About Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind (30 plays in 60 minutes)

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind was the longest running show in the history of Chicago theater in Chicago. The show was originally performed by the Neo-Futurists, an experimental theater troupe of which creator Greg Allen was a founding member. As its subtitle states, the show consists of 30 original short plays performed in 60 minutes. The plays tend to be a mixture of autobiography, performance art, and living newspaper. This is the second consecutive run of the show at The Baltimore Polytechnic Institute.

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