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Running September 4 through 7, the eighth annual edition of this Wicker Park/Bucktown weekend festival showcases emerging artists in all media–including theater and performance, as reflected in the following schedule. (For information on dance, music, and visual art attractions, see listings elsewhere in this issue.) Theater coordinator Jonathan Pitts has organized more than 30 theatrical offerings into programs loosely linked by theme or style, assigning each program to a specific venue as follows: “Dramas & Traumas” plays in the downstairs space of the Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division; “Perceptions & Paradoxes: Performance Art” plays on the Chopin Theatre’s main stage; “Experiments & Experiences” plays at the Trap Door Theatre, 1655 W. Cortland; “Storytellings & Solo Works” plays at the Wicker Park field house, 1425 N. Damen; “On the Lawn: Shakespeare & Albee” plays on the front lawn of Association House, 2150 W. North; and “Spectacles & Sights” features events at various locations in Wicker Park, as shown in the listings below. In addition, there’s a slew of spoken-word and poetry performances, also listed here. The following theater and performance listings (which are subject to last-minute changes) are arranged chronologically, not programmatically. Admission to all performances is free, though you can expect to be hit up for donations. For more information, check at the information booth at the intersection of North, Damen, and Milwaukee, or call 773-342-6777.
Unexpected Journeys
Performance artist Trevor Martin presents a short, one-man adaptation of Romeo and Juliet illuminated solely by a flashlight. “Perceptions & Paradoxes: Performance Art,” Chopin Theatre, main stage, 1543 W. Division, 7 PM.
DoorManStory
This bizarre religious satire by Atlanta playwrights Larry Larson and Levi Lee is set in a postapocalyptic cathedral inhabited by a paranoid priest and his self-sacrificing acolyte. Michael S. Pieper directs. “Experiments & Experiences,” Trap Door Theatre, 1655 W. Cortland, 8 PM.
This Wild Storm
