Clinton impersonator Dale Leight at Improv

Laughs in Libertyville

Bill Clinton impersonator Dale Leight headlines this weekend's standup showcase at the Improv Playhouse following the theater's improv comedy hour.

Info: Improv at 7:30 p.m., standup at 9 p.m. Saturday, June 5, at 735 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville. (847) 968-4529 or improvplayhouse.com.

LOW's 'Yeoman'

A condemned prisoner awaiting execution in the Tower of London, who must marry before his death to secure his inheritance, gets help from a sympathetic jailer and a comely troubadour in Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Yeoman of the Guard." Rudy Hogenmiller directs and choreographs the Light Opera Works production.

Info: Opens Saturday, June 5, at Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson St., Evanston. (847) 869-6300 or lightoperaworks.com.

'Sugar' benefit

Drury Lane Theatre Oak Brook hosts a sweet benefit to accompany its production of the musical "Sugar." Tickets are $40 and include a dessert demonstration and book signing from Hyatt Regency Chicago executive pastry chef Alain Roby, a complimentary cocktail and a ticket to the 8 p.m. performance of "Sugar," inspired by Billy Wilder's "Some Like it Hot."

Info: 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 9, at 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook. (630) 530-0111 or drurylaneoakbrook.com.

What's new

• Silent Theatre Company and Bootstraps Comedy Theater team up for the world premiere of writer/director Matt Lyle's "The Better Doctor," a stage version of a silent film in which a Good Samaritan and a medical intern scheme to get poor children medical attention during the Depression. The show opens Friday, June 4, at Prop Thtr, 3502 N. Elston Ave., Chicago. (773) 255-8039, silenttheatre.com or bootstrapscomedy.com.

• A Vietnam veteran lives quietly in the house his parents left him until his extended family shows up looking for a trunk of gold his father supposedly hid there in Dana Lynn Formby's "Inherit the Whole." Jason Boat directs Mortar Theatre's production which begins Friday, June 4, at the Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport, Chicago. (800) 982-2787 or mortartheatrecompany.org.

• Members of Hot & Heavy Burlesque recreate scenes from the comic mockumentary "This is Spinal Tap," Friday through Sunday, June 4 to 6, at the Viaduct Theatre, 3111 N. Western Ave., Chicago. See viaducttheater.com.

• The all-Latina theater company, Teatro Luna, begins its tenth season with "GL 2010 (Not Your Generic Latina)," a reflection on the lives of Latin women. Founding member Miranda Gonzalez directs the show, which opens Saturday, June 5, at Chicago Dramatists, 1105 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago. See teatroluna.org.

• Three members of the fictional North American Lady Organists Guild come together to perform a benefit for their music director in the musical "The Stops," running at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 5, at the Skokie Theatre, 7924 N. Lincoln Ave., Skokie. (847) 677-7761 or skokietheatre.org.

• "KiNk," about sexual repression in the suburbs, reopens on Saturday, June 5, at the Annoyance Theatre, 4830 N. Broadway, Chicago. (773) 561-4665 or theannoyance.com.

• The American Tango Institute hosts staged readings of the new musical comedy "New to Tango," by Dave Corrado, on Sunday, June 6, and Monday, June 7, at Stage One Productions, 620 Lee St., Des Plaines. The play follows six students as they discover the Argentine dance. See newtotango.com.

• A new theater company, Two Pence Shakespeare, hosts a benefit in advance of its production of "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet" on Tuesday, June 6, at the Evanston Arts Depot, 600 Main St., Evanston. "Verona's Summer Gala" includes food, a cash bar, auction, raffle and a "Trousers" showcase featuring female actresses playing some of Shakespeare's best known roles. (312) 488-1128 or twopenceshakespeare.org.

• Pride Films & Plays presents a staged reading of the British comedy "Beautiful Things" at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 6, at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago. (773) 250-3112.

• Porchlight Music Theatre salutes composer Stephen Sondheim with Chicago Sings Sondheim at 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 7, at the Mayne Stage, 1328 W. Morse Ave., Chicago. Featured performers include Chicago-area standouts Barbara Robertson, E. Faye Butler, Ross Lehman, Johanna McKenzie Miller and Jessie Mueller, along with Porchlight favorites Rebecca Finnegan and Michael Lindner performing songs from Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd," "A Little Night Music," "Gypsy," "Assassins" and more. (773) 325-9884 or porchlighttheatre.com.

• The Silver Project, American Theater Company's yearlong 25th anniversary celebration, continues at 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 7, at 1909 W. Byron St., Chicago. The project consists of the world premieres of 30 short plays. The full cycle runs June 16 to 20. (773) 409-4125 or atcweb.org.

• Author and NPR humorist David Sedaris performs a limited engagement at Steppenwolf Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted St., Chicago. Sedaris will read from his upcoming book, "Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary," Tuesday, June 8, to Sunday, June 13. (312) 335-1650 or steppenwolf.org.

• Barrel of Monkeys hosts its ninth annual Celebration of Authors Tuesday, June 8, at the Harold Washington Cultural Center, 4701 S. Martin Luther King Drive, Chicago. The free event showcases local student authors. (312) 409-1954.

• The South African production, "Itoseng," written and performed by Omphile Molusi, runs Wednesday, June 9, to Sunday, June 20, at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Navy Pier, 800 E. Grand Ave., Chicago. Part of CST's World Stage Series, the show centers around a young man from a South African township caught up in the politics of the apartheid era. (312) 595-5600 or chicagoshakes.com.

• Dog & Pony Theatre Company presents the world premiere of "Dead Letter Office," about failed communication among postal employees stuck with the system's backlog. Conceived by Ben Viccellio and written by Phillip Dawkins, the show begins previews Wednesday, June 9, at the Storefront Theater, 66 E. Randolph St., Chicago. The show opens June 11. (312) 742-8497 or dogandponychicago.org.

• Michael Patrick Thornton, lately of ABC's "Private Practice," appears in The Gift Theatre's world premiere of "Suicide, Incorporated," Andrew Hinderaker's dark comedy about a corporate cog who imperils the company by keeping its clients alive. Previews begin Thursday, June 10, at 4802 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago. The show opens Thursday, June 17. (773) 283-7071 or thegifttheatre.org.

• Collaboraction's tenth annual Sketchbook Festival begins previews Thursday, June 10, at the Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division St., Chicago. The festival features the world premieres of 10 short plays. Contributors include Brett C. Leonard, Sean Graney, Derrick Sanders, Emily Schwartz and the Strange Tree Group, Seth Bockley and Andrew Hopgood and the New Colony. The $25 X-pass includes access to every performance. A $100 X-pass includes access to performances and the opening and closing night parties, admission to a private lounge and a T-shirt. Performances are at 8 p.m. Monday, Thursday and Friday; 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The festival opens June 12. (312) 226-9633 or collaboraction.org.

• Previews begin Friday, June 4, for Abraham Werewolf's production of "Paper Thin Walls," by company member Jack McDonald. Set in adjacent Chicago apartments, the play centers around a writer who uses his neighbors' domestic squabbles as inspiration for his work. The show opens Thursday, June 10, at the Viaduct Theatre, 3111 N. Western Ave., Chicago. See abrahamwerewolf.com.

• Actors Theatre Company opens its production of the musical "Baby," about three couples dealing with pregnancy in vastly different ways, Thursday, June 10, at the Theatre Building, 1225 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago. (773) 327-5252 or actorstheatrecompany.com.

• "Good Little Winnetka Boy," a solo show written and performed by Alex Moffat, continues Thursdays through June 24, at the Annoyance Theatre, 4830 N. Broadway, Chicago. (773) 561-4665 or theannoyance.com.

• Lookingglass Theatre has extended its revival of "Hephaestus: A Greek Mythology Circus Tale" through June 20, at Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St., Chicago. (312) 443-3800 or lookingglasstheatre.org.

• Profiles Theatre has announced the final extension of its hit production of Tracy Letts' "Killer Joe," now running through July 18, at the Royal George Theatre, 1641 N. Halsted St, Chicago. (312) 988-9000 or profilestheatre.org.

• About Face Theatre announced the appointment of Jason Held as its new executive director. An attorney, fundraiser and LGBTQ advocate, Held served as grants manager for Writers' Theatre and on the volunteer board of directors of the Human Rights Campaign.