Emily McClanathan

Early on, the play sets up familiar coming-of-age tensions of maintaining old friendships versus cultivating new ones, but it's soon apparent that Mo and Steff are dealing with darker problems.

The audience, limited to 15 people per performance, embark on a journey through the United Church of Rogers Park’s nearly 100-year-old building.

Phillip Howze’s experimental, often confounding play, draws on theatrical traditions of absurdism, burlesque and commedia dell’arte to satirize a slew of Western interlopers.

Is this latest tour up to the task of carrying on a beloved Disney musical? As directed by Matt West, yes, it is.

Director Peter G. Andersen’s outdoor summer production leans into the antics and physical comedy at the expense of passion.