Theater Spotlight: Ithamar Has Nothing to Say
Comedian and actor Ithamar Enriquez ( Arrested Development, Key and Peele ) bravely performs a one-man sketch show without saying a single word in Ithamar Has Nothing to Say, which comes to Chicago for four performances after an extended run in Hollywood. Ithamar Has Nothing to Say plays in Donny's Skybox Studio Theatre of The Second City, 1608 N. Wells St. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through June 20. Tickets are $20. Call 312-337-3992 or visit www.secondcity.com .
Critics' Picks
Belfast Girls, Artemisia Theatre at Den Theatre, through June 14. The U.S. premiere of an award-winning play from the United Kingdom typically gets more attention than Artemisia's budget can provide, but this won't the last we see of Jaki McCarrick's gritty saga depicting the Irish female immigrant experience. MSB
The Herd, Steppenwolf Theatre, through June 14. A severely disabled child made for agonizing parental stress in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg in 1967, but Rory Kinnear offers a candid assessment of family members today coping with a barely functioning adult. MSB
Our New Girl, Profiles Theatre Main Stage, through June 28. An unannounced Irish nanny only exacerbates the toxic dynamics of a well-off British family in this strong Midwest premiere of Nancy Harris' unsettling drama. SCM
The Project(s), American Theater Company, through June 21. This wonderful show has become a living memorial for director/co-author PJ Paparelli, but it's rich with its own flesh, blood, music and memory as it charts the failures of Chicago public housing via deeply-personal and perceptive first-person interviews and narratives. JA
By Abarbanel, Barnidge and Morgan