Diana Slickman and David Kodeski join dozens of talented performers for the Schadenfreude Rent Party at the Red Line Tap in Rogers Park.

Check out www.schadenfreude.net/pbr-tour-08

You can catch Edward Thomas-Herrera performing a monologue or two at the ALT Q Festival at the Old Town School of Folk Music.

Ticket info can be found at www.altqfestival.com/

BoyGirlBoyGirl, Chicago's favorite solo performance ensemble, returns to the Live Bait Theater stage after a three-year hiatus with their new show: "A Dreadful Day."

OK, let's see… how to explain this… "A Dreadful Day" is the name of this 19th-century children's book that Kodeski found in a bookstore in Evanston and it's pretty f***ed up. It tells the story of a single day in the lives of Millicent and Archie, two preternaturally well-spoken orphans whose best intentions have this funny way of paving the road to Hell. Well, not so "funny." More like "ominous." And not exactly the road to Hell inasmuch as a sure-fire way to catch scarlet fever. A cursory reading of the book will lead you to believe it's a warning against random acts of kindness towards others. An in-depth reading confirms it to be a more darkly misanthropic suggestion that we best mind our own business. Nice.

BoyGirlBoyGirl responds with six tales of orphans, feline euthanasia, good deeds gone wrong, and all things full of dread. Hilarity ensues.

A DREADFUL DAY
Written and performed by BoyGirlBoyGirl
(Rachel Claff, Susan McLaughlin Karp, David Kodeski, Stephanie Shaw, Diana Slickman, and Edward Thomas-Herrera)

FOUR PERFORMANCES ONLY!
July 11, 12, 18, and 19 at 7:30
Live Bait Theater
3914 N. Clark St.

Tickets: $15.00 ($10 for students and seniors)
For reservations and info, call 773-871-1212
www.livebaittheater.org