politician and a baby in a hot car. Ask him about his broken finger.