Rhinoceros Theater Festival
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The Rhinoceros Theater Festival runs through October 2 at the Lunar Cabaret, 2827 N. Lincoln, 773-327-6666; admission is $10 or “pay what you can,” unless otherwise noted. Following is the schedule for September 16 through 23, based on information available Monday.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
Playwright-director Matthew Wilson, known for his live monologues Friday nights on WZRD, teams up with fellow former Thunder Road Ensemble members Amy Eaton, Deborah King, and Daniel Taube to premiere Wilson’s new play. Presented by Hysteria Productions, it’s composed of seemingly independent narratives whose subjects range from an unexpected encounter between old acquaintances to a car crash. “In the Wreckage is [Wilson’s] first attempt at playwriting, and it shows. . . . Wilson does an excellent job of establishing common themes among the five individual components of this production. And the cast . . . does a solid job of bringing to life Wilson’s tales about the desperation of everyday existence. . . . But despite their best efforts, In the Wreckage falls too often into one-sidedness,” says Reader critic Nick Green. 7 PM.
The Complete Lost Works of Samuel Beckett as Found in an Envelope (Partially Burned) in a Dustbin in Paris, Labeled “Never to Be Performed. Never. Ever. Ever! Or I’ll Sue! I’ll Sue From the Grave!!!”
