Halloween is weeks away, but things are already getting a little ugly this October, whether the bloodletting is graphic or the damage is internal. Even the kids’ shows this week are about a bat, a Gorgon and a big bad wolf. Be careful out there.
“after all the terrible things i do” by A. Rey Pamatmat, at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre through Nov. 9; pictured: Mark Junek and Sophia Skiles (photo by Michael Brosilow)
“Aire Frio” by Virgilio Piñera, at Repertorio Espanol in New York City through Feb. 8, 2015; pictured: Annia Bu, Ana Margarita Martinez-Casado, Zulema Clares and Idalmys Rodriguez (photo by )
“Arcadia” by Tom Stoppard, at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, Conn. in 2014. Pictured: Tom Pecinka.(Photo by Joan Marcus)
“Bonnie and Clyde,” the musical by Ivan Menchell, Don Black and Frank Wildhorn, at WaterTower Theatre in Addison, Tex. through Nov. 2; pictured: John Campione and Kayla Carlyle (photo by Kelsey Leigh Ervi)
“Clybourne Park” by Bruce Norris, at the Aurora Theatre in Lawrenceville, Ga. through Oct. 26; pictured: Joe Sykes, Eric J. Little and Robin Bloodworth (photo by Chris Bartelski)
“Dracula,” at the Alley Theatre in Houston through Nov. 2, features the designs of illustrator Edward Gorey, as in this set for Act One (photo by Mike McCormick)
“Dracula,” a Fifth Third Bank production running through Oct. 31 at the Actors Theatre of Louisville; pictured: James Whalen (photo by Joe Geinert)
“My Name Is Asher Lev,” adapted by Aaron Posner from Chaim Potok’s novel, in a Timeline Theatre production running at Stage 773 in Chicago through Oct. 18; picture: Danica Monroe, Lawrence Grimm and Alex Weisman (photo by Lara Goetsch)
“Once Upon a Time in Ancient Greece” by Laramie Dean, a Montana Repertory Theatre production touring area schools through Nov. 11; pictured: Heidi Mudd (photo by Terry J. Cyr)
“Rapture Blister Burn” by Gina Gionfriddo, at the Wilma Theatre in Philadelphia through Nov. 2; pictured: Krista Apple-Hodge and Gwen Campbell Meaghan O’Hare (photo by Alexander Iziliaev)
“Seedfolks,” adapted from the book by Paul Fleischman, running at Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis through Nov. 16; pictured: Sonja Parks (photo by Dan Norman)
“She-Rantulas From Outer Space in 3D” by Ruff Yaeger and Phil Johnson, running through Nov. 2 at Diversionary Theatre in San Diego, Ca.; pictured: Melinda Gilb and Phil Johnson (photo by Daren Scott)
“Slaughterhouse Five,” adapted by Eric Simonson from the novel by Kurt Vonnegut, at Custom Made Theatre Company in San Francisco through Oct. 26; pictured: Sal Mattos, Stephanie Ann Foster, Dave Sikula, Chris Morrell, Sam Tillis and Jessica Rudholm (photo by Jay Yamada)
“Stellaluna,” adapted by Saske Janse from the book by Janell Cannon, a Fun Company production running at Maryland Ensemble Theatre in Frederick, Md. through Oct. 26; with Connor Cochran, Laura Stark, Katie Tyler, Melissa Gregory and Anna Wood (photo by Julie Herber)
“Sweeney Todd” by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, at Nashville Repertory Theatre through Nov. 1; pictured: Bobby Wyckoff (front), Whitney Meyer, Samuel Whited, Nathan Meyer, Martha Wilkinson, Matthew Carlton, Patrick Waller, Galen Fott, Jennifer Whitcomb-Oliva and Megan Murphy Chambers (photo by Shane Burkeen, courtesy of Nashville Rep)
“The Three Little Pigs,” adapted by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, in a Main Street Theatre Company production running through Oct. 19 at the Lewis Family Playhouse, Victoria Gardens Cultural Center in Rancho Cucamonga, Ca.; with Michael Covert, Kyla Garcia and Joe Fria (photo by Ed Krieger)
“Venus in Fur” by David Ives, at Rep Stage in Columbia, Md. through Oct. 19; pictured: Kathryn Tkel and Elan Zafir (photo by Katie Ellen Simmons Barth)
“When January Feels Like Summer” by Cori Thomas, running at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City through Oct. 26; with Mahira Kakka and Debargo Sanyal (photo by Gerry Goodstein)