The Curious Theatre Branch’s ambitious yearly showcase of experimental theater, performance, and music from Chicago’s fringe began as part of the Bucktown Arts Fest. Over the years it’s mushroomed from a neighborhood happening to an event of citywide significance–especially now that it’s been taken under the wing of the Department of Cultural Affairs as part of a laudable effort to bring an off-off-Loop sensibility to Chicago’s downtown theater district.
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This program features four short plays with music: Airland, by Adam Vine; Aviary, by Nora Jean Lange; and Tuning In to the Power of Active Listening and Understanding Shyness, by Brian Torrey Scott. Curious Theatre Branch, 7 PM. (Reviewed this week in Section One.)
The Jazzterpiece
Actor-director Ziegenhagen displays his songwriting talents as he accompanies himself on a four-string guitar. No Exit Cafe, 9:30 PM.
This Prop Thtr production about a Latino safecracker is adapted from the memoirs of Johnny “Bubbles” Gallegos by Gallegos’s nephews Raoul and Scott Vehill (Scott Vehill codirects with Stefan Brun). No Exit Cafe, 7:30 PM.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
