“Don’t Make Me Over” by Jackie Taylor, at Black Ensemble Theater in Chicago, through May 15. Pictured: Kylah Frye, Rose Marie Simmons, and Renelle Nicole. (Photo by Michael Courier)
“Even Longer and Farther Away” by Chelsea Marcantel, a production of The New Colony at the Den Theatre in Chicago, through May 15. Pictured: Morgan McNaught and Deanna Reed-Foster. (Photo by Evan Hanover)
“I and You” by Lauren Gunderson, at Vermont Stage in Burlington, Vt., through May 8. Pictured: Victoria Fearn and Jabari Matthew.
“Machinal” by Sophie Treadwell, at EgoPo Classic Theater in Philadelphia, through May 8. Pictured: Mary Tuomanen and Ross Beschle. (Photo by David Garrett Sarrafian)
“Marie Antoinette” by David Adjmi, at Dobama Theatre in Cleveland, through May 22. Pictured: Robert Hunter, Carly Germany, and Dan Hendrock.
“Mirette” by Elizabeth Diggs, Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones, and Elizabeth Emily Arnold McCully, at MainStreet Theatre Company in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. Pictured: Aly Fainbarg. (Photo by Ed Kreiger)
“The Big Meal” by Dan LeFranc, at WaterTower Theatre in Addison, Texas, through May 15. Pictured: Kia Boyer and Garret Storms. (Photo by Karen Almond)
“The Few” by Samuel D. Hunter, at Steep Theatre in Chicago, through May 21. Pictured: Travis Coe and Peter Moore. (Photo by Lee Miller)
“Way Down River: William Faulkner’s Old Man” adapted by Edward Morgan from Faulkner, at North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach, Calif., through May 8. Pictured: Geno Carr, Sara Fetgatter, and Richard Baird.