Trainspotting USA tells the dark tale of a group of heroin addicts living in the outskirts of Kansas City, Miss. It’s a wild mix of rebellious action and wicked adult powerfully told by a group of friends trying to make it in the world on their own terms.  Preview performance are FREE, folks, on October 13th and 14th.

Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company reprises its acclaimed production of the Chicago-set Superior Donuts, the delicious comedy-drama from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts (August: Osage County). It’s the story of the off-beat friendship that grows between the cantankerous white owner of a struggling uptown donut shop — a former radical who holds on tight to the past — and his only employee, an ambitious African-American teenager who has big dreams for the place.  Tickets are over half off.

You’ve seen Cinderella before, but you’ve never seen it like this. In fact, Petite Opera’s depiction of Cinderella is a version that hasn’t been seen in Chicagoland for over 100 years. Composed in 1899, Jules Massenet’s version of Cinderella (Cendrillon) has all of the melodic beauty and lush harmonies of the late Romantic period, plus incredible depth of characters that truly bring the story to life.  Get tickets for half-price.