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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 Discussion

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 Discussion

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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