Rhinoceros Theater Festival
Chicago’s longest running fringe festival returns. May 31st- June 30th at Facility Theatre, Chicago Dramatists, Labyrinth Arts, 79th St Theatre, Experimental Sound Studio and Women and Children First Bookstore.
Nothing By Mouth by Charlotte Lastra
When your insides become your outsides, shit gets tough. After an unexpected diagnosis, Charlotte Lastra tries to understand what to do with a body she never expected to have. By methods poetic, scientific and illustrative she takes a journey through the digestive system and into the belly of a whale. A one person show with low-fi overhead projector animation, Nothing By Mouth is an exploration of the mechanics of literally digesting an experience.
Presented as part of the Rhinoceros Theater Festival
Saturdays 6/1, 6/8, 6/22 at 5:00
Sundays 6/16, 6/30 at 7:00
Facility Theater 1138 N. California Ave.
Tickets at Rhinofest.com
The Good
Returning for 2 shows in the Rhinofest, Jenny Magnus’ The Good is an exploration of virtue and the common good. Chicago Stage and Screen says “…She is metaphorical while literally being on the nose. Her verbiage is elevated and so beautiful and complex you need to see this performance more than once….”
Saturday June 1 at 9pm
Saturday June 15 at 7pm
Facility Theater
1138 N. California Ave
tickets at rhinofest.com
Songs of Maestro Subgum and the Whole Revue
The Crooked Mouth presents The Song of Maestro Subgum and The Whole, a concert in benefit of the new Crooked album, The Times We’ll Have…
THE GOOD
Written and performed by Jenny Magnus
Chicago Dramatists 798 N Aberdeen, Chicago IL.
What is goodness? How are we supposed to be good and interesting? Is the pressure to be good, to be proper, to not hurt others, to not transgress, actually a way to hold one down? Can someone be not good but in tiny ways no one might notice? And what about the word, “virtue”?
Hit Me Like a Flower
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Written and directed by Beau O’Reilly
Assistant Director Chris Zdenek
Technical Director Charlotte Lastra
Performed by Paul Brennan, Jayita Bhattacharya, Steve Lehman, Shaun Rosten, Mike Amandes, Kristin Garrison, Hannah Jill Johnston, Briavael O’Reilly, Allison Gruber, and Beau O’ Reilly.
Facility Theater 1138 N. California
January 12th - February 4th
Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30pm
Sunday, Feb 4th at 3pm and 7:30pm
Moon at the Bottom of the Ocean
A new comedy by Bryn Magnus, his first Curious production since 2015's Black River Falls.
Directed by Jenny Magnus
Featuring Jeffrey Bivens, Vicki Walden, Julia Williams
Assistant Directed by Charlotte Lastra
The Ship & The Sea
A ship made of eyes, a sea with a lousy case of ennui, and two captains who wish they were one.
A king has built the greatest, most terrifying, and most beautiful ship in the world, but can it even stay afloat?
No.
It can't.
Written and Directed by Chris Bower
Performed by Kristy Lockhart, Andrew Schoen, Vicki Walden and Penny Lou Zimmerman
Stage Manager - Marz Allswede
part of Rhinofest 2023
The Ship & The Sea
written and directed by Chris Bower
with Kristy Lockhart, Andrew Schoen, Vicki Walden and Penny Lou Zimmerman
part of Rhinofest 2023
The Ship & The Sea
A ship made of eyes, a sea with a lousy case of ennui, and two captains who wish they were one.
A king has built the greatest, most terrifying, and most beautiful ship in the world, but can it even stay afloat?
No.
It can't.
Written and Directed by Chris Bower
Performed by Kristy Lockhart, Andrew Schoen, Vicki Walden and Penny Lou Zimmerman
Stage Manager - Marz Allswede
part of Rhinofest 2023
The Ship & The Sea
A ship made of eyes, a sea with a lousy case of ennui, and two captains who wish they were one.
A king has built the greatest, most terrifying, and most beautiful ship in the world, but can it even stay afloat?
No.
It can't.
Written and Directed by Chris Bower
Performed by Kristy Lockhart, Andrew Schoen, Vicki Walden and Penny Lou Zimmerman
Stage Manager - Marz Allswede
part of Rhinofest 2023
The Ship & The Sea
written and directed by Chris Bower
with Kristy Lockhart, Andrew Schoen, Vicki Walden and Penny Lou Zimmerman
part of Rhinofest 2023
The Crooked Mouth + Rhinofest kick off
Stampede! We're kicking off this Rhino season at Constellation with a pared-down, sleek, modern, stylish (stop no more adjectives) version of the traditional Full Moon Vaudeville.
Your fave fringe theater cabaret band (80% Curious, 20% Neo-Futurist) will play two sets, and special guests Izzy Yellen, Chris Bower and Kristin Garrison will do special things. We'll chat about Rhino shows! We'll sing songs! We'll see you there. It's a Wednesday.
Beautown Cabaret - Birthday Edition
Beau O’Reilly curates an evening of music and readings
This Is Not a Churchill
Five Curious writers respond to This Is a Chair by Caryl Churchill
To End to Seem to End
Hanging up. Breaking up. Stars that collapse. Black holes that suck. Purposefully adhering more to the internal logic of dreams and half-remembered conversations, To End to Seem to End comprises a series of dialogues, disputes, missives, chants, lyrics, squabbles and epiphanies
Elvisbride: Some Prepared Remarks to Clarify the Impending Jubilation
Curious Theatre Branch announces the premiere of a new tonal operetta for voice, orchestra, and analog television.
Round & Round: a sexfarcetragedy
Round & Round revolves around one woman and three men in a tangled story of overlapping love and life relationships and the intoxication of power.
Waiting for Godot
In celebration of 100 years of Beckett, Curious Theatre Branch in association with the Prop Thtr presents Waiting for Godot in a new production directed by Stefan Brün.
Round & Round: a sexfarcetragedy
Round & Round revolves around one woman and three men in a tangled story of overlapping love and life relationships and the intoxication of power. Performing on a giant lazy-susan set made to resemble a rotting wedding cake, the characters twist around one another in a cycle of love and attraction.