Performances by Implied Violence are confusing, thrilling spectacles—carefully choreographed explosions of words, weird props, live music, and goop. BarleyGirl is a distillation of 100 short plays written by IV founder Mandie O'Connell that simultaneously chronicles the inner world of its heroine and the American Civil War. Featuring live baby chickens, papier-mâché horses, an orchestra (with members of the Dead Science and Orkestar Zirkonium), 60 individually controlled sound domes pointed at the audience, and buckets of stage blood. You really shouldn't miss it. (A warehouse in South Lake Union, 801 Aloha St, 356-5948. 8 pm, $10–$20. Through Aug 2.)