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.
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Mary C. Beidler directs Euripides’ The Trojan Women in Edith Hamilton’s translation; Prelude and Liebestod, Terrence McNally’s portrait of a lonely man listening to a Wagner concert, is directed by Gregory Copeland; and The Daughters of Eve, written by Nick Toler and directed by Rick Carter, finds women cast out of the mainstream and questioning “the rules and roles imposed upon them by the sons of Adam.”
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