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 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 25
Bracing Nerves
Deva Eveland’s performance installation features “a series of social occasions and events attended by the artist only. Viewers may safely watch from the outside,” a press release advises. a 6:30-10:30 PM, second-floor corridor. Free.
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Performance of Sleep in One Long Act Without Intermission
Surrelium and eidolon
The Rubber Monkey Puppet Company presents a 3-D shadow puppet production. a 9:30 PM, Studio 2. $15.
