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    Decapitations

    Salvage Vanguard Theater presents the world premiere of this new Megan Tabaque play, a diasporic ghost story about a multi-racial Filipino-American family. Surreal, funny, and haunting, this new spectacle's directed by Alexandra Bassiakou Shaw and features performances from Alexa Capareda, Katherine Catmull, Sarah Chong Dickey, Madge Darlington, Zachary Gamble, Rommel Sulit, and Virgil Shelby.
    Sat.-Sun., Oct. 28-29, 7:30pm. $15.  
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    Malum Malus Burlesque: Samhain

    The Wheel of the Year inspires this occult burlesque chantry of witches to revel in darkness, wherein all manner of devilry and mischief is allowed. Featuring performances by Blaise Ricin, Fig, Sigh, Mandy Mezcal, Magpie, Sunday Slaughter, Copper Penny, and Allegra Jade Fox.
    Thu.-Sat., Oct. 26-28, 8pm. $15-37.  
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    Bat Boy: The Musical

    The ACC Drama Department presents this musical comedy/horror show about a half-boy, half-bat creature who is discovered in a cave near Hope Falls, West Virginia – as based on a story, you'll recall, from the Weekly World News. Directed by Jamie Rogers for ACC Highland's Black Box Theater.
    Through Oct. 29. Fri.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2pm. $8.
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    Chronicles of an Indigenous Offspring

    Inspired by James Baldwin's Notes of a Native Son and Ta-Nehisi Coates' Between the World and Me, Zell Miller III uses hip-hop culture, jazz aesthetics movement, and spoken word to weave an authentic tapestry offering a picture of what it means to be a person of color in this Southern city. This new show is "a therapeutic exhale that documents growing up Black in Austin, Texas," and "a love letter to cultural landmarks that have been erased from the city's consciousness, Chronicles also exposes the city's dark past. Famed photographer Ivan Millers's black-and-white images create a striking visual environment, and Miller's longtime musical collaborator Thomas "Hitman" Wheeler on percussion creates a funky sonic landscape.
    Through Nov. 4. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. $21-28 (pay what you can, Thursdays).  
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    Deathtrap

    Jarrott Productions brings Broadway’s longest-running, Tony-award winning comedy thriller (penned by the remarkable Ira Levin) to Austin – just in time for spooky season – and featuring the talents of Kyle Irion, Devin Finn, Natalie D. Garcia, Janelle Buchanan, and David Kroll, under the direction of David R. Jarrott.
    Through Nov. 12. Thu.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2:30pm. $15-35.  
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    It's Only a Play

    This is, of course, Terrence McNally’s stage comedy is celebration of theatre at its best – and theatre people behaving their not-so-best. Directed by Jim Lindsay for City Theatre.
    Through Nov. 5. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun. 3pm. $15 and up.  
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    The Austin Séance

    Albert Lucio and Jake Cordero of the Austin Séance demonstrate tools used by working mediums and employ those tools in modern recreations of old-time séances.
    Oct. 26-29. Thu. & Sun., 6:50pm; Fri.-Sat., 6:50 & 9:50pm. $30.  
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    The Thin Place

    In The Thin Place, the fragile boundary between our world and the other one is breached. With acuity and relentless curiosity, Lucas Hnath’s play transforms the theater into an intimate séance, crafting an unnerving testament to the power of the mind, which has a mind of its own. And here's our full review of the show.
    Through Nov. 26. Thu.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2:30pm. $28 and up.  
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    Words Into Worlds: Creating Place in the Theatre

    See displays from landmark American and British theatre productions from the past century, bringing together the iconic work of writers Adrienne Kennedy, Arthur Miller, Robert Schenkkan, Tennessee Williams, and others – with award-winning designs from artists Boris Aronson, Beowulf Boritt, Jo Mielziner, and Norman Bel Geddes.
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