COMEDY
Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed Improv Comedy Troupe — Unscrewed Theater, 4500 E. Speedway. Interactive comedy taking suggestions from the audience to create games and scenes from the top of the actors heads. 7:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 5, 6 and 12. $8. 289-8076. unscrewedtheater.org.
DINNER THEATER
The Dinner Detective Interactive Murder Mystery Show — Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Tucson - Reid Park, 445 S. Alvernon Way. Ages 15 and up. 6-9 p.m. Saturdays. $49.95. 1-866-496-0535. thedinnerdetective.com.
THEATER
The Vampire — The Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway. Count Dracula travels from Transylvania to England and develops a taste for the blood of the innocent Mina. He is on a mission to make her his bride forever. Through Nov. 4. Call for dates and times. $22.95. 886-9428. thegaslighttheatre.com.
Every Brilliant Thing — Live Theatre Workshop, 5317 E. Speedway. You’re six years old. Mum’s in hospital. Dad says she’s ‘done something stupid’. So you start to make a list of everything that’s brilliant about the world. Everything that’s worth living for. Last chance. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Oct. 4-6. $20. 327-4242. livetheatreworkshop.org.
Studio Series: Erased — Harold Dixon Directing Studio, Drama Building., Room 116, 1025 N. Olive Road. A collection of seven 10-minute plays responding to Erasure, or the act of scraping, expunging, effacing, deleting, or obliterating. 8-9:30 p.m. Oct. 4-6; 2-3:30 p.m. Oct. 7. $7. 621-1162. facebook.com.
Peter and the Starcatcher (the prequel to Peter Pan) — Whistle Stop Depot, 127 W. Fifth St. The century-old story of how a miserable orphan boy becomes the legendary Peter Pan. 7-9 p.m. Oct. 5-7; 2-4 p.m. Oct. 6 and 7. $20. 319-0400. arts-express.org.
The Magic Rainforest: An Amazon Journey — Pima Community College Center for the Arts, 2202 W. Anklam Road. Story travels deep into the Amazon with a young boy named Aki on a quest to save his home. Last chance. 7-8:30 p.m. Oct. 5 and 6; 2-3:30 p.m. Oct. 6 and 7. $8. 206-6986. pima.edu.
The Underpants by Steve Martin — Roadrunner Theatre, 8892 E. Tanque Verde Road. A wild satire adapted from the classic German play about Louise and Theo Markes, a couple whose conservative existence is shattered when Louise’s bloomers fall down in public. Last chance. 7-9 p.m. Oct. 5 and 6; 2-4 p.m. Oct. 7. $20. 207-2491. roadrunnertheatrecompany.org.
Arizona Repertory Theatre Like Heaven — Tornabene Theatre on UA Campus, 1025 N. Olive Road. April dreams of singing the blues, but life and love are in the way. Her little sister can’t let her go and her friend Trudy worries about her eternal soul. Enter a mysterious stranger who unwittingly provides a path to escape. Last chance. 1:30-3:30 p.m. Oct. 7; 7:30-9:30 p.m. Oct. 5 and 6. $28. 621-1162.
“Dogs of Rwanda” By Sean Christopher Lewis — Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre, 738 N. Fifth Ave. Story of 16 year-old David who travels from Ohio to Uganda as a church missionary. When he follows the girl of his dreams into the woods, they encounter a Rwandan boy who needs their help. That day will mark their spirits with deep, ineradicable scars. Years later and half a world away, he publishes a book of his recollections of their encounter, and of the genocide he witnessed firsthand. Ages 14 and up. 7:30-9 p.m. Oct. 5 and 6. $15. 485-7940. dogsofrwandatucson.org.
Deathtrap — Arizona Rose Theatre, 4500 N. Oracle Road, Suite 329. Murder mystery. When a once successful Broadway playwright struggles to overcome a dry spell that’s resulted in a string of flops and a shortage of funds, anxiety ensues. His fortunes turn when one of his students shares a brilliant new script with blockbuster potential. Resolved to resurrect his collapsing career, the covetous playwright conceives of a treacherous trap to snare the script and take credit for its creation. 2-4 p.m. Oct. 7 and 14; 7-9 p.m. Oct. 6 and 13. $17. 888-0509. arizonarosetheatre.com.
Death By Design — Live Theatre Workshop, 5317 E. Speedway. Set during a weekend in an English country manor in 1932, Edward Bennett, a playwright, and his wife, Sorel Bennett, an actress, flee London and head to Cookham after a disastrous opening night. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Oct. 11-12. Through Nov. 11. $20. 327-4242. livetheatreworkshop.org.
Eurydice — The Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre, 738 N. Fifth Ave. The story of Orpheus and Eurydice told through love letters lost between Hell and Earth. Directed by Claire Marie Mannle. Ages 14 and up. 7:30-9 p.m. Oct. 11-12. Through Oct. 28. $15-$28. 448-3300. scoundrelandscamp.org.
"Dogs of Rwanda” By Sean Christopher Lewis — Southside Presbyterian Church, 317 W. 23rd St. Story of 16 year-old David who travels from Ohio to Uganda as a church missionary. When he follows the girl of his dreams into the woods, they encounter a Rwandan boy who needs their help. That day will mark their spirits with deep, ineradicable scars. Years later and half a world away, he publishes a book of his recollections of their encounter, and of the genocide he witnessed firsthand. Ages 14 and up. 3-4:30 p.m. Oct. 14; 7:30-9 p.m. Oct. 12 and 13. $15. 485-7940. dogsofrwandatucson.org.
Men on Boats by Jaclyn Backhaus — Temple of Music and Art Cabaret, 330 S. Scott Ave. Captain John Wesley Powell leads a raucous, dangerous expedition to discover the Grand Canyon. A mostly true, gender-bent historical comedy. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Oct. 12. Through Oct. 28. $25. 468-6111. somethingsomethingtheatre.com. Something Something Theatre.
