“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare, at Alley Theatre in Houston through Nov. 5. Pictured: Jay Sullivan and James Black. (Photo by Lynn Lane)
“American Hero” by Bess Wohl, at Vermont Stage in Burlington, Vt., through Oct. 30. Pictured: Cael Barkman, Ben Ash, and Emily Benway. (Photo by Lindsay Raymondjack Photography)
“Charlotte’s Web, the Musical” by E.B. White, Charles Strouse, and Joseph Robinette, at Valley Youth Theatre in Phoenix, Ariz., through Oct. 23. (Photo by Eric Ochoa)
“Constellations” by Nick Payne, at Gulfshore Playhouse in Naples, Fla., through Oct. 30. Pictured: Kate Eastwood Norris and Cody Nickell. (Photo by Pedro Zepeda)
“Hold These Truths” by Jeanne Sakata, at Portland Center Stage in Portland, Ore., through Nov. 13. Pictured: Ryun Yu. (Photo by Patrick Weishampel/blankeye.tv)
“King Lear” by William Shakespeare, at Connecticut Repertory Theatre in Storrs, Conn., through Nov. 16. Pictured: Ryan Shea, Graeme Malcolm, and Raphael Nash Thompson. (Photo by Gerry Goodstein)
“Shipwrecked!” by Donald Margulies, at International City Theatre in Long Beach, Calif., in 2016. Pictured: Nick Ley, Laurine Price, and Jud Williford. (Photo by Tracey Roman)
“The Elephant Man” by Bernard Pomerance, at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company through Nov. 5. Pictured: Brent Vimtrup and Giles Davies. (Photo by Mikki Schaffner Photography)
“The Little Foxes” by Lillian Hellman, at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., through Oct. 30. Pictured: Edward Gero, Gregory Linington, Isabel Keating, and Marg Helgenberger. (Photo by C. Stanley Photography)