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DuPage Co. community theater

'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, Friday to April 13, at the Performing Arts Center, 375 W. Briarcliff, Bolingbrook. For details, visit www.tothbolingbrook.com or call (630) 759-2970.

'Romance, Romance': The Village Theatre Guild will present "Romance, Romance" Friday to April 12 at the guild's theater, Butterfield Road and Park Boulevard, Glen Ellyn. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, with matinees at 4 p.m. March 29, April 5-6 and 12. Tickets cost $20. For details, visit www.villagetheatreguild.org. or call (630) 469-8230.

'The Velveteen Rabbit': The Steel Beam Theatre will present "The Velveteen Rabbit" at 10:30 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. Saturday and March 29 at the theater, 111 W. Main St., St. Charles. Tickets cost $10. Reservations are required. For details, call (630) 587-8521 or visit www.steelbeamtheatre.com.

'The Wizard of Oz': "The Wizard of Oz" will be performed Thursday to 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.

'Flanagan's Wake': Noble Fool Theatricals will perform the interactive Irish comedy "Flanagan's Wake" through March 29 at Pheasant Run Resort, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles.

Show times are 8:30 p.m. Fridays, 6 and 9 p.m. Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays.

Tickets cost $27 and group discounts are available. For tickets, call the Pheasant Run box office at (630) 584-6342 or visit www.ticketmaster.com. For information, visit www.noblefool.org.

'Corpse!': The Steel Beam Theatre will present the madcap mystery "Corpse!" at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays through March 30 at the theater, 111 W. Main St., St. Charles. Tickets cost $25, $23 for seniors and students. Group discounts and dinner packages are available. For details, call (630) 587-8521 or visit www.steelbeamtheatre.com.

'Drood': Noble Fool Theatricals will present the award-winning play "Drood" Thursdays through Sundays until April 12 at Pheasant Run Resort, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles. Audience members decide the ending of the comedy-mystery.

Tickets cost $27 Thursdays and Fridays and $38 Saturdays and Sundays. Dinner-show packages are available.

For tickets, call (630) 584-6342 or visit www.ticketmaster.com. For show information, visit www.noblefool.org.

'Crimes of the Heart': The Grounded Theatre will present "Crimes of the Heart" Saturdays and select Sundays through April 19 at The Comedy Shrine, 22 E. Chicago Ave., Naperville. Tickets cost $20 Saturdays and $12 Sundays. Dinner-theater packages are available for groups of 10 or more. For details, call (630) 803-2845 or visit www.groundedtheatre.org.

Seeking new members: The Village Theatre Guild Inc. meets at 7:30 p.m. the third Monday of every month at the Village Theatre, Park Boulevard and Butterfield Road, Glen Ellyn.

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 VTG member.

For details, call (630) 469-5583 or visit www.villagetheatreguild.org.