This multidisciplinary event, presented by Performing Arts Chicago and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, runs weekends through 4/10. The avant-garde showcase, now in its third year, features presentations by 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 18
Economies of Touch
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Sheelah Murthy “will give bodywork to people connected with the sex industry and ask viewers to meditate on their own complicity in a complex global economy.” 6:30- a 11:30 PM, main stage landing. Free.
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) Reviewed this week in Section 1. a 7 PM, Studio 2. $15.
Refuge
Escapiece
