Plays and auditions
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'Closer': The Riverfront Playhouse will present "Closer" at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through May 10 at the theater, 11-13 S. Water St. in Aurora. Tickets cost $15, $12 for students and seniors. For details, call the box office at (630) 897-9496 or visit www.riverfrontplayhouse.com.
'Romance, Romance': The Village Theatre Guild will present "Romance, Romance" weekends through April 12 at the guild's theater on the northwest corner of Butterfield Road and Park Boulevard, Glen Ellyn. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, with matinees at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and April 12. Tickets cost $20. For more information, visit www.villagetheatreguild.org. or call (630) 469-8230.
'Drood': Noble Fool Theatricals will present the award-winning play "Drood" Thursdays through Sundays through April 12 at Pheasant Run Resort, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles. Audience members decide the ending of the comedy-mystery. Tickets cost $27 on Thursdays and Fridays and $38 on Saturdays and Sundays. Dinner-show packages are available. For tickets, call the Pheasant Run box office at (630) 584-6342 www.ticketmaster.com. For show information, visit www.noblefool.org.
'Escanaba in Love': Theatre-on-the-Hill will perform Jeff Daniels' comedy "Escanaba in Love" at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays through April 13 at the Performing Arts Center, 375 W. Briarcliff, Bolingbrook. For details, visit www.tothbolingbrook.com or call (630) 759-2970.
'Crimes of the Heart': The Grounded Theatre will present "Crimes of the Heart" on Saturdays and select Sundays through April 19 at The Comedy Shrine, 22 E. Chicago Ave., Naperville. Tickets cost $20 on Saturdays and $12 on Sundays. Dinner-theater packages are available for groups of 10 or more. For details, call (630) 803-2845 or visit www.groundedtheatre.org.
'The Wizard of Oz': "The Wizard of Oz" will be performed through May 17 at Drury Lane, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace. Tickets cost $9 and group discounts are available. For a show schedule, call (630) 530-0111 or visit www.ticketmaster.com.
Seeking new members: The Village Theatre Guild Inc. meets at 7:30 p.m. the third Monday of every month at the Village Theatre, on the northwest corner of Park Boulevard and Butterfield Road, Glen Ellyn. New members are welcome. The group is seeking both adults who enjoy acting and singing, as well as those who want to work behind-the-scenes with makeup, hair, costumes, props, set construction and design, lighting and sound. No experience is needed. Each gathering starts with a short business meeting followed by a one-act play or scene by a guild member. For details, call (630) 469-5583 or visit www.villagetheatreguild.org.