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Transgender performer at Fringe Festival
2012-08-08
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"Storms Beneath Her Skin"a one-woman show by transgender performer Rebecca Klingwill be part of the Chicago Fringe Festival.
"Storms" explores Kling's identity and experience as a transgender woman, while examining the nature of apologies, the necessity of surgery, the equations of sex, the weather (metaphorically speaking), breasts and more.
The show runs at Both Sides, 1838 S. Halsted St., Aug. 30-31 and Sept. 2, 3, 6, 8 and 9. The festival itself is Aug. 30-Sept. 9.
Chicago is one of many cities around the world that is part of the Fringe Festival movement. See RebeccaKling.com and ChicagoFringe.org for more info.
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