Bailiwick Repertory Directors' Festival: "GLBT Briefs"

The final installment of Bailiwick Reper-tory’s 2003 showcase of emerging directors focuses on gay- and lesbian-themed works. The series runs through July 30 at the Bailiwick Arts Center, 1229 W. Belmont. Performances take place Monday-Wednesday at 7:30 PM; each evening features three or four short plays. Tickets are $10 per evening; a pass costs $25. For reservations and information, call 773-883-1090 or log on to www.bailiwick.org.

Following is the schedule through July 23; a complete schedule is available on-line at www.chicagoreader.com.

MONDAY, JULY 21

Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen

Frank Cermak Jr. directs this “reinterpretation” of Tennessee Williams’s poetic one-act.

He Defies You Still: Memoirs of a Sissy

Gay activist Tommi Avicolli’s one-act examines the consequences of growing up “different.” Jessica Carlstrom directs.

Licks

Michael Osinski directs a romantic comedy by Meghann Williams.

TUESDAY, JULY 22

Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen