Twenty-nine years ago, when Curious Theatre Branch cofounders Jenny Magnus and Beau O’Reilly hunkered down with a handful of struggling fringe artists to create the inaugural Rhinoceros Theater Festival, they insisted that submissions would be accepted only if they met at least two of three criteria: new, local, and good. Which meant new, local, bad work could get in. “And yes indeed, it did,” says Magnus.
There will also an art exhibit, “Zone Rats: The Afterlives of the Fabulous Killjoys,” curated by Vicki Walden and daughter Maci Greenberg, featuring international fan art inspired by characters in My Chemical Romance’s album Danger Days, as well as Saturday-morning workshops from CreativePush Collective, designed to help get your half-finished creative project closer to the finish line.
1/13-2/24: Wed-Sat, times vary; see website, Prop Thtr, 3502 N. Elston, 773-539-7838, curioustheatrebranch.com, $12 in advance, $15 at the door, or pay what you can.
