Neo-Futurist Founding Director Greg Allen presents Carlo Collodi's original 1883 Italian masterpiece through the eyes of Mary Shelley's nameless hideous Monster, using a barrage of shadow puppets, absurd costumes, mesmerizing stagecraft, and his trademark dark humor and meta-theatrics. Definitely NOT a children's story, this stage adaptation includes all the outrageous and violent scenes which are usually cut from other adaptations of Pinocchio. Allen parellels the stories of these two motherless, un-born creatures to explore the nature of love, betrayal, mortality, fatherhood, and the meaning of life itself.
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We offer classes

Upcoming classes: Master Class in Neo-Futurism. Greg Allen will introduce you to the basic theory and practice of Neo-Futurism - a new, honest method of devising your own work for the theater. No experience necessary. We also offer Intro to Too Much Light and other classes. Read more...

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind

Our signature show, Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind, is now in its twenty-third year, making it the longest-running show in Chicago today. Too Much Light..., with its ever-changing "menu," is an attempt to perform 30 plays in 60 minutes. The show runs Fridays and Saturdays at 11:30 and Sundays at 7. Seating is first-come, first-served, cash only at the door (with a limited number of advance tickets available on Sundays). Tickets are $9 plus the roll of a single six-sided die ($10-$15). There will be no TML shows from December 16 - 25. We have to rest sometime.  Read more...

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