Stage Top 5: May 2018

The cast of The Yard’s “columbinus” at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

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columbinus
(The Yard & Steppenwolf Theatre Company)
Written by Stephen Karam and PJ Paparelli, this docudrama probes the psychological warfare of alienation, hostility and social pressure that goes on in high schools across America
Opens May 4

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Empty Threats
(The Neo-Futurists)
Writer-performer and Neo-Futurist ensemble member Lily Mooney pits realities against each other in a dark, meta-theatrical experiment, to see who or what survives
Opens May 14

3
The Light Fantastic
(Jackalope Theatre)
Playwright Ike Holter and director Gus Menary team up again for a world-premiere play equal parts drama and comedy, bringing old school horror into the now and new
Opens May 15

4
Refrigerator
(First Floor Theater)
Eighty-two percent of the planet’s people have dispensed with their physical bodies and uploaded their consciousnesses in hopes of reaching digital paradise in imaginative world premiere
Opens May 16

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Bull in a China Shop
(About Face Theatre)
This new play explores the fascinating lives of Mary Woolley and her partner, Jeanette Marks, two brilliant women who reimagined and revolutionized women’s education at the turn of the twentieth century
Opens May 31