Two weekends of performances by 16 companies from Seattle,
Vancouver, and Portland—typically, one-third of the work is
execrable, one-third is middling, and one-third is the best thing
you’ve ever seen. Arguing about which shows fall into which
category is half the fun. Performing this weekend: Hooliganship (music
and animation with 3-D glasses), LAUNCH (dance with text by Rebecca
Brown), “Awesome” (an instrumental about a forest fire), Waxie
Moon (“boylesque”), an audio-guided walking tour of Queen Anne (a
series of anonymous, site-specific confessions), and more. (On the
Boards, 100 W Roy St, 217-9888. 5 and 8 pm, $14–$30. Also Sat May
17.)

Brend an Kiley has worked as a child actor in New Orleans, as a member of the junior press corps at the 1988 Republican National Convention, and, for one happy April, as a bootlegger’s assistant in Nicaragua....