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. Sept. 21, 22 and 28. $8. 289-8076.
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.
Murder at the Cactus Casino- Interactive Murder Mystery Show — The Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Road, Oro Valley. Live music and chase scenes. When you arrive, you’re given a new identity for the evening so feel free to play along. It’s like the game of Clue played live all around you. Price includes dinner and show. 6-8:30 p.m. Mondays. $39. 529-1000.
POETRY
Puerto Rico in My Heart/Puerto Rico en Mi Corazón — University of Arizona Poetry Center, 1508 E. Helen St. Works of contemporary Puerto Rican poets, presented in Spanish and English. Through Nov. 21. Free. 626-3765.
Poetry Circle — Oro Valley Public Library, 1305 W. Naranja Drive. Topic: Carl Phillips - Professor of African and Afro-American Studies at Washington University, St. Louis. Adults and teens. 2-3:30 p.m. Sept. 27. Free. 594-5580.
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.
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. 1:30-3:30 p.m. Sept. 23; 7:30-9:30 p.m. Sept. 20-22, 27-28. Through Oct. 7 $28. 621-1162.
Bertolt Brecht's "Galileo" — The Rogue Theatre, 300 E. University Blvd. A fictionalized telling of the struggles of Galileo Galilei and his confirmation of the Copernican Model of the solar system. Last chance. 7:30-9:45 p.m. Sept. 20 and 21; 2-4:15 p.m. Sept. 22 and 23. $38. 551-2053. theroguetheatre.org.
Every Brilliant Thing — Live Theatre Workshop, 5317 E. Speedway. You’re 6 years old. Mum’s in the 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. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Sept. 20-22, 27-28; 3-5 p.m. Sept. 23. Through Oct. 6 $20. 327-4242. livetheatreworkshop.org.
Sanctuary — Southside Presbyterian Church, 317 W. 23rd St. In 1981, Salvadorians fleeing war, land in Tucson, seeking refuge. Based on the actual people and events that garnered national support, Sanctuary is a site-specific theatrical installation, performed and experienced in the physical space where the actual events of the play took place. Last chance. 7:30-9:15 p.m. Sept. 20-22; 4-5:45 p.m. Sept. 23. $25. 276-9598. borderlandstheater.org.
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. 7-9 p.m. Sept. 21, 22, 28; 2-4 p.m. Sept. 23. Through Oct. 7. $20. 207-2491. roadrunnertheatrecompany.org.
Hush Hush — Live Theatre Workshop, 5317 E. Speedway. Just before the show, four actors are given character traits by the audience. An entirely improvised play based on audience suggestions. Characters, situations and plot are different each time. 9:30-11:30 p.m. Sept. 21 and 22. $10. 327-4242. livetheatreworkshop.org.
The Adventures of Sparkle and Steven: Two Unlikely Best Friends by Taylor Steger — Roadrunner Theatre, 8892 E. Tanque Verde Road. Princess Maribel and her cat, “Sparkles” are at a pageant when the Evil Wizard tries to stop it. 11-11:30 a.m. Sept. 22 and 29. $12. 207-2491. roadrunnertheatrecompany.org.
Consolation — The Historic Y, 738 N. Fifth Ave. Original script by local playwright Toni Press-Coffman. In Consolation, a 21st Century woman meets the unsung First Ladies of American history in an other-worldly evening of confrontation, contemplation and celebration. 7:30-9 p.m. Sept. 22; 2-3:30 p.m. Sept. 23. $15. 401-3626. windingroadtheater.org. Winding Road Theater Ensemble.
The Grand Canyon Mystery — Live Theatre Workshop, 5317 E. Speedway. The food supply that the animals have worked all fall to save up is gone. Help solve the mystery. 12:30-1:30 p.m. Sept. 23. Through Nov. 11. $10. 327-4242. livetheatreworkshop.org.
“Dogs of Rwanda” By Sean Christopher Lewis — Saint Francis Theatre, 4625 E. River Road. 16-year-old David 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. Sept. 27-28. Through Sept. 30. $15. 329-2910. dogsofrwandatucson.org.
Alice in Wonderland the Radio Show — The Community Playhouse, 1881 N. Oracle Road. This is a live staged reading of classic Old Time Radio shows, read from the original scripts with live sound effects. Bring the whole family, dress for the occasion, have a cup of tea, and enjoy the experience. 7-9 p.m. Sept. 28; 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Sept. 29; 2-4 p.m. Sept. 30. $10. 329-4987. streetlampaz.org. Streetlamp Productions.
