On stage
"Mulan" will be presented by Rising Star Theatreworks at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Arcada Theatre, 105 East Main St., St. Charles. It features a cast of more than 50 young people in grades four through nine. Tickets range from $10 to $12 and are available at www.RisingStarTickets.org, or call (630) 262-5027. Advanced ticket purchase is recommended.
"Shirley Valentine," starring Donna Steele, founder and executive director of Steel Beam Theatre, will be presented at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays, through Feb. 10, at Steel Beam Theatre, 111 W. Main St., St. Charles.
Shirley Valentine tells the story of a British housewife re-evaluating her life as she talks to the kitchen wall while preparing her husband's evening meal.
Tickets are $25 for adults and $23 for students and seniors, with reservations available through www.SteelBeamTheatre.com or by calling (630) 587-8521. Group rates and dinner packages are available.
"Flanagan's Wake" will be staged at 8:30 p.m. Fridays, 6 and 9 p.m. Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays, Friday through March 29 on the Studio Stage at Pheasant Run Resort, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles. Tickets are $27; overnight and dinner packages available.
Taking place in the imaginary village of Grapplin, Ireland, townspeople tell tales, sing songs and mourn the passing of one of their own, Flanagan.
"Drood," the Tony award-winning Broadway comedy and mystery, written by Rupert Holmes and directed by Kevin Bellie from Feb. 7 through April 12 at the Pheasant Run Resort Mainstage Theater, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles.
Show times are Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m.; Saturdays at 5 p.m. and 8.30 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. Matinee performances are available on Thursday, Feb. 21 and March 6, at 2 p.m. Tickets are priced at $27 on Thursday and Fridays and at $38 on Saturdays and Sundays. Dinner show packages are available at $49 Wednesday and Thursdays and $60 on Saturdays and Sundays. Overnight packages are available as well. Call (630) 584-6342 or visit www.noblefool.org.
This light-hearted musical mystery begins with a comical Victorian musical troupe presenting a flashy rendition of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood." As the story unravels, the audience learns that John Jasper, the "Jekyll-and-Hyde" choirmaster, is madly in love with his student, Rosa Bud, who is engaged to Jasper's nephew, Edwin Drood. When Drood is discovered missing, suspicions surface as to whether Drood had been murdered. If so, who killed Edwin Drood? Since Dickens never had the chance to finish the novel before he died, not even the actors know the ending.