This multidisciplinary event, presented by Performing Arts Chicago and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, runs through Sunday, April 10. The avant-garde showcase, now in its third year, features established and emerging artists (including a number of SAIC students and alumni) working in theater, performance, circus arts, puppetry, storytelling, dance, music, video, and sound and installation art. The shows range from family-oriented to adults-only. Participants include Goat Island, the Curious Theatre Branch, Free Street, Theater Oobleck, the Hypocrites, the Neo-Futurists, Plasticene, Teatro Luna, Mathew Wilson, Mad Shak Dance Company, and many more.
FRIDAY 8
Frozen as a Picture
Mad Shak Dance Company presents a video installation by Molly Shanahan–a component of her movement project Eye Cycle, which deals with light, shadow, framing and perspective–that conveys a sense of solitude through layered, meditative images of dancers and flowers. a 6:30-9:30 PM, second-floor women’s bathroom. Free.
Performance of Sleep in One Long Act Without Intermission
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Live Action Cartoonists’ world premiere is inspired by true stories about sleep and death. This tedious piece about mercy killing and the death penalty is cartoonish for the first hour–when it’s dominated by an annoying kiddie-show format apparently meant to justify the fact we’re being told lots of things we already know–and deadly serious for the last 30 minutes. (LM) a 7 PM, Studio 2. $15.
The Incurable Theater presents short pieces of traditional toy, puppet, and mask theater, including a marionette version of Faust. Not suitable for young children. a 7:30 PM, Studio 3. $15.
