Journamen Theater Company revive 'Snoopy! The Musical'

• Journeymen Theater Company's revival of the family-friendly show "Snoopy! The Musical," inspired by Charles M. Schulz's "Peanuts" comic strip, opens Friday, June 26, at the Coach House Theater, Berger Park District and Cultural Center, 6205 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago. Tickets are $10 and are available at the box office, by calling (773) 857-5395 or at thejourneymen.org.

• Annoyance Theatre announces the return of audience favorite "Scientology! The (Unauthorized) Musical," about the government turning to the leader of the Scientology movement for help when it receives word of the impending arrival of aliens on earth. It begins Saturday, June 27 at 4830 N. Broadway, Chicago. The show runs Saturdays through Aug. 1. (773) 561-4665 or theannoyance.com.

• Larry Yando, who played Scar in the national tour of Julie Taymor's "The Lion King," stars in Chicago Shakespeare Theater's stage adaptation of Disney's animated film, "Aladdin." The production begins previews July 1 at Navy Pier, 800 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago. Yando reunites with Derek Hasenstab, Iago to Yando's Jafar, in the show that features Alan Menken, Howard Ashman and Tim Rice's award-winning tunes "A Whole New World" and "Friend Like Me." Performances run through Aug. 30. (312) 595-5600 or chicagoshakes.com.

• The Chicago Park District's 57th annual Theatre on the Lake season showcasing some of the city's best theater productions from the past year continues Wednesday, July 1, with Improvised Shakespeare Company's fully improvised Elizabethan-style drama. Performances run through July 5 at the theater, located at Fullerton Avenue and Lake Shore Drive in Chicago. Theatre on the Lake continues through Aug. 9. (312) 742-7994 or chicagoparkdistrict.com.

• The Neo-Futurists continue their annual staged readings of truly terrible films on Thursday, July 2 with "Cruising," starring Al Pacino as an undercover detective tracking a serial killer who preys on gay men in early 1980s New York City. "It Came from the Neo-Futurarium VIII: Legend of the Neo-Futurarium" runs Thursdays through July 30 at the Neo-Futurarium, 5153 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago. See neofuturists.org for more information.

• National Pastime Theater presents its first adults-only festival, Naked July: Art Stripped Down, from Friday, July 3, through Aug. 2 at 4139 N. Broadway, Chicago. The festival includes a production of Tennessee Williams' "The Day on Which a Man Dies;" a nude adaptation of the fairy tale "Nocturne," which runs at 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Aug. 1; and the "The Girlie-Q Variety Hour," which runs at midnight Fridays and Saturdays through Aug. 1. From July 9 to Aug. 2, the festival includes the burlesque show "Speakeasy To Me," running at 10 p.m. Thursdays and 8 p.m. Sundays, and "The Great American Nudie Spectacular" at 8 p.m. Thursdays and 6 p.m. Sundays. The festival also features works by local artists, readings and a seminar on female sexuality. (773) 327-7077 or brownpapertickets.com.

• National Pastime Theater remounts its production of Tennessee Williams' little known "The Day on Which a Man Dies," inspired by painter Jackson Pollock, in which an artist's search for a new means of expression results in his suicide. The production opens July 1, at 4139 N. Broadway, Chicago. (773) 327-7077 or brownpapertickets.com.

Chicks on stage

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble artistic directors Connie Canaday Howard and Amelia Barrett star in "A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking," John Ford Noonan's two-hander about women who connect despite their vast differences. The female-dominated production is directed by ensemble member Loretta Hauser.

@x BTO factbox text bold with rule:The preview is at 8 p.m. Thursday, July 2, at the McAninch Arts Center, College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn. The production opens Friday, July 3. (630) 942-4000 or atthemac.org.

Last weekend for 'Muir'

Theatre-Hikes' production of "Mountain Days - The John Muir Musical," about the early conservationist responsible for the legislation protecting national parks concludes this weekend.

@x BTO factbox text bold with rule:Production closes with a 3 p.m. performances Sunday, June 28, at the Morton Arboretum, 4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle. (630) 725-2066 or mortonarb.org.

Star power

Former "CSI" star William Petersen returns to Victory Gardens Theatre, his former theatrical stomping grounds, to appear opposite the accomplished Mattie Hawkinson in "Blackbird," David Harrower's two-person drama about the fallout from an illicit affair. Artistic director David Zacek directs.

Previews begin at 8 p.m. Friday, July 3, at 2433 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago. The production opens Monday, July 13, and runs through Aug. 9. (773) 871-3000 or victorygardens.org.