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Performance Sat Aug 08 2009
Six Plays, One Street Corner
A street corner stirs plenty of connotations, memories and meanings for any urban dweller.
LiveWire'sVisionFest 2009 takes this universal setting and presents six scenes, each with its own tone, energy and playwright.
We sit in on an awkward first date; we get to know a man who wants his wife killed because he can't face telling her he cheated; and (for a more local flavor) we cheer on two Oprah fanatics dance-battling to the front of the line at Harpo Studios.
The street corner is a perfect setting for six short performances because the audience is already relating to it. Anything can and does happen on a street corner and each audience member has her own stories that start with "I was at the corner of..."
Madeline Long and Joel Ewing's performances stand out in several of the scenes.
VisionFest 2009: Six World on One Street Corner runs until Aug. 15 (Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.) at the Chemically Imbalanced Theater, 1420 West Irving Park. Tickets are $10-$15 at Brown Paper Tickets and livewirechicago.com, or by calling the LiveWire box office at 312-533-4666.