The Curious Theatre Branch touts its annual Rhinofest as "Chicago's longest-running fringe festival," and that's been true for the longest time. But in putting together edition number 27 this year, coartistic directors Beau O'Reilly and Jenny Magnus may have inadvertently broken the streak. Although it's hard—and maybe foolish—to set rules for an event as inherently various as a fringe festival, every one I've ever heard of is moderately to completely wide open. Some have juries, but many don't—including the original and biggest of them all, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Continue reading >>

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