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Cry It Out
Molly Smith Metzler's new play provides an honest look at the absurdities of being home with a baby, the power of female friendship, the dilemma of going back to work, and the effect class has on parenthood in America. Directed by Lily Wolff for Theatre en Bloc, and featuring – wow, what a cast – Lee Eddy, Christin Davis, Jenny Lavery, and Ben Wolfe. And here's what our reviewer thought of the show.Through May 20. All shows 8pm, different nights each week, see website for details. $15-70. -
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It's All True
Of course it's Co-Lab Projects (and Sean Ripple and Vault Fine Art Services) presenting this Object Collection spectacle, an "opera-in-suspension" that's based on the complete live archives of iconic underground band Fugazi. No, listen – this thing features none of the band's actual songs. Rather, the obsessive leap into 1500 hours of gig detritus uses only the incidental music, text, and sounds from that archive and offers it up with four voices/performers, four electric guitars/basses, and two drummers.May 18-20. Fri.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 5pm. $22. -
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Shakespeare on the Farm: A Midsummer Night's Dream
En Route Productions presents Shakespeare's beloved comedy-among-the-fae under the stars above Rain Lily Farm for your delight. It may seem a fantastic mystery, but they'll help you get to the Bottom of it all! Note: Picnics, blankets, chairs, and kiddos are welcome – but please leave Fido at home. Bonus: Dripping Springs Vodka.Through May 20. Thu.-Mon., 7:30pm. Donations accepted. -
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The Back Pack: Upstaged
The Back Pack, a silent sketch movement troupe – and one of the best things to happen to live performance in Austin since Rubber Repertory hit the road – continues to push the envelope by including live integrated media in their new show. This time out, the hilarious and inventive quartet is featuring work from a collaboration with Lina Chambers and Paper Boats, and, as ever, exploring the possibilities of "clowning, dance, puppetry, shadow work, animation, foley, and whatever the next thing our hearts desire."Through May 20. Fri.-Sun., 7:30pm. $15.Back Pack Co-Lab, 2400 E. Cesar Chavez #206
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All My Sons
This is Arthur Miller's award-winning family drama about one man's search for the American dream – and the ultimate destruction in his pursuit. Directed by Tracy Arnold for City Theatre.Through June 3. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 3pm. $15-25. -
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An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein
Present Company offers this adults-only theatrical experience exploring the R-rated imagination of the eccentric storyteller, bringing to the stage his provocative short plays, mischievous music, and poetry for naughty children.Through May 21. Thu.-Sun., 8pm. Donations accepted, RSVP required. -
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Killer Girls
Whoa, that American Berserk Theatre company, first bringing the world their dystopian blockbuster Subject to Control, then following it with For Time and Eternity (about that whole Joseph-Smith-and-the-Mormons thing), now presenting this pop horror revenge comedy – written and directed by Kaci Beeler – in which five female students on the Fruit Ninja Team of John Wilkes Booth University are invited to a tournament in #grabherbythepussy, Florida, and, ah, well, listen: Payback's a bitch. (A rabid, extremely bloodthirsty bitch, we might add.) Warning note: Gore effects, strobe lights, loud music, themes of high violence and sexual assault, possibly the lamentation of any MRA in the audience. Recommended? See what that Robert Faires has to say about it.Through May 27. Thu.-Sun., 8pm. $20-25.Hideout Studios, 2505 E. Sixth Ste. 3-C -
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Seminar
This is Theresa Rebeck's arch comedy in which four aspiring novelists sign up for private writing classes with an international literary figure … and things go kind of Lord of the Flies, emotionally speaking. Directed by Bryan Bradford for Jarrott Productions. And here's what our reviewer thought of the show.Through June 3. Thu.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2:30pm. $23-30. -
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Shakespeare in the Park: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Austin Shakespeare transforms the Zilker Hillside Theater into the world of a classic Fifties sitcom to embody this production of the Bard's Falstaff-festooned comedy, featuring a fine cast directed by Ann Ciccolella and Gwendolyn Kelso. Pro tip: Bring you a blanket and pick-a-nick, citizen!Through May 27. Thu.-Sun., 8pm. Free.
