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Re:working – Educating and Engaging The Next Generation

November 5 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

For many of us, our love of theatre sprang from the talented teachers and artists who introduced us to it. How do we continue the education? For many of us, our […]

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Re:working – Educating and Engaging The Next Generation

November 5 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

LESBIAN ARM WRESTLING

November 14 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

CALLING ALL D*KES IN THE CHICAGOLAND AREA! HANG WITH LEZBIAN MINNELLI + JETT PARR TO COMPETE TO SEE WHO’S THE STRONGEST LEZ IN ALL THE LAND BUTCHES! FEMMES! STUDS! GAYS! […]

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LESBIAN ARM WRESTLING

November 14 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

CIRCLE JERK and THIS AMERICAN WIFE: The Internet Theater of Fake Friends

November 16 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Two plays along with process essays on the cacophonous world of pop culture, politics, and personal testimony that we call the internet. Join the artists of FAKE FRIENDS to dive […]

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CIRCLE JERK and THIS AMERICAN WIFE: The Internet Theater of Fake Friends

November 16 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Silence Speaks: Writing Visuals

November 18 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Come join the Chicago Audiomakers Collective and The Understudy for a special listening party. Together we’ll listen to Silence Speaks: Writing Visuals, a story about a famous mime in 1960’s […]

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Silence Speaks: Writing Visuals

November 18 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

DRAMATURGAS CHILENAS: A Staged Reading and Dicussion

November 29 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm

A teenage girl as she confronts her sexual identity, and the conservative adults in her life, while being targeted by an online scandal. Please join us for a staged reading […]

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DRAMATURGAS CHILENAS: A Staged Reading and Dicussion

November 29 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm

YOGA PLAY by Dipika Guha

November 30 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

A play reading of YOGA PLAY by Dipika Guha produced by Exit, Pursued by a Play Reading. Joan has been hired to stabilize Jojomon, a yoga apparel giant, after its […]

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