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Come on out for the Louder Than a Bomb 2012 Semi-Final bouts of the competition, where the top 12 individuals will vie for aspot in the Indy Finals (Wednesday March 7th at Steppenwolf Theater) and the top 16 teams compete for a slot at Team Finals (Saturday March 10th at Vic Theater

Who is Augie March? Son, brother, runaway, protégée, thief, lover, salesman, socialist, student.

You couldn't adapt William Shakespeare's Hamlet, change the Ghost of his father to an active zombie and have Hamlet go on a rampage, saving Ophelia and living happily in the end and still call it Hamlet, could you?

From Moscow to Belfast to Shanghai, activist artists have been using theater as protest and political commentary - often at the risk of imprisonment - by harnessing the power of an art form that requires a live audience in attendance for it to work.

This electrifying evening will feature current and former Louder Than a Bomb sages and storytellers from throughout the Chicago area and beyond with their scintillating hip-hop and spoken-word poetry.

The largest of its kind in the world, the 11th Annual Louder Than A Bomb (LTAB) is Chicago’s rapidly-growing teen poetry festival, this year taking place at various venues around Chicago beginning February 19 with finals on March 12, 2011.Come on out for the 2011 Indiv