This annual showcase of experimental theater, performance, and music from Chicago’s fringe, coproduced by Curious Theatre Branch and Prop Thtr, runs through 11/4. This year features two full-length trilogies, “The Madelyn Trilogy” by Beau O’Reilly and the “Danger Face Trilogy” by Idris Goodwin. Admission is $15 or “pay what you can,” except where noted. Performances take place at the Prop Thtr, 3502 N. Elston, and the Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport, and elsewhere as noted below. An installation by Jamie Rey, Reconciliation, will be up in the Prop’s lobby for the course of the festival, along with a display of memorabilia of early off-Loop theater curated by Rick Paul. For information and reservations, call 773-539-7838 or visit rhinofest.com. Following is a schedule of shows opening through 9/6; a complete schedule is available at chicagoreader.com.
Black Box–A Play Crash The Billy Goat Experiment Theatre perform their play within a play in the tradition of the Marx Brothers. a Opens Thu 9/27, 7 PM. Through 10/25: Thu 7 PM, no show 10/11, Athenaeum Theatre.
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Danger Face 3 Idris Goodwin’s trilogy concludes with this third installment. a Through 10/6: Thu 9 PM, Fri-Sat 10 PM. Then Sat 10/13, 9 PM. Prop Thtr, south theater.
Defender A prostitute in criminal court runs into an old boyfriend who’s now a lawyer in James Owens’s new play. a Through 10/3: Wed 7 PM, Prop Thtr.
Girl Go Boom! Two short plays: Ferine, Carey Friedman’s update of Lysistrata, and Joe Meno’s Don the Army Blue, about a couple of army brats looking for “something resembling love.” a 10/5-10/13: Fri-Sat 9 PM, Thu 10/11, 7 PM, Athenaeum Theatre.
Lady Sings Jenny Magnus and Stephanie Rearick present a musical program. a Fri-Sat 10/26-10/27, 9:30 PM, Athenaeum Theatre.
Perfect Kitchen Sherry Antonini’s “prepared improvisational performance” about the kitchen’s place in a home is accompanied by live music. a Fri 9/28, 9 PM, Prop Thtr, south theater.
