'Three Plays About Animals and Sheep'

We don't claim to get this, but we're pretty sure we don't care. Playwright Mark Ehling and director Bryan Bevell of Crabapple Theater are staging a premiere with the engaging if inscrutable title "Three Plays About Animals and Sheep." They describe it as a series of short works that "present three distinctly different views of primal living." Bevell, who works infrequently but well, directed a memorable "Lobby Hero" at the Jungle in 2003 and "The Grand National" in St. Paul in 2009. The cast includes Gus Lynch (a real menace in "Gangster No. 1"), Ryan Newton-Harris and Shannon Jankowski along with company newcomer Kara Greshwalk. More event details.

Claude Peck

'American as Curry Pie'

Playwright Aamera Siddiqui was born in Tanzania to South Asian parents. Her play is an immigrant's story, how her Indian heritage fit or didn't fit within her American home -- as is often the situation, living in one world outside her home and another inside the house. One minute she's staring at hot dogs, the next curried peas. Siddiqui tells the story herself, under the direction of Suzy Messerole and Meena Natarajan. The play runs in repertory with "Kevin Kling's A Tale of Twin Cities" at History Theatre. More event details.

Graydon Royce

'Little Shop of Horrors'

Noted Twin Cities actor Randy Reyes is about to get eaten. Reyes, who depicted Song Liling in "M. Butterfly" at the Guthrie last year, plays nerdy florist Seymour in Mu Performing Arts' Asian spin on this quirky cult musical by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken. The bloodthirsty, man-eating plant Audrey II is to be played by Sheena Janson in a production directed by Jennifer Weir. The show continues Mu's expansive exploration of classic and semi-classic plays and musicals. More event details.

Rohan Preston

Sarah Silverman

The Internet has thoroughly desensitized Generation Y, and that's why comics such as Sarah Silverman are so necessary. In her movies ("Jesus Is Magic"), her TV work ("The Sarah Silverman Program") and her standup, Silverman's depraved humor hits on any/all taboos (rape, racism, religion, etc.), holding none sacred. Think of a more mean-spirited Dave Chappelle. On this tour Silverman is performing standup and sharing excerpts from her 2010 memoir, "The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption and Pee." An audience Q&A concludes the show. More event details.