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7. THEATER: Head of Passes
In rising young gay playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney’s newest work, set in Louisiana at the mouth of the Mississippi River, a woman is visited by ghosts as she celebrates her birthday and ponders her place in the world. Tina Landau, who directed McCraney’s The Brother/Sister Plays, is in the director’s chair again for this world premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago. Now through June 9.