Onstage spotlights: 'Gabriel' and Flying Foot Forum

Opening: Walking Shadow Theatre Company opens its season with this play about British women who come across a naked young man on the seashore. Might "Gabriel" be a German spy, an English flier, an angel, a demon? Amy Rummenie, one of WSTC's principals, directs this 1997 play by British playwright Moira Buffini. The cast includes Wade Vaughn, Katherine Kupiecki and Ross Destiche. (7:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat., Mon. Ends Oct. 11, Minneapolis Theatre Garage, 711 W. Franklin Av., Mpls., $22-$30, 1-800-838-3006 or www.walking shadowcompany.org.)

Graydon Royce

Opening: Choreographer Joe Chvala and his fearless Flying Foot Forum bring the Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter, White Rabbit, Queen of Hearts and, of course, plucky Alice to life in a musical and dance extravaganza. Chvala's immersive "Alice in Wonderland" is meant to wrap up audience members of all ages in the sights and sounds of a delightfully madcap world. (7:30 p.m. Thu.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sat.-Sun., ends Oct. 12, $15-$26, Lehr Theater, Lowry Building, 16 W. 5th St., St. Paul, 651-224-4222. www.ordway.org.)