Saturday
“The Lady From Dubuque” — through June 17 by Infamous Commonwealth on the Raven West Stage, 6157 N. Clark St.; $15, 312-458-9780. In rented space at the Raven Theatre, the increasingly well regarded Infamous Commonwealth Theatre takes on Edward Albee’s dark, foreboding tale of a woman who may be from Iowa or somewhere a lot less pleasant. Genevieve Thompson directs.
Monday
“Death and Plenty” — 7 p.m. Monday at Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 W. Belmont Ave.; $10, 773-327-5252. For one night only, Theatre Building Chicago showcases a new musical in progress. A woman leaves New York for Ireland to save a town from industrial devastation. Elizabeth Margolius directs a cast that includes Bethany Dawn Lindner.
Tuesday
“Othello” — through July 15 at Writers’ Theatre, 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe; $40-$58, 847-242-6000. If artistic director Michael Halberstam his way, the North Shore community of Glencoe will be housing a full-blown classical theater. An ambitious full production of Shakespeare’s great tragedy “Othello” is a major nod in that direction. James Vincent Meredith stars — with John Judd as creepy Iago.
CLOSINGS, last chance
Sunday
“Mercury Fur” — Last chance to see Philip Ridley’s gruesome thriller — a dystopian fantasy about London after a terrible war. Tribune freelance critic Nina Metz called Broken Compass’ production “outlandish and entertaining.” Peter Jones Gallery, 1806 W. Cuyler St.; $15, 773-772-0712.
“Go, Dog. Go!” — I found the latest show from Chicago Children’s Theatre to be a visual mess. But the under-10 set (after all, the target audience) clearly had a great time at this theatrical version of that most untheatricalizable of books. The Big Top comes down after this weekend. Additional show at 6 p.m. Saturday. In Butler Field, Grant Park; $7.50 to $38; 312-334-7777.
“Black Diamond” — Not only does J. Nicole Brooks’ “Black Diamond” have an exciting, real-life heroine-the titular leader of a band of young Liberian female freedom fighters anxious to throw off the oppression of dictator Charles Taylor — but it reveals a young writer with talent. Lookingglass Theatre, 821 N. Michigan Ave.; $20-$50, 312-337-0665.
