In keeping with my Save Some Dough on Dates theme, here is the latest Goldstar deal:  My First Encounter.  This off-Broadway hit features a hilarious and sometimes painful collection of first sexual-experience stories from people of all persuasions. Drawn from a website of more than 50,000 responses, the stories range from the sweet and sexy, to the awkward and humiliating, and pretty much everything in between. In a fun twist, each show is kicked off by a Chicago performer who shares his or her own tale, and also incorporates some from the audience, as submitted through a pre-show survey. The Chicago premiere from Broken Nose Theatre stars Brooks Applegate, Catherine Dildilian, Spenser Davis and Leslie Ruettiger, and is the brainchild of acclaimed writer Ken Davenport (Altar Boyz, The Awesome ’80s Prom).

[PITA and I saw Altar Boyz in NYC years ago – some of the songs like “Jesus Called Me on My Cell Phone” are hysterical.]