Theater Oobleck turned 25 in 2013, and so did the Neo-Futurists’ signature show, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind. Now Curious Theatre Branch’s Rhinoceros Theater Festival is celebrating its silver anniversary, too. Time for essays on the graying of the Chicago fringe? Well, it would be if Oobleck, TMLMTBGB, and Rhinofest hadn’t managed to pull younger artists—some of them much, much younger—into their unconventional orbits.
None of the above companies were even so much as a gleam in the eye of the first Rhinofest. But this year’s six-week event culminates in a tribute to Jenny Magnus, who was not only present at the creation but did a fair amount of the creating. To celebrate the publication of a new collection of her plays, various groups—including Curious itself—are staging seven Magnus opuses, to be performed during the fest’s final days (2/20-2/23). For details on the tribute, called “Magnus in Play,” as well as the many entries I’m unable to mention here, go to rhinofest.com.
1/17-2/23: Thu-Mon various times Prop Thtr 3502 N. Elston 773-492-1287rhinofest.com $12 in advance online, $15 or pay what you can at the door
