This annual showcase features work by generally unknown pro, semipro, and student directors, who offer their interpretation of scripts ranging from established classical and contemporary selections to untested material. Each night presents a different program consisting of two or three one-acts, as shown in the listings below. Bailiwick Repertory, Bailiwick Arts Center, 1229 W. Belmont, 883-1090. Through August 14: Mondays-Wednesdays, 7:30 PM. $8 per program.
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To Set the Captain Free, written by Calvin Haines and directed by Michael Nowak, is about a man undergoing a crisis of faith and his life-changing encounter with a mysterious man who may be an angel–or a demon; The Man of Destiny is George Bernard Shaw’s 1895 portrait of Napoleon, directed by Lisa Hodsoll.
Mary, Me and The Importance of Being Ernst
