Bailiwick Directors’ Festival
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Bailiwick Repertory’s annual showcase of generally unknown pro, semipro, and student directors features one-acts ranging from established classical and contemporary selections to untested material. There’s a lot more of the latter than the former in this year’s fest, which includes a number of efforts by writer-directors. Coordinator Jonathan Pitts promises greater selectivity than in the past, noting that the 18 projects being shown were chosen from 36 applicants. Bailiwick Repertory, Bailiwick Arts Center, 1229 W. Belmont, 773-883-1090. Through August 20: Mondays-Wednesdays, 7:30 PM. Then August 21 through 24: Thursday and Saturday, 7:30 PM; Sunday, 2:30 PM. Each night’s program consists of three one-acts, as shown in the listings below. $10 per program.
The Chairs
A Sense of Urgency Productions presents Joe Orton’s early dark comedy to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the British playwright’s murder by his boyfriend. Edwin A. Wilson directs.
Theater and dance teacher Domenick Danza directs Julie Taylor in this one-woman piece, adapted by Danza from a Discover magazine article by Polly Shulman.
Ethan Phillips’s comedy concerns a nun and a voice-over artist who meet at an alcohol rehab center. Robert Chynoweth directs.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 21
