Ensemble:
Scott T. Barsotti
Kristin Basta
Jayita Bhattacharya
Jeffrey Bivens
Stefan Brün
Paul Leisen
Bryn Magnus
Jenny Magnus
Guy Massey
Kat McJimsey
Beau O'Reilly
Colm O'Reilly
Kathleen Powers
Shawn Reddy
Matt Rieger
Adam Rosenberg
John Starrs
Kate Teichman
Matt Test
H.B. Ward
Teresa Weed
Matthew Wilson

Board of Directors:
Julie Berggren
Ira Glass
Natasha Kesaji-Rosenberg
Jodie Taggett

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  Curious Theatre Branch | Now Playing Onstage

Elvisbride: Some Prepared Remarks to Clarify the Impending Jubilation

By Jayita Bhattacharya and Matt Test
With Taylor Bibat, Jeffrey Bivens, Casey Cunningham, Troy Martin, Jennifer Moniz, and Colm O'Reilly
January 23 – February 28

Curious Theatre Branch announces the premiere of a new tonal operetta for voice, orchestra, and analog television, beginning January 23rd at the Rhinoceros Theater Festival. A summation of all things quotidian, ominous, and immanently forgettable, Elvisbride: Some Prepared Remarks to Clarify the Impending Jubilation makes music from mystery as four actors, pretending to be friends in a diner, examine the fate of an Elvis impersonator while a famously beleaguered political figure prepares to make a terrible confession.

20 Years of Curious Theatre

Coming soon, an archive of photographs, programs, and posters charting our curious path from 1988 to 2008.
With special thanks to Kristin Basta, Jenny Magnus, and Colm O'Reilly.

 

Now Playing Online

Round & Round: a sexfarcetragedy by Jenny Magnus
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
February 2008


Tall Sparkle of Frontier by Bryn Magnus
from The Other Side of the Elephant
May 2008


Diversion (Text+Sound+Image)
a work for audio & video by Jayita Bhattacharya, Matt Test
& Jeffrey Bivens


A Minor Loss of Fidelity by Matt Test
from The Other Side of the Elephant
May 2008

  20th Annual Rhinofest
January 23 – March 1

Now in its 20th season, the
Rhinoceros Theater Festival returns to Wicker Park, where it was founded in 1989. Packed with an intriguing roster of 60 works in five different venues, this year's festival promises more weekend shows and better opportunities for new work to find its audience.

Artists and companies this year include Ian Belknap, Big Goddess Pow Wow, Billy Goat Experiment, BoyGirlBoyGirl, Bruised Orange Theater Company, Barrie Cole, Curious Theatre Branch, Dog, Found Objects Theatre Group, Hermit Arts, Illegal Drama, The Magpies, Michael Martin, The Mill, Robin Okrant, Owl Theater, Primus, Prop Thtr, Still Point Theatre Collective, Michael Zerang, and more.

We also continue our relationship with the Prop Thtr and the School of the Art Institute and expand our venues with performances at the Viaduct Theatre and the Center Portion Gallery. To celebrate our 20th year, we also feature a new weekend music series at the Viaduct, including reunions of Maestro Subgum and the Whole, Jack the Dog, and and....

Complete schedule now posted!

Updated 12/08