“MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE” Julie Rada stars as the 23-year-old American activist who was crushed by an Israeli bulldozer trying to stop the demolition of a Palestinian pharmacist’s home in 2003. This mostly nonpolitical play culled from her journals reveals a young woman trying to find her place in the world. 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Nov. 17 at 770 22nd St. (720-221-3821, ).
“THOM PAIN (based on nothing)” Will Eno’s surreal one-man play sends up the self-indulgence of one-man plays. Modern Muse’s regional premiere stars Erik Tieze, at left. 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, 7 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 28 at The Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St. $20; 303-780-7836 or
“YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU” The Denver Center Theatre Company presents this American classic about happy eccentrics during the Depression. 6:30 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. Fridays, 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturdays, through Oct. 20 at the Stage Theatre, Denver Performing Arts Complex. $36-$46; 303-893-4100, 800-641-1222, at all King Soopers or .
“MY OLD LADY” In Israel Horovitz’s mystery, an American who inherits an apartment in Paris discovers the elderly woman living there has no intention of leaving. 7:30 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 6 p.m. Thursdays through Oct. 7 at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. $18-$20; 303-935-3044 or .
–John Moore
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RUNNING LINES WITH … JOAQUIN LIEBERT: A star of El Centro Su Teatro’s “Bowl of Beings” talks with Denver Post theater critic John Moore about his high school drama teacher … John Moore. listen at .
