If anyone reading this remembers Scotty Iseri, otherwise known as the Paper Hat Guy, please share your stories in the comments because, based on the show The Paper Hat Game, which just opened at the Den Theatre, Iseri's habit of making paper hats out of newspapers (he preferred the Reader in its broadsheet incarnation) and distributing them to his fellow el passengers sounds like one of the most delightful things ever to happen on the CTA, even beating out bottle-cap three card monte.
Torry Bend, the director of The Paper Hat Game, thought so too, even though she never actually got to see Iseri in action.…
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