{"id":60702,"date":"2020-01-06T14:43:51","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T19:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=60702"},"modified":"2020-01-06T15:48:12","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T20:48:12","slug":"rhino-fest-returns-at-chicagos-longest-running-fringe-theater-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/rhino-fest-returns-at-chicagos-longest-running-fringe-theater-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhino Fest Returns at Chicago&#8217;s Longest Running Fringe Theater Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Prop Thtr and The Curious Theater Branch present Chicago\u2019s longest-running fringe theater festival, <a href=\"https:\/\/rhinofest.com\/rhino-2020\"><span class=\"s2\">Rhino Fest 2020<\/span><\/a>. Fringe theater is a style of theater that is considered experimental in subject matter. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The traditional opening ceremony of the Rhinoceros Theater Festival, Full Moon Vaudeville, will take place January 11, 2020. 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Tickets are now on sale for Rhino 2020. Head over to the link in our bio for full show listings and tickets. [Image: Archival Rhino Fest program (1997) from \u201cthe Rhino in Winter,\u201d back when there were 2 Rhino Fests a year] \ud83e\udd8f\u2744\ufe0f\ud83e\udd8f<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rhinofestival\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\"> Rhinoceros Theater Festival<\/a> (@rhinofestival) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2019-12-27T14:26:19+00:00\">Dec 27, 2019 at 6:26am PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Here is the <a href=\"https:\/\/rhinofest.com\/rhino-shows-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s2\">full list of shows<\/span><\/a> that the festival will feature:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Affection as a Space Vacuum<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">All My Little Words<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">An Apology for the Course &amp; Outcome of Certain Events&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">An Interview<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Arianne a Naxos by Franz Joseph Haydn<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Bear with Me!<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Beckett: A Show about Nothingness<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Caf\u00e9 Neckbeard Presents: 99% Celery (Dinner in the Garden of Glass Whales)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Deep Fried Refried<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">E-Humanized<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Emergence<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The River Expectation<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Finally, a Play with the State or Quality of Having Existence or Substance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Four Story Animal Plus Dessert<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ghosts of Whitechapel<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">David Hauptschein&#8217;s SCANDALS<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Helen Keller and Me<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hotel Violet<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ideal House<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Loser-Woman Comedy<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mad Girls<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">@midnight<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">NO ONE WATCHING<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Office Hours: Aid and Comfort<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On a Pin Cushion<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Out, Darn Spot!<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Panther Women: An Army for the Liberation<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Pralines on a Hot Plate<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">protest<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Robin Cline<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Seeing Starrs Again<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Steak Richardson<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">That&#8217;s Not the Way I Heard It<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Anxiety Variety Show<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Kingdom of Slovenalia<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Night the Cubs Won<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Panadero&#8217;s Ex-Boyfriend<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Plucky Rosenthal Show<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Priestess of Morphine<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Shady Lady<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Uploose Odditorium<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This Is a Play About Newscasters<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tiny Vibrating Strings<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Two Idiots in a Haunted House<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Two Pieces from Fay Glassman<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Wait, What?<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Wallace Shawn&#8217;s The Fever<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">who walked all night with their shoes full of blood<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Whoa Man<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">You Want Everything<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The festival will take place at Prop Thtr, 3502 N. 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