“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare, at Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia through April 9. Pictured: Lindsay Smiling and Katharine Powell. (Photo by Mark Garvin)
“Barbecue” by Robert O’Hara, at Cleveland Public Theatre through March 11. Pictured: Ray McNiece, Maryann Elder, Teresa DeBerry, Sally Groth, Jill Levin, Pamela Morton, Ashley Aquilla, Katrice Monee Headd, Scott A. Campbell, and Tonya Broach. (Photo by Steve Wagner)
“The Blameless” by Nick Gandiello, at the Old Globe in San Diego, Calif., through March 26. (Photo by Jim Cox)
“The Flick” by Annie Baker, at Dobama Theatre in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, through March 26. Pictured: Gordon Hinchen and Christopher Bohan. (Photo by Steve Wagner Photography)
“Good Grief” by Ngozi Anyanwu, at Center Theatre Group’s Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles through March 26. Pictured: Wade Allain-Marcus and Anyanwu. (Photo by Craig Schwartz)
“The How and the Why” by Sarah Treem, at Theater J in Washington, D.C., through March 12. Pictured: Valerie Leonard and Katie deBuys. (C. Stanley Photography)
“Tomfoolery,” by Tom Lehrer, Cameron Mackintosh, Robin Ray, Robert Fisher, and Chris Walker, at Act II Playhouse in Ambler, Pa., through April 2. Pictured: Patrick Romano and Tracie Higgins. (Photo by Tom D’Agostino)
“Twelfth Night” by William Shakespeare, at PlayMakers Repertory Theatre in Chapel Hill, N.C., through March 19. Pictured: Geoffrey Culbertson. (Photo by Jon Gardiner)