http://www.rockyhorrorwiki.org/wiki2/index.php?title=Gene_Chiovari&feed=atom&action=historyGene Chiovari - Revision history2024-03-29T07:43:54ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.25.2http://www.rockyhorrorwiki.org/wiki2/index.php?title=Gene_Chiovari&diff=13178&oldid=prevRuthfw: Minor punctuation; added name of con at which Gene got a BOSS; noted Gene co-founded CC. Cons were 1988 and 19892018-05-18T03:43:41Z<p>Minor punctuation; added name of con at which Gene got a BOSS; noted Gene co-founded CC. Cons were 1988 and 1989</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene Chiovari is a [[Rocky Horror Legend]] and [[Rocky Horror Elder]].  He first went to Rocky Horror in 1978 at the [[Biograph Theater]] in Chicago. Five years later he was head Frank and soon after became cast director. Gene was also part of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the </del>legendary cast<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>[[The Celluloid Jam]] in Milwaukee (with, among others, [[Bruce Cutter]]).  Gene has been in and run casts in the Wisconsin and Chicagoland area, and is a former cast director of [[Completely Crazy]]. At the Mundelein Theater in Mundelein, Illinois he was simultaneously cast director and also the theater manager.  He won [[The Boss Award]] in 2014 at the Chicago <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">convention </del>as recognition in part for his seminal role a ''Rocky Horror'' Johnny Appleseed in the Chicagoland area - most of the Chicagoland cast MC's lovingly rip off his stuff.  As of 2017 he is a member of Indiana cast [[Help Me Mommy]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene Chiovari is a [[Rocky Horror Legend]] and [[Rocky Horror Elder]].  He first went to Rocky Horror in 1978 at the [[Biograph Theater]] in Chicago. Five years later he was head Frank and soon after became cast director. Gene was also part of legendary cast [[The Celluloid Jam]] in Milwaukee (with, among others, [[Bruce Cutter]]).  Gene has been in and run casts in the Wisconsin and Chicagoland area, and is a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">founder and </ins>former cast director of [[Completely Crazy]]. At the Mundelein Theater in Mundelein, Illinois he was simultaneously cast director and also the theater manager.  He won [[The Boss Award]] in 2014 at the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Transylvania Carnivale]] in </ins>Chicago as recognition in part for his seminal role a ''Rocky Horror'' Johnny Appleseed in the Chicagoland area - most of the Chicagoland cast MC's lovingly rip off his stuff.  As of 2017 he is a member of Indiana cast [[Help Me Mommy]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene is not only a veteran of the cast scene, he is also a familiar face at the various conventions. He ran two ''Rocky Horror'' conventions - one in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1987 </del>and one in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1988</del>. [[Richard O'Brien]] himself was his special guest when Completely Crazy performed the live play (without the movie) at the '<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">88 </del>convention.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene is not only a veteran of the cast scene, he is also a familiar face at the various conventions. He ran two ''Rocky Horror'' conventions - one in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1988 </ins>and one in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1989</ins>. [[Richard O'Brien]] himself was his special guest when Completely Crazy performed the live play (without the movie) at the '<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">89 </ins>convention.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene appeared at most of the major conventions in the 1980s through 2000, doing his now legendary "Rocky Horror Pledge," the same one created by Richard O'Brien at the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1988 </del>convention.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene appeared at most of the major conventions in the 1980s through 2000, doing his now legendary "Rocky Horror Pledge," the same one created by Richard O'Brien at the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1989 </ins>convention.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene has also performed at several major Rocky Horror events, including the first televised ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' on Fox (1993) and at the 20th Anniversary in California and 25th Anniversary in Las Vegas.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene has also performed at several major Rocky Horror events, including the first televised ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' on Fox (1993) and at the 20th Anniversary in California and 25th Anniversary in Las Vegas.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene is also a big collector of ''Rocky Horror'' merchandise. His collection has everything from rare photos to videos; to soundtracks and posters; to playbills and magazines. Gene enjoys trading with ''Rocky Horror'' fans to increase his collection.  One of the more unusual items in his collection is the vinyl record of his cast performing the music to ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]'', for which Gene did the sound mixing.  He was also involved with the collector audio rarities CDs "The R Files" and "The R Files 2."</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene is also a big collector of ''Rocky Horror'' merchandise. His collection has everything<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>from rare photos to videos; to soundtracks and posters; to playbills and magazines. Gene enjoys trading with ''Rocky Horror'' fans to increase his collection.  One of the more unusual items in his collection is the vinyl record of his cast performing the music to ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]'', for which Gene did the sound mixing.  He was also involved with the collector audio rarities CDs "The R Files" and "The R Files 2."</div></td></tr>
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</table>Ruthfwhttp://www.rockyhorrorwiki.org/wiki2/index.php?title=Gene_Chiovari&diff=11247&oldid=prevTroyMartin at 14:38, 9 April 20172017-04-09T14:38:36Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene Chiovari is a [[Rocky Horror Legend]] and [[Rocky Horror Elder]].  He first went to Rocky Horror in 1978 at the [[Biograph Theater]] in Chicago. Five years later he was head Frank and soon after became cast director. Gene was also part of the legendary <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</del>Celluloid Jam<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" cast </del>in Milwaukee (with, among others, Bruce Cutter).  Gene has been in and run casts in the Wisconsin and Chicagoland area, and is a former cast director of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</del>Completely Crazy.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" </del>At the Mundelein Theater in Mundelein, Illinois he was simultaneously cast director and also the theater manager.  He won <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the BOSS award </del>in 2014 at the Chicago convention as recognition in part for his seminal role a ''Rocky Horror'' Johnny Appleseed in the Chicagoland area - most of the Chicagoland cast MC's lovingly rip off his stuff.  As of 2017 he is a member of Indiana cast Help Me Mommy.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene Chiovari is a [[Rocky Horror Legend]] and [[Rocky Horror Elder]].  He first went to Rocky Horror in 1978 at the [[Biograph Theater]] in Chicago. Five years later he was head Frank and soon after became cast director. Gene was also part of the legendary <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">cast, [[The </ins>Celluloid Jam<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>in Milwaukee (with, among others, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Bruce Cutter<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>).  Gene has been in and run casts in the Wisconsin and Chicagoland area, and is a former cast director of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Completely Crazy<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>. At the Mundelein Theater in Mundelein, Illinois he was simultaneously cast director and also the theater manager.  He won <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[The Boss Award]] </ins>in 2014 at the Chicago convention as recognition in part for his seminal role a ''Rocky Horror'' Johnny Appleseed in the Chicagoland area - most of the Chicagoland cast MC's lovingly rip off his stuff.  As of 2017 he is a member of Indiana cast <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Help Me Mommy<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene is not only a veteran of the cast scene, he is also a familiar face at the various conventions. He ran two ''Rocky Horror'' conventions - one in 1987 and one in 1988. [[Richard O'Brien]] himself was his special guest when <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</del>Completely Crazy<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </del>performed the live play (without the movie) at the '88 convention.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene is not only a veteran of the cast scene, he is also a familiar face at the various conventions. He ran two ''Rocky Horror'' conventions - one in 1987 and one in 1988. [[Richard O'Brien]] himself was his special guest when Completely Crazy performed the live play (without the movie) at the '88 convention.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene appeared at most of the major conventions in the 1980s through 2000, doing his now legendary "Rocky Horror Pledge," the same one created by Richard O'Brien at the 1988 convention.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene appeared at most of the major conventions in the 1980s through 2000, doing his now legendary "Rocky Horror Pledge," the same one created by Richard O'Brien at the 1988 convention.</div></td></tr>
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</table>TroyMartinhttp://www.rockyhorrorwiki.org/wiki2/index.php?title=Gene_Chiovari&diff=11246&oldid=prevTroyMartin at 14:33, 9 April 20172017-04-09T14:33:47Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene Chiovari is a [[Rocky Horror Legend]] and [[Rocky Horror Elder]].  He first went to Rocky Horror in 1978 at the [[Biograph Theater]] in Chicago. Five years later he was head Frank and soon after became cast director. Gene was also part of the legendary "Celluloid Jam" cast in Milwaukee (with, among others, Bruce Cutter).  Gene has been in and run casts in the Wisconsin and Chicagoland area, and is a former cast director of "Completely Crazy." At the Mundelein Theater in Mundelein, Illinois he was simultaneously cast director and also the theater manager.  He won the BOSS award in 2014 at the Chicago convention as recognition in part for his seminal role a Rocky Horror Johnny Appleseed in the Chicagoland area - most of the Chicagoland cast MC's lovingly rip off his stuff.  As of 2017 he is a member of Indiana cast Help Me Mommy.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene Chiovari is a [[Rocky Horror Legend]] and [[Rocky Horror Elder]].  He first went to Rocky Horror in 1978 at the [[Biograph Theater]] in Chicago. Five years later he was head Frank and soon after became cast director. Gene was also part of the legendary "Celluloid Jam" cast in Milwaukee (with, among others, Bruce Cutter).  Gene has been in and run casts in the Wisconsin and Chicagoland area, and is a former cast director of "Completely Crazy." At the Mundelein Theater in Mundelein, Illinois he was simultaneously cast director and also the theater manager.  He won the BOSS award in 2014 at the Chicago convention as recognition in part for his seminal role a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>Rocky Horror<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'' </ins>Johnny Appleseed in the Chicagoland area - most of the Chicagoland cast MC's lovingly rip off his stuff.  As of 2017 he is a member of Indiana cast Help Me Mommy.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene is not only a veteran of the cast scene, he is also a familiar face at the various conventions. He ran two ''Rocky Horror'' conventions - one in 1987 and one in 1988. Richard O'Brien himself was his special guest when Completely Crazy performed the live play (without the movie) at the '88 convention.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene is not only a veteran of the cast scene, he is also a familiar face at the various conventions. He ran two ''Rocky Horror'' conventions - one in 1987 and one in 1988. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Richard O'Brien<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>himself was his special guest when <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Completely Crazy<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>performed the live play (without the movie) at the '88 convention.</div></td></tr>
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</table>TroyMartinhttp://www.rockyhorrorwiki.org/wiki2/index.php?title=Gene_Chiovari&diff=11245&oldid=prevTroyMartin at 14:30, 9 April 20172017-04-09T14:30:37Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene is also a big collector of ''Rocky Horror'' merchandise. His collection has everything from rare photos to videos; to soundtracks and posters; to playbills and magazines. Gene enjoys trading with Rocky Horror fans to increase his collection.  One of the more unusual items in his collection is the vinyl record of his cast performing the music to the Rocky Horror Show, for which Gene did the sound mixing.  He was also involved with the collector audio rarities CDs "The R Files" and "The R Files 2."</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene is also a big collector of ''Rocky Horror'' merchandise. His collection has everything from rare photos to videos; to soundtracks and posters; to playbills and magazines. Gene enjoys trading with Rocky Horror fans to increase his collection.  One of the more unusual items in his collection is the vinyl record of his cast performing the music to the Rocky Horror Show, for which Gene did the sound mixing.  He was also involved with the collector audio rarities CDs "The R Files" and "The R Files 2."</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>See also [http://www.rockyhorror.com/profiles/fan_1996_12.php http://www.rockyhorror.com/profiles/fan_1996_12.php]  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>See also [http://www.rockyhorror.com/profiles/fan_1996_12.php http://www.rockyhorror.com/profiles/fan_1996_12.php]  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene Chiovari is a Rocky Horror Legend and Rocky Horror Elder.  He first went to Rocky Horror in 1978 at the Biograph Theater in Chicago. Five years later he was head Frank and soon after became cast director. Gene was also part of the legendary "Celluloid Jam" cast in Milwaukee (with, among others, Bruce Cutter).  Gene has been in and run casts in the Wisconsin and Chicagoland area, and is a former cast director of "Completely Crazy." At the Mundelein Theater in Mundelein, Illinois he was simultaneously cast director and also the theater manager.  He won the BOSS award in 2014 at the Chicago convention as recognition in part for his seminal role a Rocky Horror Johnny Appleseed in the Chicagoland area - most of the Chicagoland cast MC's lovingly rip off his stuff.  As of 2017 he is a member of Indiana cast Help Me Mommy.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene Chiovari is a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Rocky Horror Legend<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Rocky Horror Elder<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>.  He first went to Rocky Horror in 1978 at the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Biograph Theater<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>in Chicago. Five years later he was head Frank and soon after became cast director. Gene was also part of the legendary "Celluloid Jam" cast in Milwaukee (with, among others, Bruce Cutter).  Gene has been in and run casts in the Wisconsin and Chicagoland area, and is a former cast director of "Completely Crazy." At the Mundelein Theater in Mundelein, Illinois he was simultaneously cast director and also the theater manager.  He won the BOSS award in 2014 at the Chicago convention as recognition in part for his seminal role a Rocky Horror Johnny Appleseed in the Chicagoland area - most of the Chicagoland cast MC's lovingly rip off his stuff.  As of 2017 he is a member of Indiana cast Help Me Mommy.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene is not only a veteran of the cast scene, he is also a familiar face at the various conventions. He ran two Rocky Horror conventions - one in 1987 and one in 1988. Richard O'Brien himself was his special guest when Completely Crazy performed the live play (without the movie) at the '88 convention.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene is not only a veteran of the cast scene, he is also a familiar face at the various conventions. He ran two <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>Rocky Horror<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'' </ins>conventions - one in 1987 and one in 1988. Richard O'Brien himself was his special guest when Completely Crazy performed the live play (without the movie) at the '88 convention.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene appeared at most of the major conventions in the 1980s through 2000, doing his now legendary "Rocky Horror Pledge," the same one created by Richard O'Brien at the 1988 convention.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene appeared at most of the major conventions in the 1980s through 2000, doing his now legendary "Rocky Horror Pledge," the same one created by Richard O'Brien at the 1988 convention.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene has also performed at several major Rocky Horror events, including the first televised Rocky Horror Picture Show on Fox (1993) and at the 20th Anniversary in California and 25th Anniversary in Las Vegas.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene has also performed at several major Rocky Horror events, including the first televised <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[The </ins>Rocky Horror Picture Show<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>on Fox (1993) and at the 20th Anniversary in California and 25th Anniversary in Las Vegas.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene is also a big collector of Rocky Horror merchandise. His collection has everything from rare photos to videos; to soundtracks and posters; to playbills and magazines. Gene enjoys trading with Rocky Horror fans to increase his collection.  One of the more unusual items in his collection is the vinyl record of his cast performing the music to the Rocky Horror Show, for which Gene did the sound mixing.  He was also involved with the collector audio rarities CDs "The R Files" and "The R Files 2."</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Gene is also a big collector of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>Rocky Horror<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'' </ins>merchandise. His collection has everything from rare photos to videos; to soundtracks and posters; to playbills and magazines. Gene enjoys trading with Rocky Horror fans to increase his collection.  One of the more unusual items in his collection is the vinyl record of his cast performing the music to the Rocky Horror Show, for which Gene did the sound mixing.  He was also involved with the collector audio rarities CDs "The R Files" and "The R Files 2."</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>For many years, Gene was also co-producer of Rocky Horror/Shock Treatment fanzine "Crazed Imaginations<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">,</del>" working first with founding editor Bill Brennan and then with Ruth Fink-Winter. The monthly fanzine featured many of Gene's photos and T-shirt/button designs, and bore Gene's instantly recognizable stamp as graphic editor.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>For many years, Gene was also co-producer of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>Rocky Horror<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Shock Treatment<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>fanzine "<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Crazed Imaginations<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>"<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>working first with founding editor Bill Brennan and then with Ruth Fink-Winter. The monthly fanzine featured many of Gene's photos and T-shirt/button designs, and bore Gene's instantly recognizable stamp as graphic editor.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>His most favorite part of Rocky is "I'm Going Home."</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>His most favorite part of Rocky is "I'm Going Home."</div></td></tr>
</table>TroyMartinhttp://www.rockyhorrorwiki.org/wiki2/index.php?title=Gene_Chiovari&diff=11243&oldid=prevRuthfw: Populated profile, starting with the 1996 rockyhorror.com profile.2017-04-07T17:37:56Z<p>Populated profile, starting with the 1996 rockyhorror.com profile.</p>
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Gene Chiovari is a Rocky Horror Legend and Rocky Horror Elder. He first went to Rocky Horror in 1978 at the Biograph Theater in Chicago. Five years later he was head Frank and soon after became cast director. Gene was also part of the legendary "Celluloid Jam" cast in Milwaukee (with, among others, Bruce Cutter). Gene has been in and run casts in the Wisconsin and Chicagoland area, and is a former cast director of "Completely Crazy." At the Mundelein Theater in Mundelein, Illinois he was simultaneously cast director and also the theater manager. He won the BOSS award in 2014 at the Chicago convention as recognition in part for his seminal role a Rocky Horror Johnny Appleseed in the Chicagoland area - most of the Chicagoland cast MC's lovingly rip off his stuff. As of 2017 he is a member of Indiana cast Help Me Mommy.<br />
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Gene is not only a veteran of the cast scene, he is also a familiar face at the various conventions. He ran two Rocky Horror conventions - one in 1987 and one in 1988. Richard O'Brien himself was his special guest when Completely Crazy performed the live play (without the movie) at the '88 convention.<br />
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Gene appeared at most of the major conventions in the 1980s through 2000, doing his now legendary "Rocky Horror Pledge," the same one created by Richard O'Brien at the 1988 convention.<br />
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Gene has also performed at several major Rocky Horror events, including the first televised Rocky Horror Picture Show on Fox (1993) and at the 20th Anniversary in California and 25th Anniversary in Las Vegas.<br />
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Gene is also a big collector of Rocky Horror merchandise. His collection has everything from rare photos to videos; to soundtracks and posters; to playbills and magazines. Gene enjoys trading with Rocky Horror fans to increase his collection. One of the more unusual items in his collection is the vinyl record of his cast performing the music to the Rocky Horror Show, for which Gene did the sound mixing. He was also involved with the collector audio rarities CDs "The R Files" and "The R Files 2."<br />
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For many years, Gene was also co-producer of Rocky Horror/Shock Treatment fanzine "Crazed Imaginations," working first with founding editor Bill Brennan and then with Ruth Fink-Winter. The monthly fanzine featured many of Gene's photos and T-shirt/button designs, and bore Gene's instantly recognizable stamp as graphic editor.<br />
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His most favorite part of Rocky is "I'm Going Home."</div>Ruthfw