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Dial M for Murder

Film buffs know the Hitchcock version of Dial M for Murder, a delicate cocktail of a mystery movie with adultery, blackmail, and the blessed screen presence of Grace Kelly. Jarrott Productions has mixed up their own version of the timeless thriller. It’s got the signature intrigue, with a delectable twist courtesy of playwright Jeffrey Hatcher’s more modern adaptation. Still set in the stylish 1950s, Jarrott’s serving up suspense with heavy dashes of queer romance, women’s liberation, and the fragile male ego. There’s more than money on the line with this production of surreptitious schemes gone awry. – Cat McCarrey

Through April 27

Trinity Street Theatre

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MotherTree

Looking to branch out in your live performance viewing? Leaf it to the Vortex Theatre – purveyors of “urgent, unashamed art to create action in a shifting age” – to provide a production unlike any other. Planted by producing Artistic Director Bonnie Cullum with music direction by Anderson Dear, stagecraft meets climate science in this exploration of the human connection to trees. In keeping with the theatre’s goal to promote active praxis through performance, themes of beauty, magic, and grief are woven together by ensemble members Gabriel Maldonado, Caili Crow, Nicole Boyd, Alaithia Velez, Benjamin Cervantes, Blaise Ricin, Sigh, Pablo Munoz-Evers, Katrina Saporsantos, Tyaga Welch, Laura D’Eramo, and Logan Lasiter. It’s not going out on a limb to say the current climate crisis affects us all, so join the Vortex as “we travel through the mycorrhizal network to learn from the Trees.” – James Scott

Through April 20

The Vortex
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Walden (remix)

Is anyone truly alone anymore? We’ve got the entire world in our pockets: a steady stream of information and connections at our fingertips. What would happen if we were just… left to ourselves? Playwright KJ Sanchez tackles that and other questions of social justice and conservation in Walden (remix). Instead of strictly retelling Henry David Thoreau’s isolated-ish years in a cabin by Walden Pond, Sanchez adds a spacey twist. Astronaut “H” lives alone on the moon, harvesting matter for Earth’s energy crisis. Ties to friends and family start to fade. Her AI companion starts to evolve. Questions arise about the corporation she works for. Sanchez explores potential next steps for our existence, grounding us further in Thoreau’s root concerns. “Things do not change; we change.” – Cat McCarrey

April 3-13

Mary Moody Northen Theatre at St. Edward's University

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