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Monday June 15, 2009 7:30pm (Doors 6:30pm)
Sidetrack (3349 North Halsted)
$20 Tickets (plus 1 free drink)
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The cast of Broadway in Chicago's Mary Poppins helps the Monday medicine go down at this syrupy-sweet cabaret. This is your chance to hear your love-fueled favorites sung by the pros. Go ahead. Indulge.

Curated by Paula Gilovich & Jane Beachy
Monday July 27, 2009 8:00pm (Doors 7:30pm)
Subterranean (2011 North Avenue)
$10 Advance, $15 at the Door

Chicago's queer worlds collide at this unique event, featuring provocative performers and a dance party to boot. The Homo Show brazenly deconstructs Vaudeville, bringing you a variety show you won't soon forget.

A Benefit for About Face Youth Theatre
Produced by Amy Matheny / Directed by Scott Ferguson
Monday August 24, 2009
Sidetrack (3349 North Halsted)

Now in its third year, Flip Flop is back! Chicago's brightest theatre and cabaret artists will delight and entertain in this gender-bending night of music from the 70s.

Summer Camp 2009 is sponsored by

30 QUEER PLAYS IN 60 STRAIGHT MINUTES!
Friday & Saturday, June 5 & 6
8:00 pm; $20 Tickets
At the Neo-Futurarium (5153 N. Ashland)

This year's Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind 2009 Pride Edition is a joint benefit for About Face Theatre and the Neo-Futurists. This show sells out quickly, so grab your tickets here before they're gone!

RIDE FOR AIDS!
Support About Face by supporting our riders! About Face is honored to be a beneficiary of this year's Ride for AIDS. Taking place on June 6 & 7, Ride for AIDS Chicago is a two-day, 180 mile bicycle ride fundraiser produced by Test Positive Aware Network (TPAN) to raise funds for HIV/AIDS services in the Chicago area. The Ride takes place annually the first weekend of June in recognition of the date scientists began to notice the unusual disease that would later be known as AIDS. The goal of Ride for AIDS Chicago is to return 100% of pledge dollars to the Ride's beneficiaries.

Click here to support the About Face Theatre Ride for AIDS team, featuring our own Dan Stermer!

About Face Celebrates a Bright New Future

Wonka Ball 2009

A Benefit for About Face Theatre
And About Face Youth Theatre

Co-chairs Dennis Remer and Mike Sullivan, along with the Wonka VIP Hosts, invite you to a Wonka Ball unlike any other. Join About Face as we celebrate the success of our FACE THE FUTURE campaign with a thank you bash that will go down in Wonka Ball history! Help us salute the generosity of the Chicago community at the beautiful, eclectic and hip Salvage One.

Thursday May 7, 2009
Salvage One
1840 W. Hubbard Street, Chicago
6-7:30pm: VIP RECEPTION
7-11:00pm: MAIN PARTY

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VIP RECEPTION (6-7:30PM)
Witness THE 9TH ANNUAL LEPPEN LEADERSHIP AWARDS. Meet About Face Youth Theatre members and AFT artists. Enjoy cocktails and a delicious spread by J & L catering in the downstairs loft.

WONKA PARTY (7-11PM)
Enjoy the open bar and food selections from some of Chicago's premiere caterers. Bid at the city's best silent auction. Dance the night away with the Wonka Ball crowd!

ABOUT FACE collaborates with AMERICAN THEATER COMPANY!

American Theater Company, in association with
About Face Theatre, presents

Hedwig and The Angry Inch

Text by John Cameron Mitchell
Music and lyrics by Stephen Trask
Directed by PJ Paparelli
Now extended through May 31!
Click here for tickets and info

Winner of the 2001 Obie Award and Outer Circle Critics Award for best Off-Broadway Musical, Hedwig and the Angry Inch tells the story of a young East German who discovers that the only way to escape communism and come to the United States is to give up a little part of himself. Yes, through a bit of surgery, Hansel becomes Hedwig, marries, and embarks on the adventure of a lifetime. In its first rock musical ever, American Theater Company transforms its theatrical warehouse into an underground nightclub for a concert event not to be missed.

American Theater Company
1909 W Byron Street, Chicago
773-409-4125

ABOUT FACE collaborates with COLLABORACTION!

THE BIG TENT
A part of the 9th Annual SKETCHBOOK Festival

April 16 - May 10 / The Building Stage / 412 N Carpenter

"The Big Tent"
Devised by: Paula Gilovich*, Greta Honold*, Dav Yendler, Josh O'Kain, John Rooney, Kit Novotny, Members of the About Face Youth Theatre Ensemble

This new American fable by the About Face Youth Theatre ensemble captures stories of preaching, gambling, marriage, love, citizenship, race, children, and hope under one tent. Will the tent remain standing in a moment characterized by a mythic president, a mythic economic collapse, and the mythic promise of hope and unity?

Click here for tickets and info or call 312-226-9633

About Face Theatre
In association with Scott Ferguson
And The Windy City Media Group
Proudly presents

Theatrebam Chicago's*
SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE!

Wednesday, April 22nd, 8 pm
Mary's Attic @ Hamburger Mary's
5400 N. Clark St, Chicago IL 60640

Join us for this fun-filled fundraiser and adaptation of the beloved Emmy Award-winning animated series. After successful runs in Chicago and Off-Broadway, About Face Artistic Associate Scott Ferguson and the Windy City Media Group brings SHRL! to Mary's Attic for a one-night only benefit for AFT's Face The Future Campaign.

Tickets are only $20!
Doors at 7 pm, Performance at 8 pm
Click here for tickets and information

*SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE!
Originally Conceived and Directed by Scott Ferguson Book by Scott Ferguson, Kyle Hall and George Keating Music and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Bob Dorough, Dave Frishberg, Kathy Mandry, George Newall and Tom Yohe

Directed by RICK DILDINE

This unique twist on a classic musical asks the eternal question: Why can't a woman be more like a man? Here, Eliza Doolittle is a young aspiring drag queen with everything to learn and Henry Higgins is the queen who takes young Eliza under her wing. "England" is not the country but rather the biggest most glamorous drag club in town. About Face brings you a luscious cabaret evening filled with lots of good cheer!

December 11, 12 & 14 at Center on Halsted (3656 N. Halsted)

10TH ANNIVERSARY BENEFIT READING

OCTOBER 6TH, 2008 AT CENTER ON HALSTED

Written by Moises Kaufman & Members of Tectonic Theater Project
Directed by Leigh Fondakowski & Kelli Simpkins
Produced by Amy Matheny

Featuring
Will Allan, Patrick Andrews, Annabel Armour, Daniel
Bryant, Scott Duff, Deanna Dunagan, Brian Goodman,
Elliot Greenberger, Kyle Hall, Ted Hoerl, Ora Jones,
John Judd, Patricia Kane, Keith Kupferer, Amy Matheny,
Larry Neumann Jr., Kelli Simpkins, Phil Smith,
and Penelope Walker

With participation from About Face Youth Theatre members
Sura Antolin, Edlyn "Sonny" Griffin, Ena Ibrakovic,
Scott Jaburek, Lori Moody, Pookie, Chad Roat,
Tea Sefer, and Raina Sun

All proceeds benefit The Matthew Shepard Foundation & About Face Youth Theatre.

(all photos from the event taken by Kat Fitzgerald)