When Mama Darleena Andrews–a 67-year-old, black, transgender woman–takes it upon herself to teach an etiquette class at Chicago’s LGBTQ community center, the idealistic teachings of Emily Post clash with the very real life challenges of identity, poverty and prejudice faced by her students. Inspired by the true story of Miss Gloria Allen and her work (more…)

Showtime @ 12:30 PM Doors open @ 11:00 AM La Vie En Rose is a tasteful marriage of French Chanson & Golden Age swing, with a repertoire of timeless American standards and French jazz songs: A bridge between the old world and the new, between French charm, American glam and contemporary pop. With the melodious (more…)

Showtime @ 12:30 PM Doors open @ 11:00 AM Few things are more distinctly French that the music of Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel and Charles Aznavour. These and other Gallic icons are the focus of From Paris With Love, a musical homage to the City of Lights from the duo Yael & Gabriel. Yael Dray-Barel (more…)

Written by the New York Neo-Futurists Every Friday & Saturday, 10:30 pm Different show every time! If you’ve seen the show once, you’ve seen the show once. The Infinite Wrench is a mechanism that unleashes a barrage of two-minute plays for a live audience. Each play offers something different, be it funny, profound, elegant, disgusting, (more…)

Written by the New York Neo-Futurists Every Friday & Saturday, 10:30 pm Different show every time! If you’ve seen the show once, you’ve seen the show once. The Infinite Wrench is a mechanism that unleashes a barrage of two-minute plays for a live audience. Each play offers something different, be it funny, profound, elegant, disgusting, (more…)