***Opening Jul 28: About Face Youth Theatre 2006: The Home Project, a new play created by AFT Artistic Associate Megan Carney and the About Face Youth Thtr ensemble. About Face, ( 773 ) 784-8565
**** ( A ) Midsummer Night's Dream, A Queer Tale- Four lovers being denied sexual freedom flee into a new world ruled by drag queens and 'fairies'. Throughout this midsummer night of kinky mishaps and cruel jokes, the characters discover that love is the thing that defines the sanctity of marriage, not the law that they live under. Bravely treading into such territory as same sex marriage, corssdressing, interracial relationships, the difficulties of coming out and good ole American S&M. Thru July 10. Links Hall, 3435 N Sheffield ( 773 ) 472-1773
**** Out Among the Dragons- In a quest to find Ms. Right Now, a hemophiliac with HIV, meets a gay man who wants to change the world and a cocktail waitress who embodies contradiction and specializes in shocking people. Spon. by Matrix Health. Thru Jul 10. Evanston's Northminster Church 2515 Central Park, ( 866 ) 468-3401.