About Face Theatre and the Museum of Contemporary Art team up for a showcase of new gay- and lesbian-themed works in various stages of development. Offerings range from workshop productions to readings and discussions, as shown in the schedule below. The festival runs through March 16 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E. Chicago. Ticket prices for individual programs are given below; “all-access” passes cost $35. For more information and reservations, call 312-397-4010.
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Doug Wright, whose play Quills dramatized the life of the Marquis de Sade, penned this monodrama about Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, who lived openly as a transgendered woman in Berlin under the Nazi and communist regimes. This workshop production (a tryout prior to a planned New York engagement) stars Jefferson Mays under the direction of Moises Kaufman, author of Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde and The Laramie Project. 7:30 PM. $20.
Chicago actor-writer Patricia Kane’s “love letter to the Barbara Stanwycks of the world and . . . those dimestore tomes she inspired,” set in a Chicago lesbian bar during the summer of 1956, is offered in a workshop production. 10:30 PM. $8.
I Am My Own Wife
Late
