Fairy tales and physicality drum up the actor-driven parade of “Out of the Pan Into the Fire.”

Audiences meet the man behind the name in the Illusion theater’s “I Love to Eat,” a one-man portrayal of the original celebrity chef, James Beard.

U students and faculty take the stage with actors from Theatre Novi Most in a whimsical Russian fairytale.

Freshwater Theatre straps on its backpack and heads to high school in preparation for the opening of Ruben Carbajal’s “The Gifted Program.”

Bain Boehlke weaves a tale of power and greed in the Jungle Theater’s interpretation of “Deathtrap.”

Local playwright and performer Katie Ka Vang combines Hmong ideology, Bollywood choreography and the power of identity in her one-woman show, “Hmong Bollywood.”