Last year, with the Chicago International Theatre Festival running at about the same time, there was an aura of the underdog to this event. This year, they’ve got a nice logo and the field more or less to themselves. Still, the specifics are the same: ten plucky non-Equity companies displaying their wares in a series of double bills, culminating with a Sunday Marathon (see below). All shows at the Theatre Building, through April 12 (1225 W. Belmont, 327-5252). Tuesday-Saturday, 8 PM; Sunday, April 5, and Wednesday, opening night only, 7 PM. Sunday Marathon, April 12, noon-midnight. $10 per show; $25 for the marathon. There’s also a free symposium an nontraditonal casting, Monday, April 6, 7 PM. The schedule:
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WEIGHTS and ACTS OF KINDNESS The first is a collaborative effort from the Huron Theatre Ensemble, involving 25 artists from all kinds of media and following “man’s journey in uncovering the powerful source of creativity that lies under self-imposed handicaps.” The second is the Seahorse Theatre Project production of a script by John Schneider of Milwaukee’s Theatre X, combining “George Burns and Gracie Allen, a Greek folk dance, and an existential last supper of bread and cheese.” Tuesday, April 7.
