OPEN UP AND SAY EYE

Thinking caps are required for poet and Buddhist monk Ron Allen’s exploration of city life “Eye Mouth Graffiti Bodyshop” -- coming to Hollywood’s Theatre of NOTE on Wednesday. Allen believes that the senses are portals to truth and his characters’ -- three Eyes and three Mouths -- quest for great meaning while lured by base desires like a table stocked with cocaine and guns. “It’s almost Shakespearean in an urban-contemporary way,” Allen explains. Director Jemal McNeil and choreographers shape his shifty, linguistically playful text into dance that seeks to break free of rational thought and stir the intuition. Advice for audiences eager to understand his genre-deconstructing art piece? “You should have the ability to step into possibilities.” (Pictured: Jo D. Jones as Mouth and Wendi West as Eye) 8 p.m. Wed.-Thu., ends March 27. 1517 N. Cahuenga Blvd. $15-18. (323) 856-8611; www.theatreofnote.com