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Stand-up Scene: If a joke lands in 'Purgatory,' it's still funny by Jason Heidemann

"I'm going to ditch my wife and marry Ian Abramson," I hear some dude say while filing out of the Upstairs Gallery in Andersonville Saturday night, where wide grins are etched across everyone's faces. We have just witnessed "7 Minutes in Purgatory," an experimental standup show produced by Matt Byrne (of the Chicago-based The Steamroller) and created by Abramson, Chicago's merry prankster of absurdist, high-concept t…

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune at 01:15PM on May 19, 2014

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