This third annual festival of solo performance, featuring more than 30 pieces, runs through 10/10 at the Athenaeum Theatre, third-floor studio, 2936 N. Southport. Tickets are $15 per show; “all access” passes cost $90. Tickets can be purchased through Ticketmaster by calling 312-902-1500 or logging on to www.ticketmaster.com; single-show tickets are also available at the door. For more information call 312-371-4476 or see www.singlefilechicago.com.
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Six monologues convey the stories of Arab and South Asian women in Kayhan Irani’s We’ve Come Undone. Eliza Jane Schneider explores the “real social emergencies facing America as a nation” in Freedom of Speech, a 25-character solo play. 7:30 PM
See listing for Thu 9/30. 9:30 PM
See listing for Thu 9/30. 7:30 PM
Ball is a “one-man traumedy” in which Brian Lobel discusses life as a testicular cancer patient. Don Regal keeps the mood alive with Inoperable, “one man’s final search to find a quick fix to his problematic life.” 2 PM
Naomi Grossman’s Girl in Argentine Landscape is “the story of one girl’s transformation from ‘big dork’ to ‘bad ass.’” Nathalie Broizat’s Conversion (Delusion Solo) is a performance piece about delusion. 7:30 PM
