Indie Boots Theatre Festival Kicks Off 5/16

The fourth annual Indie Boots Theatre Festival celebrates new short plays with underrepresented perspectives on whose stories are worth telling, what's funny, and how the world works. From hilarious comedies to thoughtful dramas, from angsty realism to sci-fi adventures, the plays and their characters grapple with love, feminism, LGBTQ communities, friendship, history, intricacies of language, activism, and a missing vibrator.

On Monday, May 16 through Wednesday, May 18 at 7:30pm at Stage 773 (an accessible theatre at 1225 W. Belmont, near the L in the Belmont Theatre District), teams of Chicago directors and actors bring life to new scripts selected from hundreds of submissions inspired by the prompt, "Ava." Then, it's up to the savvy audience to experience these lively, full staged collaborations and determine the winning plays.

Tickets are $15 for this entertaining 100 minute show, with discounts available for artists, students, educators, seniors, low income and social justice workers. Each night, all nine short plays are performed in quick succession with one brief intermission. Due to adult content, viewer discretion is advised. For more information about the plays, players, or Indie Boots, please visit www.indieboots.org, facebook.com/indieboots, or twitter.com/indieboots. Tickets are available at the Stage 773 box office, http://stage773.com/Show?id=448, and 773.327.5252.

THE WRITERS

Hannah Benitez, Addison Heimann, Aisha Leverett, Ken Preuss, Kathleen Rooney, Deborah Chava Singer, Ellen Davis Sullivan, Eileen Tull, John Weagly

THE DIRECTORS

Angela Alise, Ashely Bagot, Juan Castaneda, Majel Cuza, Crystal Hartford, Gaby Labotka, Jessica Rae Olsen, Richard Paro, Breahan Eve Pautsch

THE ACTORS

Bergen Anderson, Becca C. Browne, Celeste Burns, Miki Byrne, Cat Davidson, Kiera Lynn Haaland, Crystal Hartford, Nicole Michelle Haskins, Katia Jackson, Colleen Kiel, Mark Lancaster, Amanda Lopez, Stella Martin, Julie Mitre, Alex Molnar, Katurah Nelson, Erin K. O'Brien, Cyra K. Polizzi, Robin Posavetz, Jazzma Pryor, Daena Ramos, Danielle Rennalls, Avi Roque, Lindsey Shaw, Elise Spoerlein, Ashley Yates

ABOUT INDIE BOOTS

Indie Boots creates and celebrates art with different perspectives on whose stories are worth telling, what's funny, and how the world works. Indie Boots projects encourage collaboration and coalition building among artists and activists.

TICKETING

General admission tickets are $15, with discounts available for artists, students, educators, seniors, low income and social justice workers. Tickets are available at the Stage 773 box office, http://stage773.com/Show?id=448, and 773.327.5252.

For more information about the plays, players, or Indie Boots, please visit www.indieboots.org, facebook.com/indieboots, twitter.com/indieboots, or email: mudgeonsoul@gmail.com.