Previously produced by the Aardvark theater company, this third annual festival of women’s theater has been taken over by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs in conjunction with Prop Thtr. Running April 3-May 10, the festival features artists in the fields of theater, performance, poetry, dance, and music; scheduled participants include Karen Finley, Stephanie Shaw, Margi Cole, Laura McKenzie, Jessica Thebus, Susan Nussbaum, Tekki Lomnicki, Nana Shineflug, Teatro Luna, and Babes With Blades. Three different programs of live music, theater, dance, poetry, and performance art run at the Storefront Theater in the Gallery 37 Center for the Arts, 66 E. Randolph; Storefront Theater programs cost $12 apiece or $30 for all three. Additional specially priced events take place at other venues as shown below. Tickets can be purchased by phone at 312-742-8497 or on-line at www.ticketweb.com; more information is available at www.estrogenfest-chicago.com.
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The band Apartment opens and closes the show, which also features monologuist Stephanie Shaw in her “meta-theatrical” piece Estrus Estranged; Pamela Peterson singing “Song of the Self-help Junkie” and “Making Love Alone” (April 3-5 only); Marilyn Campbell and Laurie Larson reciting poetry by Susan Hahn and Anne Sexton; the stage-combat ensemble Babes With Blades; Teatro Luna in Piece of Ass, a play about Jennifer Lopez; We Are Our Mothers’ Daughters, a short play written by Sean Graney and directed by Ann Filmer; “She’s the One,” a group musical number; and dancer Margi Cole performing “Truth,” an excerpt from Reel to Real (April 3-5 only). Storefront Theater, 7:30 PM.
See Critic’s Choice. Apollo Theater, 2540 N. Lincoln, 773-935-6100. 10:30 PM; $29.50.
See Critic’s Choice. Apollo Theater, 2540 N. Lincoln, 773-935-6100. 11:30 PM; $29.50.
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