I-Fest 2008

Julia Borchets, Chicago Tribune's Red Eye

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"See tales about forging identity in a changing world at the fourth annual I-Fest European Solo Acts. At 7pm, Abdelkader Benali's dramedy "yasser" takes the stage, illustrating the identity crisis of a Palestinian actor portraying the Jewish character Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice"; at 830pm, take stock of Oleg Lipstin's "A Propos of the Wet Snow", an adaptation of Dostoyevsky's "Notes from the Underground" about societal pressures and inner convictions"