“Arcadia” by Tom Stoppard, at A Noise Within in Pasadena, Calif., through Nov. 20. Pictured: Richy Storrs, Susan Angelo, Erika Soto, and Rafael Goldstein. (Photo by Craig Schwartz)
“Blueberry Toast” by Mary Laws, at Echo Theater Company in Los Angeles, through Oct. 24. Pictured: Michael Sturgis. Jacqueline Wright, Alexandra Freeman, and Albert Dayan. (Photo by Darrett Sanders)
“King Charles III” by Mark Bartlett, at Arizona Theatre Company in Tucson, through Sept. 30. Pictured: Peter Van Norden, Harold Dixon, and Cathy Dresbach. (Photo by Tim Fuller)
“Life Sucks” by Aaron Posner, at Lookingglass Theatre in Chicago through Nov. 6. Pictured: Eddie Jemison, Barbara Robertson, Jim Ortlieb, Danielle Zuckerman, Penelope Walker. (Photo by Liz Lauren)
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” by August Wilson, at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, through Oct. 16. Pictured: Keith David, Damon Gupton, Lamar Richardson, and Lillias White. (Photo by Craig Schwartz)
“Stupid Fucking Bird” by Aaron Posner, at Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia through Oct. 16. Pictured: Grace Gonglewski and Aubie Merrylees. (Photo by Mark Garvin)
“The Last Schwartz” by Deborah Zoe Laufer, at Theater J in Washington, D.C., through Oct. 2. Pictured: Sasha Olinick, Anne Bowles, and Barbara Pinolini. (Photo by C. Stanley Photography)
“Queens For A Year” by T.D. Mitchell, at Hartford Stage Company in Hartford, Conn., through Oct. 2. Pictured: Charlotte Maier, Vanessa R Butler, Heidi Armbruster, and Alice Cannon. (Photo by T Charles Erickson)