Live Bait Theater presents its ninth annual showcase of one-person performances. The event features work by an array of well-known fringe artists–among them David Kodeski, Stephanie Shaw, Susan Karp, and Edward Thomas-Herrera–as well as a crop of emerging talents, including real-life police officers involved in Live Bait’s Police-Teen Link program.

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The festival previews on Thursday, July 29, and opens Friday, July 30, for a run through August 14. All shows take place in the Bucket space of Live Bait Theater, 3914 N. Clark. Tickets are $10 per show; previews are “pay what you can.” (The show on Thursday, August 5, is also deemed a preview.) Tickets can be purchased by phone at 773-871-1212 or online at www.ticketweb.com. For more information, check www.livebaittheater.org.

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