“The Arsonists” by Max Frisch, running through Oct. 4 at the Western Stage in Salinas, Ca., with Jeff McGrath (center) and, left to right, Marcus Pulido, Marjorie Lowry, Danny Martinez and Jacob Jaurez (photo by Richard Green)

“Bad Jews” by Joshua Harmon, running through Oct. 19 at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco; with Rebecca Benhayon, Kenny Toll, Max Rosenak and Riley Krull (photo by Jennifer Riley)

“Bootycandy” by Robert O’Hara, running through Oct. 12 at Playwrights Horzions in New York City; with Jessica Frances Dukes, Phillip James Brannon and Lance Coadie Williams (photo by Joan Marcus)

“Charlotte’s Web,” running at Childsplay in Tempe, Az. through Oct. 12; pictured, Debra K. Stevens

“Equivocation” by Bill Cain, running through Oct. 4 at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga, Ca.; with Dane Oliver and Alan Blumenfeld (photo by Ian Flanders)

“The Fabulous Lipitones,” running at Taproot Theatre in Seattle through Oct. 18; with Jeff Berryman, John Patrick Lowrie, and Brad Walker

“Goldi Locks and the Three Aliens,” running at the New Conservatory Theatre Center in San Francisco through Oct. 5; with Harry Billings, Max Peterson, Francesca Hernandez and Una Lynch (photo by Stephanie Temple)

“The Grapes of Wrath,” adapted from John Steinbeck’s by Frank Galati, a CityRep production running at the Oklahoma City University’s Burg Theater through Oct. 5; pictured (front row) Cameron Cobb, Pam Dougherty, David Coffee, (back row) Sonny Franks and Michael Corolla (photo by Jennifer Tiffany)

“La Bete” by David Hirson, running at the Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia through Oct. 12; with Ian Merrill Peakes and Scott Greer (photo by Mark Garvin)

“Little Boy” written by and starring Masanari Kawahara, a Pangea World Theater running through Oct. 5 at Pillsbury House Theatre Minneapolis (photo by Bruce Silcox)

“Les Liaisons Dangereuses,” running at Actor’s Express in Atlanta through Oct. 5; with Park Krausen and Paul Hester (photo by BreeAnne Clowdus)

“Native Son,” adapted from Richard Wright’s novel by Nambi E. Kelley, at the Court Theatre in Chicago; with Tracey N. Bonner and Jerod Haynes (photo by Michael Brosilow)

“Peace in Our Time” by Noël Coward, running through Oct. 19 at Main Street Theater in Houston; with Pamela Vogel, Billy Reed, Joel Sandel, Amy Garner Buchanan, Hannah Kreig, Celeste Cheramie Roberts, Fritz Dickmann, Rutherford Cravens and Joe Kirkendall (photo by Little Nun Photography)

“Semi-Famous,” wirtten by and starring Don Reed, running through Oct. 12 at The Marsh in San Francisco (photo by Patti Meyer)

“A Sucker Emcee” by Craig ‘muMs’ Grant, a LAByrinth Theater production running at the Bank Street Theatre in New York City through Oct. 5; with Grant (left) and DJ Rich Medina (photo by Monique Carboni)

“Wait Until Dark,” running at the Firehouse Theatre in Richmond, Va. through Oct. 18; with Ciara McMillian and Phillip Silva (photo by Bill Sigafoos)