German playwright Manfred Karge looks at unemployment through an odd angle with his dark comedy The Conquest of the South Pole, which focuses on chronically out-of-work guys who cope by re-enacting Roald Amundsen’s 1910 trek to the South Pole while never leaving a man’s attic. The Conquest of the South Pole runs through May 28 at Strawdog Theatre, 3829 N. Broadway. Performances are 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $20 with discounts available for students and seniors. Call 866-811-4111 or visit www.strawdog.org. Photo of Tom Hickey (Braukmann), Michael Dailey (Seiffert) and John Ferrick (Buscher) by Chris Ocken