A showcase for generally unknown pro, semipro, and student directors, this monthlong event features productions ranging from established classical and contemporary selections to untested material, all in the service of what Bailiwick press materials proclaim “a new world vision.” Bailiwick Repertory, Bailiwick Arts Center, 1229 W. Belmont, 883-1090. Through October 26: Mondays-Thursdays, 7:30 PM. $8 per program; each program features two or three one-acts packaged under a single title. In addition, a Halloween costume sale takes place at the theater Saturday, October 14, from noon to 5 PM. $1 admission; free for children; clothing prices range from $1 to $100.
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A Murder of Crows, written by Mac Wellman and directed by Suellen Cottrill, concerns a woman’s attempt to “transcend . . . her humiliating, vulgar American life by resorting to meteorological prophecy”; Outlets, written by Conrad Bishop and Elizabeth Fuller and staged by Kirsten Kelly, is a collection of sketches exploring “the risk and pain of human expression”; and Two Bluebirds is director Lindsay Porter’s adaptation of a D.H. Lawrence story.
New Beginnings
