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		<title>411: Geopolis Theater Makes Fairy Tales For Insomniacs</title>
		<link>http://newcitystage.com/2011/09/12/411-geopolis-theater-makes-fairy-tales-for-insomniacs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Kelsey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kristy Scheuer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For those unfamiliar with twenty-four hour theater festivals, the idea may seem more than a little crazy: a set number of short new plays are written, directed, memorized, blocked, teched and performed in the space of a single day. For Geopolis Theater, the Just-A-Day Play Fest is the perfect way to kick off their new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playing in the Woods: A theatrical road trip to Spring Green Wisconsin&#8217;s American Players Theatre</title>
		<link>http://newcitystage.com/2011/07/13/playing-in-the-woods-a-theatrical-road-trip-to-spring-green-wisconsins-american-players-theatre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Matt Schwader]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Erin Kelsey Every summer, something unusual happens in the forests of southern Wisconsin. On a hill just outside the tiny town of Spring Green, a classical theater opens its doors each June and begins a summer of Shakespeare (and other favorites) from a stage with the sky for a ceiling. For the intrepid, theater-loving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Naked July: Art Stripped Down/National Pastime Theater</title>
		<link>http://newcitystage.com/2011/07/11/review-naked-july-art-stripped-downnational-pastime-theater/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zach Freeman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Theater Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beast Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Daniel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Bettino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaby Labotka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isaac Mandel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joshua Harris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Pastime Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pete Guither]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rebecca Wolfe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Living Canvas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For its third annual “Naked July: Art Stripped Down” festival, The National Pastime Theater has lined up three hour-long shows, a lobby full of art, a cinema series (including films like “Fritz the Cat,” “Caligula” and “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”) and several themed parties. Compared to last year’s offerings, 2011’s Naked July feels a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Rhinoceros in the Room: Chicago&#8217;s festival of fringe embraces its past and future at 22</title>
		<link>http://newcitystage.com/2011/01/12/the-rhinoceros-in-the-room-chicagos-festival-of-fringe-embraces-its-past-and-future-at-22/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beau O’Reilly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Bower]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Sullivan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Curious Theatre Branch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Wojnarowicz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Found Objects Theatre Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gertrude Stein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Glassman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jessica Hannah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judith Harding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Laffin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leigh Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lisa Fay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lower Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prop Thtr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhinoceros Theater Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Kane]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Monica Westin Chicago’s longest-running theater and multidisciplinary-arts fringe festival is known both for the compelling risk-taking of its participating artists as well as the age span of its participants. And while it’s been the best place to take in work by artists who have been making innovative work in Chicago for decades, this year’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Don&#8217;t-Miss Dozen: 2011 Rhinoceros Festival Highlights</title>
		<link>http://newcitystage.com/2011/01/12/the-dont-miss-dozen-2011-rhinoceros-festival-highlights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barrie Cole]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beau O’Reilly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BoyGirlBoyGirl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Bower]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Sullivan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Club Lower Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crooked Mouth String Band]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Curious Theatre Branch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Ziegenhagen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Found Objects Theatre Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Glassman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer Moniz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judith Harding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Laffin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lisa Fay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lower Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marisa Wegrzyn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Chrisler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Axel Komistra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ray’s Tap Reading Series]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhinoceros Theater Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhinofest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Kane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School of the Art Institute of Chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terry Gilliam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Neal Ryan Shaw More than thirty performances are programmed as part of this year’s Rhinofest. Here are our top twelve picks. All performances take place at Prop Thtr, 3502 North Elston Avenue. 4:48 Psychosis Curious Theatre Branch remounts their production of Sarah Kane’s highly autobiographical swan song to clinical depression, directed by Beau O’Reilly. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>411: Anatomy of a Fringe</title>
		<link>http://newcitystage.com/2010/08/25/411-anatomy-of-a-fringe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anatomy Collective]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago Fringe Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephanie Acosta]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Anatomy Collective, an experimental performance group, is emerging from the underground to bring its current endeavor, &#8220;Unintended Structures,&#8221; to Chicago&#8217;s first Fringe Festival, which kicks off on September 1 for a five-day run (www.chicagofringe.org). &#8220;We&#8217;ve been pretty underground for a long time, performing in warehouses, small galleries, hidden spaces,&#8221; Stephanie Acosta, Anatomy Collective&#8217;s co-founder [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fillet of Solo Festival/Lifeline Theatre and Live Bait Theater</title>
		<link>http://newcitystage.com/2010/08/02/fillet-of-solo-festivallifeline-theatre-and-live-bait-theater/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neal Ryan Shaw</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2nd Story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fillet of Solo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fillet of Solo Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lifeline Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Live Bait Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sweat Girls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Artistic Home]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[RECOMMENDED Lifeline Theatre and Live Bait Theater offer a smorgasbord of storytelling experiences by presenting the fourteenth-annual Fillet of Solo Festival. Fans of the solo performance medium should have no problem finding something to enjoy at the festival, which performs at a variety of locations in Chicago over the next few weeks. Last weekend’s offerings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: The Sins of Sor Juana/Goodman Theatre</title>
		<link>http://newcitystage.com/2010/06/29/review-the-sins-of-sor-juanagoodman-theatre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Recommended Shows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dion Mucciacito]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goodman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henry Godinez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Juana Inés de la Cruz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karen Zacarías]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latino Theatre Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malaya Rivera Drew]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Todd Rosenthal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[RECOMMENDED It speaks volumes about the sad state of human affairs when we can describe the story of the repression and destruction of a great, brilliant woman as fairly predictable fare. Predictable perhaps, but still poignant, especially in light of the continuing unabashed cruelty toward women in parts of the Islamic world even today. Perhaps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preview: IN&gt;TIME Performance Series/Chicago Cultural Center</title>
		<link>http://newcitystage.com/2010/03/22/preview-intime-performance-serieschicago-cultural-center/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie Jean Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Angela Ellsworth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago Cultural Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Every House Has a Door]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goat Island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jessica Hannah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justin Cabrillos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lin Hixson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Jeffrey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matthew Goulish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OOUR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roberto Sifuentes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sara Jane Bailes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sara Schnadt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School of the Art Institute of Chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tricia Van Eck]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[RECOMMENDED The world of experimental performance can feel quite elusive and tough to navigate in Chicago—lucky for us, accomplished local artists Mark Jeffrey (SAIC faculty) and Sara Schnadt (Department of Cultural Affairs) are working hard to make it a little easier, by curating the bi-annual IN&#62;TIME Performance Series. An eclectic mix of local, national and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Little Labors of Love: The craft is apparent at the Toy Theater Festival at Links Hall</title>
		<link>http://newcitystage.com/2010/02/22/little-labors-of-love-the-craft-is-apparent-at-the-toy-theater-festival-at-links-hall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica Westin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Performance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blair Thomas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog & Pony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Maugeri]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Small Works]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meredith Miller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Redmoon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seth Bockley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steppenwolf Garage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Monica Westin It’s a big weekend for Seth Bockley. In addition to his highly-anticipated performance promenade “The Twins Would Like to Say” with Dog &#38; Pony opening at Steppenwolf Garage on Sunday, Bockley has curated the impressive lineup of artists at Links Hall’s Toy Theater Festival this weekend. Bockley champions toy theater for its [...]]]></description>
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