About Face Youth Theatre: In Real Life, About Face Theatre. Like its first two shows exploring the sexual orientations of young people, About Face Youth Theatre’s third effort is culled from a six-month workshop with about 50 Chicago-area “lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, [and] questioning youth.” But this time the workshop also collected 75 stories from around the world on its Web site, and the show revolves around the influence of the Internet, weaving technologically oriented stories (finding first love in chat rooms) in with narratives set in classrooms and bedrooms. Seth Reinick’s lighting and Andre Pluess and Ben Sussman’s sound design emphasize the technological side of making connections. “Who are you? What happened?” the 20-member ensemble chant, as if they were a computer looking for data. “Searching…go.”
