Site[Non-specific] — /mountain collective — Rhino Fest 2026

Produced by /mountain collective

just after the ball fits itself

into the bottom of the hill

and the world is suspended

Lucille Clifton

Welcome to a circus of push and pull in a land where the boulder never makes it to the top of the mountain and the struggle is the point

Part movement, part multi-media installation, and part ritual, the artists of Site[Non-specific] will immerse you in a journey of sight and sound honoring exertion, persistence, and the unexpected joys of the loss of control

Performed by Kyriakos Apostolidis, Eunjin Choi, Gordon Fung, Zoe Haralambidis, Kim Nucci, michael orr, and Terry Sofianos Wohlgenant, with contributions from Dane Cree, Richard Milne, and Kezia Waters

Image: Dane Cree

Date: Friday, October 9th at 7:00 and Saturday, October 10th at 5:00
Venue: Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble (1650 W. Foster)

Tickets: All Rhino Fest tickets are offered at sliding scale prices, in an effort to make theater more accessible to more people in our communities. We say "pay what you can" and we mean it. Rhino Fest is co-produced by the Curious Theatre Branch and the performance venues. Additional donations are always welcome.

About the venue: Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble is located at 1650 W Foster Ave in Andersonville, in the same building as Ebenezer Lutheran Church. The performance space is not currently accessible by wheelchair; to enter the auditorium, there are eight steps to a landing, and then eight steps to the entrance. CDE is within walking distance of the Foster (92) and Clark (22) bus lines. Street parking is generally possible nearby, but check signs for permit zones and time-based restrictions. Soft drinks will be available for purchase before shows begin. More information can be found at https://www.danztheatre.org.

About Rhino Fest: The event that became the Rhinoceros Theater Festival began in 1988 as an offshoot of the Bucktown Arts Fest, and in its first year featured just two days of performances, including work by Jenny Magnus and Beau O'Reilly. When the event's founder moved away from Chicago in 1990, he asked a ragtag group of local artists (including Beau O'Reilly and Theatre of the Reconstruction’s Scott Turner) to keep the festival going, and the Rhino Fest was born. The Curious Theatre Branch went on to produce the Rhino across many neighborhoods and venues over the years, with events variously taking place in Wicker Park/Bucktown, Rogers Park, Andersonville and Avondale; at spaces including the Lunar Cabaret and Full Moon Café, the Neo-Futurarium, the Society for New Things, The Garage, The Firehouse, Remains Theatre, and Prop Thtr. In the mid-2000s, Rhino Fest settled at Prop Thtr in Avondale as its long-term base, and Prop and Curious co-produced the festival among a shifting group of curators for many years. Following the closure of Prop's Elston Avenue space in 2020 and a year off during the height of the pandemic, Rhino Fest is once more itinerant, currently producing more than 30 shows at The Labyrinth Club, Chicago Danztheater, and Chicago Dramatists.

https://rhinofest.com/