Events for December 3rd, 2008
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Wednesday - December 3rd
Bars & Clubs / Bar/Club Event
RUI: Reading Under the Influence
Sheffield's - 3258 N. Sheffield Ave. - Chicago (Lakeview)
Monthly series features readings of published work related to a particular theme, plus original work by local writers.
Theater / Comedy
100…Years of Losing
Stage Left Theatre - 3408 N. Sheffield Ave. - Chicago (Wrigleyville)
A sketch comedy revue satirizes the 100th anniversary of the Cubs' last World Series win.
Theater / Theater Event
The Screwtape Letters
Mercury Theatre - 3745 N. Southport Ave. - Chicago (Lakeview)
A new adaptation of C.S. Lewis' darkly comic novel of the same title, in which human faith and virtue fall prey to the manipulations of devils who, from their office workplace in hell, teach an apprentice demon how to undermine a young man’s recent conversion to Christianity.
Theater / Comedy
No Country for Old White Men
The Second City - 1616 N. Wells St. - Chicago (Lincoln Park)
The 95th sketch comedy revue takes a look at YouTube shenanigans, a visit by the British House of Commons, sweet soul food, girl power and other topics related to the current presidential race.
Theater / Comedy
Improv Night
The Playground Improv Theater - 3209 N. Halsted St. - Chicago
Audience suggestions fuel three sets performed by a rotating roster of member and guest teams. BYOB.
Theater / Comedy
The Harold
iO - 3541 N. Clark St. - Chicago (Wrigleyville)
Improv teams explore an audience suggestion using scenes, games and monologues. The 8 p.m. Saturday shows also feature "The Del Tones," an improv musical. The 8 p.m. Friday shows include "The Movie," experimental improv.
Theater / Comedy
'Eavesdrop' and 'Poser'
Oracle Theatre - 3809 N. Broadway - Chicago
Theatre Momentum performs two longform improv shows: "Eavesdrop" is inspired by overheard conversations and "Poser" explores the masks we wear to fit in and what happens when those masks slip.
Theater / Comedy
O.I.N.K.
The Playground Improv Theater - 3209 N. Halsted St. - Chicago
Local comic Othy Schwering hosts performances by a featured stand-up comic and two-man house improv troupe Las Madres del Fútbol.
Theater / Comedy
Felt
iO - 3541 N. Clark St. - Chicago (Wrigleyville)
A cast of nine Jim Henson-inspired puppets demonstrates improv forms created at I.O. over its 25-year history.
Theater / Theater Event
War Music
Stage Left Theatre - 3408 N. Sheffield Ave. - Chicago (Wrigleyville)
A modern adaptation of Homer's "The Iliad" by British playwright and poet Christopher Logue is reset to probe the effects of life-or-death conflict and peer pressure on a group of soldiers.
