Ensemble:
Scott T. Barsotti
Kristin Basta
Jayita Bhattacharya
Jeffrey Bivens
Stefan Brün
Paul Leisen
Bryn Magnus
Jenny Magnus
Michael Martin
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 | Spring 2009

THE CARETAKER - BY HAROLD PINTER - FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS AT 8PM - SUNDAYS AT 7PM - AT THE SIDE PROJECT - 1439 WEST JARVIS

"...as fine a Pinter revival as you could hope to get, a confident and intelligent staging that nails Pinter's complex musicality, but more importantly boasts three superb performances that demand to be seen."—Newcity
 
"...spellbinding performances.... whimsically threatening and brilliantly absurd.... Curious Theatre Branch's The Caretaker is a uniquely profound piece of delicate and intense theater."—Steadstyle Chicago  More

May 22 – June 28
Fridays + Saturdays 8pm • Sundays 7pm
INDUSTRY NIGHT Monday, June 22 7pm
 
The Side Project • 1439 West Jarvis

Tickets $20 or pay what you can
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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. Preview

 

Now Playing Online  More

ELVISBRIDE
Elvisbride
"Covered Up Our Tracks"
by Jayita Bhattacharya & Matt Test
Rhinoceros Theater Festival
February 2009

Maestro Subgum
Maestro Subgum & the Whole
Live at the SAIC Ballroom
With special guest Ira Glass
June 2009

Make Sweat An Oak
Nowhere But Up
by Jenny Magnus
April 2009

Other News & Events

A Curious Benefit with Ira Glass + Maestro Subgum & the Whole

Sunday, June 7 at 3 p.m.
SAIC Ballroom • 112 S. Michigan Ave
Tickets $20 • (773) 508-0666

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Fresh and ferocious since their sold-out reunion show that closed the 2009 Rhinoceros Theater Festival, Maestro Subgum & the Whole returns for its second concert this year at the 400-seat SAIC Ballroom on Sunday, June 7th. Joining Lefty Fizzle, Jenny the Magnifire, Mickey da Lip, Sister Kate, Clem of the Bogs, et al, is Ira Glass, host of NPR's This American Life and veteran of two hard-fought Radio vs. Theatre smackdowns opposite Lefty's alter ego, Beau O'Reilly.

Maestro's A Soft Fist in a Hard Place Now Available for Download

The recorded version of the music from Curious Theatre Branch's Careening is A Skill: Estranged Musicale, produced in Chicago in 1988, is now available online. Download it for free, or pay what you can! Proceeds from any donations go to support the ongoing work of Curious Theatre Branch. Click to download.

Updated 6/09