This annual showcase of experimental theater, performance, and music from Chicago’s fringe, coproduced by Curious Theatre Branch and Prop Thtr, runs 9/7-11/12. This year’s festival includes an emphasis on work by, or inspired by, Samuel Beckett. All performances are at the Prop Thtr, 3502-4 N. Elston, unless otherwise noted. Several performances will be at Roots, an offshoot of Curious Theatre Branch located in a private home; the address will be provided when the reservation is made. Admission is $15 or “pay what you can,” except where noted. For information and reservations, call 773-539-7838 or visit www.rhinofest.com. Following is the schedule through 9/14; a complete schedule is available at www.chicagoreader.com.
Factory Theater reprises its 2004 production of Michael Meredith’s comedy. Meredith’s affectionate parody of support groups is not quite sharp or dark enough for a full-length play. What’s missing is a cohesive narrative. (JV) 9/11-10/9: Mon 7 PM.
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The End
The festival kicks off with this evening of music, short pieces by Samuel Beckett, and a mini rock opera, BAM-BAM Suckitt, by the Super Cool Sluuts of America. Thu 9/7, 7 PM.
I Left My Birth Control in Baltimore
This bill from Clove Productions pairs Beckett’s monologue about a decrepit old man listening to a tape he made of himself 30 years earlier (played by Michael Martin under Beau O’Reilly’s direction) with a new play by Martin about two women who “navigate the boat of their life through shallows and storms.” a Sat 9/9: 11 PM (Krapp’s Last Tape only). Then 9/13-9/27: Wed 7 PM.
