On stage

'Midsummer' at NWRT

Like she did with last season's "Hamlet Remix'd," director Jean Gottlieb puts a contemporary spin on Shakespeare's romantic romp "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at New World Repertory Theater. The Company's season-opening production also marks the professional debut of students from NWRT's Acting Out Education Program.

Preview Friday, Oct. 10. Opens Saturday, Oct. 11, at 923 Curtiss St., Downers Grove. (630) 663-1489 or newworldrep.org.

Nuns at Noble Fool

Theatergoers sure do like funny nuns. For proof there are the four professional productions of the hit interactive comedy "Late Nite Catechism" and its sequel, "Put the Nuns in Charge," staged recently in the suburbs and Chicago. Noble Fool hosts the latest. Their version of "Put the Nuns in Charge" stars the busy Lisa Braatz, who's also starring in Copley Theatre's "Late Nite Catechism."

Opens Saturday, Oct. 11, at Pheasant Run Resort & Spa, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles. (630) 584-6342 or noblefool.org.

Robertson in Oak Brook

Chicago-area favorite Barbara Robertson stars as the irrepressible, eccentric title character in the Jerry Herman musical "Mame" adapted from Patrick Dennis' novel about growing up with his madcap aunt. Robertson plays the role through Nov. 16, after which she returns to the Chicago cast of "Wicked." Kat Taylor will then play Mame through the end of the run.

Previews continue through Wednesday, Oct. 15. "Mame" opens Thursday, Oct. 16, at Drury Lane Oak Brook, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace. (630) 530-0111 or drurylaneoakbrook.com.