What's still onstage
Comedy whodunit
Steel Beam Theatre's season continues with Gerald Moon's comedic mystery thriller, "Corpse!" a family-friendly show about a brother's plot to rub out his twin.
Opens today at 111 W. Main St., St. Charles. (630) 487-8521, www.steelbeamtheatre.com
SRTP's 'road trip' season
Chicago's Silk Road Theatre Project begins the season it has dubbed "road trips" with the world premiere of "Our Enemies: Lively Scenes of Love and Combat" about an Arab-American author pressured to alter her novel to satisfy Western tastes, and her lover who attempts to force the U.S. media to feature Arab voices more prominently.
Opens Saturday at the Historic Chicago Temple, 77 W. Washington St., Chicago. (866) 811-4111, srtp.org
Nun's return
Naperville's Lisa Braatz takes on the role of Sister in Vicki Quade's "Put the Nuns in Charge," the follow-up to her hit comedy "Late Nite Catechism" The nostalgic Catholic school send-up begins a short run Wednesday at the Paramount Theatre.
Opens Wednesday at 23 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora. (630) 896-6666, www.theparamounttheatre.com
-- Barbara Vitello