One more year like this, and we’ll have an institution on our hands. This second annual showcase of avant-garde theater in Chicago is coordinated by Scott Turner, Valerie Turner, James Krulish, and John Oartel–with a bow to Salvador Dali, whose use of the term “rhinocerontic” (it means real big) inspired the event’s name. It runs through August 31 at three different locations: Latino Chicago Theater Company (the Firehouse, 1625 N. Damen); the Curious Theatre Branch (1900 W. North); and Theatre of the Reconstruction (the Garage, 1843 W. North). Performances are priced at $7 each (except in special cases as noted), $25 for 4 tickets, $36 for 6 tickets, or $50 for 10 tickets. The telephone number for all events is 235-1944.
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SALLY IN A DARK PLACE A young woman goes to California to make it in movies, only to get wrapped up in the porn industry. Dan Sutherland’s play is presented by Eagle Mountain Productions. (Curious Theatre Branch, 8 PM)
MORE BROTHERS BEHIND BARS THAN BOOKS… Brothers in Verse fuse poetry and music in a theatrical ritual whose aim is “redefining the castrated masculinity of the Blackman.” (Theatre of the Reconstruction, 8 PM)
EVIL TRIGGERS DOWN AMATEUR STREET See description in regular theater listings. (Curious Theatre Branch, 8 PM)
DUTCHMAN Amiri Baraka’s cruelly comic 1964 study of an encounter between a black man and a white woman on a New York City subway (written back when he was called LeRoi Jones) slashes at stereotypes of race, sex, and class. Juan Ramirez produces and directs this revival. (Latino Chicago, 8 PM)
