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Theater Ookleck will return to the village with Mickle Maher’s “Song About Himself” April 10‑12 in Herndon Gallery. The play imagines a post-internet world in which Carol, one of few with relative language fluency, interacts with a mysterious social media site. Pictured are Diana Slickman as Carol and Colm O’Reilly as Host/Hostess in the play’s 2015 debut. (Photo by Evan Hanover)

Theater Oobleck stages post-web dystopia at the Herndon

The Herndon Gallery at Antioch College will host Chicago-based theater collective Theater Oobleck for three performances of “Song About Himself,” a dystopian, language-driven play by ensemble cofounder Mickle Maher, Friday–Sunday, April 10–12.

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  •   Luisa Lang Owen

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