The celebrated Chicago physical theater troupe Plasticene (The Palmer Raids, From a Fading Light) will stop creating new work as a collective, but not without one final production called GRAPHOMANIAx. Plasticene describes the production as a “meta-theatrical exploration of meaning, privacy and consequence in a paranoid world flooded with data” and they utilize video animations, textured lighting and rolling chalkboards to tell the story.
Plasticene’s GRAPHOMANIAx plays 10 performances between March 17 and April 1 at the Chopin Theater, 1543 W. Division St. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays with 3 p.m. matinees on Sundays (a special opening night performance is 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 19.) Tickets are $10 for previews, $20 for the regular run with $12 student rush tickets if available. Call 773-960-9098 or visit www.plasticene.com.
Photo of Brian Shaw, Julia Neary and Mark Comiskey in GRAPHOMANIAx by Dexter Bullard