Don’t Miss October 11-17: Performance riot at the University of Chicago
By Kelly Kleiman, Jonathan Abarbanel

Don’t Miss October 11-17: Performance riot at the University of Chicago
By Kelly Kleiman, Jonathan AbarbanelLogan Center Launch at the University of Chicago, this Friday through Sunday, October 12-14, 915 East 60th Street, multiple events, mostly FREE!

The Millionairess, this Saturday, October 13 through November 5, ShawChicago at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 North Dearborn, $25
The company begins its 19th season with Shaw’s play about life among the one percent. Bear in mind that he wrote this nearly a century ago, and contemplate how little has changed in the interim. Director Robert Scogin has directed 50-plus Shaw plays in the course of his career (“50-plus” seems to be the meme of the weekend); trust him and his company to do right by everyone’s favorite Irish lefty intellectual. –KK
In Pigeon House, Seanachai Theatre Company at The Den, 1333 N. Milwaukee Ave.; 1-866-811-4111; $36-$40; runs through Nov. 18

Night Over Erzinga, Silk Road Rising, 77 W. Washington Street (Chicago Temple Building); 1-312-857-1234; $40; through Nov. 11
It’s an interesting idea, the rolling world premiere, in which theaters in different cities/states share grant money and costs to produce a play which each theater presents as a world premiere even though the productions might not be at the same time. It guarantees the playwright a thorough and supportive development process and also two or three productions of the work. The rolling world premiere is a concept of the National New Play Network (NNPN) which allows non-members to participate as long as at least one NNPN company is part of the process. This is the background to Night Over Erzinga at Silk Road Rising, a new play by Armenian-American author Adriana Savahn Nichols that chronicles three generations of her family’s life, from World War I Armenia to modern New York City. First seen at Golden Thread Productions in San Francisco, this Silk Road Rising world premiere staging is directed by veteran Lisa Portes. –JA