'No Gender Left Behind' connects, 'Nearly Naked' misses at Chicago Fringe Festiv

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'No Gender Left Behind' connects, 'Nearly Naked' misses at Chicago Fringe Festival
By Kerry Reid, Special to the Tribune
September 9, 2011

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/ct-ott-0909-on-the-fringe-20110909,0,5732553.story

"No Gender Left Behind" ***

Rebecca Kling knows a teachable moment when she sees one. When the transgendered Kling was dismissed as a visiting theater teacher in suburban Chicago for being a "bringer of uncomfortable conversations," she said, she decided to take that conversation to the stage rather than the courthouse. As Kling points out in "No Gender Left Behind," her solo show at the Chicago Fringe Festival, Illinois is one of only 12 states where it's illegal to fire someone for being transgendered.