The fest, which runs through June 19, wraps up with performances by the Netherlands’ Dogtroep in Camel Gossip III, Ireland’s Gate Theatre in Sean O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock, and American monologuist Marga Gomez in two pieces, Memory Tricks and Marga Gomez Is Pretty, Witty and Gay. Also on the agenda are various breakfast and lunch presentations, postshow discussions, and professional workshops. Performances take place at DePaul University’s Merle Reskin Theatre, 60 E. Balbo; the Wellington Theater, 750 W. Wellington; the Vic Theatre, 3145 N. Sheffield; and the Navy Pier Skyline Stage, 600 E. Grand (at Lake Michigan). Various public programs will be held at the Columbia College Theater/Music Center, 72 E. 11th, and the Goodman Theatre Studio, 200 S. Columbus. Single ticket prices are listed for each production; for single ticket orders, call 831-2822. For series tickets, call 664-3378; for group discounts, details on the professional workshops, and general festival information, call 664-3370.
“San Francisco-based monologuist Marga Gomez . . . takes her most personal foibles and most painful childhood memories and transforms them into a very liberating kind of comedy. . . . Gomez’s performances are a kind of spiritual exercise: though they’re entertaining–Gomez is a very funny woman–they also provide a kind of psychological road map for self-discovery,” says Reader critic Jack Helbig of the festival’s only American entrant. In this one-woman show, Gomez describes the crisis she endured when asked to appear as an “adult female homosexual” on a TV talk show. Wellington Theater, 7:30 PM (opening). $20-$25.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 10
Juno and the Paycock
Breakfast Discussion
See listing for Thursday, June 9. Wellington Theater, 6 PM. $20-$25.
