Caryn Horwitz and Jay H. Harris, LLC present the Chicago Premiere of 10 Naked Men, the Off-Broadway comedy about hustlers and Hollywood, written and directed by Ronnie Larsen. Set in Hollywood, 10 Naked Men focuses on 10 individuals: three hustlers, two producers and two agents, one banker, a single photographer, and a lone actor. All 10 men are involved in the entertainment industry; all are wrapped up in the quest for fame, fortune, and happiness.
10 Naked Men is inspired by Ronnie Larsen's personal experiences while living in Southern California and is another Larsen take on the world of entertainment. The play had a six-month run Off-Broadway, a three-month sell-out run in both San Francisco and Los Angeles, and also played for limited runs in Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Denver, Detroit, Philadelphia, and San Diego. Ronnie Larsen is the author of Making Porn, which completed a 16-month run Off Broadway and continues to play to packed houses in its seventh year across the country.
At 1225 W. Belmont for six weeks only from March 6 through April 13. Call ( 773 ) 327-5252 or visit online at ticketmaster.com .
The Storefront Theater located in the Gallery 37 Center for the Arts, 66 E. Randolph St., presents the third annual Estrogen Fest 2003 ( in conjunction with Prop Thtr ) : Female IdentityIt's Not Just About The Hair, a festival that includes dozens of local artists and theater companies in three diverse and unprecedented programs of live music, theater, dance, visual art, poetry and performance art, all about female identity.
Performances begin Thursday, April 3 at 7:30 p.m. Performances run through Saturday, May 10. Programs will change every two weeks. Tickets for single performances are $12, or an Estrogen Pass is available for all three programs for $30. All tickets can be purchased by phone at 312-742-TIXS ( 8497 ) , on-line at www.ticketweb.com, or at the box office in the Gallery 37 Retail Store, 66 E. Randolph St.
See www.estrogenfest-chicago.com .
To celebrate the World Day of Prayer for Women's Ordination, local women's ordination advocates are sponsoring a reading of the play Metanoia, the story of one woman's call to ordination to the priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church. The goals of this event are to raise awareness of the women's ordination issue and to raise funds to bring Dr. Ida Raming, who was ordained a priest in Germany last summer, to speak in Chicago on April 21 and 22, 2003.
Metanoia will be read on Tuesday, March 25, 2003 at The Theatre Building at 1225 W. Belmont at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 or $10 for students with an I.D. The playwright, director and an ordination advocate will answer questions after the reading.
Local members of the Women's Ordination Conference ( WOC ) are sponsoring the reading of Metanoia in honor of the World Day of Prayer for Women's Ordination, which has been celebrated internationally with prayer services and other events every March 25 since 1997.
For more information and details about the reading of the play please contact, Laura Singer at ( 773 ) 736-2562 or LTS72@aol.com .
Victory Gardens Theater is proud to announce Claudia Allen's new drama Unspoken Prayers, set to receive its world premiere March 21-May 4 on the mainstage, is one of only twelve plays to reach final nomination for the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Award. Call ( 773 ) 871-3000.