Theater this fall: series

American Repertory Theatre
Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. 617-547-8300. [Get directions].
9/10-10/3: "We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!" 11/26-1/22: "Ivanov." 12/10-1/16: "The Idiots Karamazov." Call for times. $24-$57.

Boston Conservatory Theater
31 Hemenway St., Boston. 617-536-3063.
8 p.m.; $32, age 15 and under $20. 10/21-10/24: "The Devils." 12/8-12/12: "Anyone Can Whistle."

Chamber Repertory
617-542-9155. 10:30 a.m. $11.55. Various Boston addresses.
10/1, 12/23: "Tour De Force!" John Hancock Hall, 180 Berkley St. 10/8, 12/2, 12/3, 12/17, 12/20, "Encore!!" John Hancock Hall, 180 Berkley St. 12/21: "Encore!!" Berklee Performance Center, 136 Mass. Ave. [Get directions to Berklee Performance Center or John Hancock Hall].

Firehouse Center for the Performing and Visual Arts
Market Square, Newburyport. ÷ 978-462-7336. [Get directions].
Thurs.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sundays 3 or 5 p.m., depending on show. $14-$31. 10/6-10/24: "The Miracle Worker." 10/28-11/21. "Sweeney Todd." 12/16-12/31: "It's a Wonderful Life."

Gloucester Stage Company
267 East Main St., Gloucester. 978-282-1350. [Get directions].
Wed.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 5 p.m. $25-$30. Through 9/5: "Fast Hands." 9/8-9/26: "Strong-Man's Weak Child."

Huntington Theatre Company
264 Huntington Ave., Boston. 617-931-ARTS, 617-266-0800, groups 617-266-7900, ext. 2565, TTY 617-266-8488. [Get directions].
Call for times. $10-$52, seniors and students with ID $5 discounts. 9/10-10/10: "Mrs. Warren's Profession." 10/22-11/21: "The Last Hurrah." 12/31-1/30: "Sisters Matsumoto."

Jewish Theatre of New England
Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, 333 Nahanton St., Newton Center. 617-965-5226. [Get directions].
10/16: 8 p.m., 10/17: 2 and 7 p.m., David Brenner. $28, seniors and students $26. 11/18: 2 and 7:30 p.m., 11/20: 8 p.m., 11/21: 2 and 7 p.m., "Perfect Harmony." $25, seniors and students $23.

The Lyric Stage Company
140 Clarendon St., Boston. 617-437-7172. [Get directions].
Wed.-Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 4 and 8 p.m., Sun. 3 p.m. $22-$35. 9/17-10/17: "Mornings at Seven." 10/22-11/21: "The Old Settler." 12/3-1/2: "She Loves Me."

Lyric West Theatre Company
Mass. Bay Community College, 50 Oakland St., Rte. 9, Wellesley. 617-288-7889.
Wed.-Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 5 and 8:30 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m., 10/27 and 11/3, 10 a.m. $25-$29, group, senior and student discounts available. 10/22-11/7: "A View From the Bridge." 12/3-12/23: "A Child's Christmas in Wales."

Merrimack Repertory Theatre
Lowell Memorial Auditorium, 50 East Merrimack St., Lowell. ÷ 978-484-3926. [Get directions].
Wed.-Sat. 8 p.m.; Sun. 2 and 7 p.m.; various Wed. 2 p.m. and Sat. 3 p.m. matinees. $18.50-$32.50. Through 10/3: "Picasso at the Lapin Agile." 10/15-11/14: "Awake and Sing." 11/26-12/26: "The Rainmaker."

Music Hall
28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, N.H. 603-436-2400. [Get directions].
8 p.m. $20-$24, age 21 and under $14. 11/4: "The Iliad." 11/6: "King Lear." Presented by the Aquila Theatre Company.

New Repertory Theatre
54 Lincoln St., Newton Highlands. 617-332-1646. ÷ [Get directions].
Wed. 2 and 7 p.m.; Thurs.-Fri. 8 p.m.; Sat. 4:30 and 8:30 p.m.; Sun. 3. $25-32. 9/15-10/17: "Golf With Alan Shepard." 11/10-12/12: "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead." 12/17-12/21: "A Christmas Carol."

North Shore Music Theatre
62 Dunham Rd., Beverly. ÷ 978-922-8500. [Get directions].
Tues.-Sat. 8 p.m.; matinees Wed. and Sat. 2 p.m. $28-$44. 9/7-9/26: "Kiss of the Spider Woman." 10/5-10/24: "The Secret Garden." 11/2-11/21: "Grease." 12/3-12/23: "A Christmas Carol."

Peabody House Theatre Cooperative
Elizabeth Peabody House, 277 Broadway, Somerville. 617-625-1300 or 617-931-2000. [Get directions].
Thurs.-Sat. 8 p.m. $15, students and seniors $10. 9/24-10/23: "The Tempest." 10/2: 4 p.m., "All Aboard for the Brendan Hughes Show," trolley tour of Boston, dinner at the Union Square Bistro, performance of "The Tempest." $75. 11/12-12/11: "Dutchman."

Playwrights' Platform Theatre
Mass. College of Art, 621 Huntington Ave., Boston. 617-630-9704. [Get directions].
7:30 p.m. Free. Play Readings: 10/3: "Nun of the Above." 10/10: "Shorties Night." 10/17: "Sisters." 10/24: Monologue Night. 11/14: "Returnees." 11/21: "Reconstructing Maria." 12/12: "The Office."

Providence Performing Arts Center
220 Weybosset St., Providence. 401-421-ARTS or 401-331-2211. [Get directions].
Tues. and Sun. 7 p.m., Wed.-Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m.; matinees Sat.-Sun. 2 p.m. $28.50-$42.50. 10/12-10/17: "Footloose." 11/30-12/5: "Titanic."

Seacoast Repertory Theatre
125 Bow St., Portsmouth, N.H. 603-433-4472 or 800-639-7650. [Get directions].
Thurs. 7 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., matinee Sun. 3. $19 and $21, seniors and children $2 discount. 9/23-10/24: "Guys and Dolls." 11/4-12/5: "Sweeney Todd." 12/16-1/16: "Peter Pan."

SpeakEasy Stage Company
617-426-ARTS.
Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St. 10/7-10/30: "A New Brain." Wed.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 7 p.m., Sat., 2 p.m. $21-$23.50, students $17-$19.50. [Get directions].
Copley Theatre, 500 Boylston St., Boston. 11/13: 8 p.m., "Millennium Musicals." $30. [Get directions].

Sugan Theatre Company
Black Box Theater, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St. 617-426-2787. [Get directions].
Thurs.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 3 p.m. $16 and $18. 9/16-10/2: "St. Nicholas." 11/4-11/20: "At the Black Pigs' Dyke."

Theater Offensive
Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St. 617-426-2787. [Get directions].
$20. "Out on the Edge: 1999 Festival of Lesbian and Gay Theater": 9/12: 2 p.m., "Wild Nights With Emily." 9/12: 7 p.m., "Before I Disappear." 9/16-9/18: 8 p.m., 9/19: 7 p.m., "A Real Read." 9/17-9/18: 10 p.m., 9/19: 9 p.m., "Hello (Sex) Kitty: Mad Asian Bitch on Wheels." 9/23: 8 p.m., 9/24-9/25: 10 p.m., "The King of Kings and I." 9/24-9/25: 8 p.m., 9/26: 7 p.m., "Greetings From a Queer Senorita." 9/29: 8 p.m., 9/30, 10/1-10/2: 10 p.m., "Preaching to the Perverted!" 9/30, 10/1-10/2: 8 p.m., "Memory's Caretaker."

Trinity Repertory Company
201 Washington St., Providence. 401-351-4242. [Get directions].
Wed.-Sat. 8 p.m.; Tues. and Sun. 7 p.m.; Sun. 2 p.m.; selected Wed. and Sat. 2 p.m. $26-$38. Through 10/10: "Othello." 9/24-11/7: "Mrs. Warren's Profession." 11/12-12/26: "A Christmas Carol." 12/10-1/23: "The Cryptogram."

Wheelock Family Theatre
200 The Riverway, Boston. 617-734-4760, TTY 617-731-4426. $10-$17. [Get directions].
Little Theatre, 10/2-10/4: 7:30 p.m., "Shirley Valentine."
Mainstage, Fri.-Sat. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 3 p.m. ASL interpreted 11/26, 11/28. 11/5-11/28: "Our Town."

Worcester Foothills Theatre
100 Front St., Worcester. 508-754-4018. ÷ [Get directions].
Wed.-Fri. 8 p.m.; Sat. 5 and 9 p.m., Sun. 2 and 7 p.m., Thurs. 2 p.m. $16-$24. 9/30-10/24: "Rumors." 10/28-11/21: "Camping With Henry and Tom." 12/2-1/2: "The Paisley Sisters Christmas Special."

Your Theatre, Inc.
71 Maxfield St., New Bedford. 508-993-0772. [Get directions].
Wed.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2:30 p.m. 9/15-9/25: "Rumors." 11/10-11/20: "Collected Stories." $8-$10, seniors and students $1 discount.

Zeiterion Theatre
684 Purchase St., New Bedford. 508-994-2900. [Get directions].
10/10: 2 and 7 p.m., "Hello Dolly!" $14-$28. 11/13: 8 p.m., "La Boheme." $15.50-$31. 12/11: 2 and 7 p.m., "A Christmas Carol." $14-$31.