On Stage This Weekend

  Lots of great shows to choose from this weekend!

   Here's the rundown:

- The Bully Plays - First Stage Theatre presents the collection of 10-minute plays that are touching, imaginative, powerful, uplifting and funny. The effect of bullying is explored along with the dangers of cyber-bullying. This collection of short plays will challenge, inspire and enlighten audiences and help confront the issue of bullying in a constructive and creative way. The play will be presented today at 7:30 p.m. at the Jeslyn Performing Arts Center. 

- Doubt - Marshall Theatre Alliance presents the drama set in a Bronx Catholic school in 1964. It examines the intersections of doubt, truth and faith. Sister Aloysius is certain that young Father Flynn has “made advances” toward the school’s first and only African-American student and sets out in search of the truth. The show will be presented at the Francis-Booth Experimental Theatre Feb. 23 and Feb. 28 – March 2 at 8 p.m.

- Richard the Third - Alban Alban Arts Center presents the most performed of Shakespeare’s history plays. “Now is the winter of our discontent…”At the end of the English civil war known as the War of the Roses, the people look forward to a period of peace under King Edward IV. But Edward's younger brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, has other ideas. The play will be staged at the Alban Arts Center at 65 Olde Main Street in St. Albans. The show will be presented Feb. 23 and March 1, 2 at 8 p.m., and Feb. 24 and March 3 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students/seniors. Call 304-721-8896 for reservations and visit www.albanartscenter.com for more information. 

- Sleuth - Kanawha Players presents a play about the ultimate game of cat-and-mouse in a cozy English countryside house owned by celebrated mystery writer. Revenge and murder is plotted in the ultimate “whodunnit.” The show will be presented Feb. 23 at 8 p.m. 

- The Taming of the Shrew - Jenny Wiley Theatre presents the story of the courtship of Petruchio and Katherina.  Petruchio has accepted a challenge to tame the headstrong and stubborn "shrew" Katherina. Through the mischief of reverse psychology, Petruchio does his best to domesticate Katherina, which leads to one comedic pratfall after another. The show will be presented Feb. 23, 28, March 1 and 2 at 7:30 p.m. at the Jenny Wiley Theatre at 218 Second St in Pikeville, Ky.

- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Ashland Community and Technical College presents the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical about the Biblical saga of Joseph and his coat of many colors. The show will be staged Feb. 23 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 24 at 2:30 p.m.

- Neil Simon's Plaza Suite - Neil Simon's classic comedy will be presented at the Kahl Theatre, Vern Riffe Center for the Arts at 940 Second Street in Portsmouth, Ohio tonight at 7:30 p.m.

- Arsenic and Old Lace - Appalachian Community Theatre presents the play Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. as a dinner theatre at the Paintsville Country Club. Tickets are $30/person or $50/couple - call 606-369-4900 to make reservations. The show will be staged Feb. 23 at the Strand Twin in Prestonsburg, tickets are $10/person and sold at the door. The show starts at 7 p.m.

- Murder and Merriment - the group will host a murder mystery Feb. 23 at The Greenhouse of Teays Valley: The Murderer Who Came to Dinner!