Making its debut so soon after the demise of the International Theatre Festival of Chicago, this brand-new project seems to challenge the notion that the Windy City isn’t hospitable to events of this kind. Producers John T. Mills and James Ellis hope to succeed where others have failed by offering a more sharply defined image implied by the word “fringe,” more concentrated programming, a special outreach to family audiences with a weekend “Kids’ Fringe” (marked KF in daily listings below), low prices, and the inclusion of Chicago artists alongside visitors from around the English-speaking world.
The Hundredth Monkey
Chicago actor Fredric Stone draws on plays and sonnets of Shakespeare for this one-man show about a dead performer who goes to theater heaven and gets to audition for the bard himself. South Hall, 6 PM. $9. (Reviewed this week in Section One.)
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Fractured Fairy Tales and Fables
66 Intimacies
Neovaudevillian Reverend Chumleigh, based on Camano Island, Washington, performs a program of off-kilter comedy. Main stage, 10:30 PM. $12.
FRIDAY, JUNE 23
