“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by Shakespeare, a Cincinnati Shakespeare Company production on tour through Sept. 1. (Photo by Mikki Schaffner Photography)
“Crumbs from the Table of Joy” by Lynn Nottage, at Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse in Vineyard Haven, Mass., through July 30. Pictured: Dria Brown and Danielle Hopkins.
“Fences” by August Wilson, at California Shakespeare Theatre in Orinda, Calif., through July 31. Pictured: Aldo Billingslea and Margo Hall. (Photo by Kevin Berne)
“Grey Gardens” by Doug Wright, Scott Frankel, and Michael Korrie, at Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles, through Aug. 14. Pictured: Betty Buckley and Rachel York. (Photo by Craig Schwartz)
“Go Back Where You Are” by David Greenspan, at Odyssey Theatre Ensemble in Los Angeles, through Sept. 4. Pictured: Justin Huen, John Fleck, Annabelle Gurwitch, and Shannon Holt. (Photo by Enci Box)
“Mamma Mia” by Catherine Johnson, Benny Andersson, and Bjorn Ulvaeus, at Theatre Aspen in Aspen, Colo., through Aug. 13.
“Smart People” by Lydia Diamond, at Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company in Atlanta, through Aug. 7. Pictured: Danielle Deadwyler and Joe Knezevich.
“The Little Mermaid,” adapted by Janet Stanford from Hans Christian Andersen, with music by Matthew Pierce. A coproduction with the Washington Ballet at Imagination Stage in Bethesda, Md., through Aug. 14. (Photo by Margot Schulman)
“The Wedding Gift” by Chisa Hutchinson, at the Contemporary American Theater Festival in Shepherdstown, W. Va., through July 31. Pictured: Margaret Ivey and Jason Babinsky. (Photo by Seth Freeman)