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THURSDAY MAY 24

Weird! True Hollywood Tales: The Squared Circle

Lashonda Lester hosts a show of biographies presented by your favorite Austin comedians, this latest installment featuring real-life stories of the testicular fortitude of such wrestling legends as Andre the Giant, Randy "Macho Man" Savage & Miss Elizabeth, the Von Erich Family, Owen Hart, and Eddie Guerrero. (7:30). $10.

Salvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor Rd., 512/474-7886

www.weirdtruetales.com, weirdtruetales@gmail.com

ONGOING

Born Yesterday

This is Garson Kanin's classic comedy about shady political shenanigans in Washington, DC, and the trio of ordinary citizens (well, one of them's a journalist, egad!) who discover and unveil the subterfuge. With a fine cast directed by Don Toner for Austin Playhouse. Through June 3. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 5pm. 1800 ½ Simond. $26-35.

476-0084

Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom

Poison Apple Initiative seeks males and females (late teens-early 40s) who can play multiple roles for a July run of this dark play about a neighborhood overrun with something worse than zombies. Sides provided. Actors will be compensated. Email Bastion Carboni for appointment. June 3-4.

Shakespeare In The Park: Bollywood-inspired Twelfth Night

This Shakespearean comedy, all old-school screwball, gets the Bollywood treatment with music by Naga Valli and matching choreography by Prakash Mohandas. Directed by Ann Ciccolella. Through May 27. Thu.-Sun., 8pm. Free.

Beverly S. Sheffield Zilker Hillside Theater, 2206 William Barton Dr., 512/397-1463

www.austinshakespeare.org, alex@austinshakespeare.org

Inherit The Wind

Behold Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee's play about the infamous science-versus-religion "Scopes Monkey Trial," here presented by City Theatre under the direction of Perry Crafton. Did we mention it was written, this thing called "one of the greatest epic plays of the 20th century," by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee? Someone's gotta mention that. Through June 3. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 5:30pm. $15-25 ($10, Thursdays).

City Theatre, 3823-D Airport, 524-2870

www.citytheatreaustin.org, info@citytheatreaustin.org

NOW NOW OH NOW

They used to call it CL1000P, but now the Rude Mechs have transformed those earlier workshops into their newest multivalenced spectacle. This full production – inspired by evolutionary biology, the Brontës, and Live Action Role Playing communities – weaves together "a locked room puzzle, a lecture on sexual selection in evolutionary biology, and the world's weirdest night of Dungeons and Dragons." There's room for only 30 people each time, so there'll be several performances each night. See the Rudes' website for details! Thu.-Sun., through June 9. $25 (pay what you can, Thursdays & Sundays).

The Off Center, 2211-A Hidalgo, 512/476-7833

www.rudemechs.com, info@rudemechs.com

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