SHOW: A Doll’s House GENRE: Theater GROUP: Jo Strømgren Kompani ATTENDED: Sept. 6, 7:00 p.m., FringeArts, 140 N Columbus Blvd. CLOSES: Sept. 6 BRIEF SELF-DESCRIPTION: The always-adventurous Jo Strømgren recreates Henrik Ibsen’s most famous play. WE THINK: Messing with a…

SHOW: Till Birnam Wood  GENRE: Theater GROUP: John Schultz  ATTENDED: Sept. 4, 10:00 p.m., Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre, 2111 Sansom St. CLOSES: Sept. 5 BRIEF SELF-DESCRIPTION: Encounter the witches, put on your blindfold, and fall into the darkness of Scotland. WE THINK:  Experiencing Macbeth blindfolded…

SHOW: Spookfish GENRE: Theater GROUP: Haygen Brice Walker and Leigh E. Bicica ATTENDED: Sept. 4, 11:55 p.m., Headlong Studios, 1170 S. Broad St. CLOSES: Sept. 13 BRIEF SELF-DESCRIPTION: A haunted house that’s not a haunted house…until it is. WE THINK: Spookfish is a big glorious…

SHOW: The Shoplifters GENRE: Theater GROUP: 1812 Productions ATTENDED: Sept. 3, 8:00 pm, Arden Theatre Company, 40 N. 2nd St. CLOSES: Sept. 20 BRIEF SELF-DESCRIPTION: Alma’s sticky fingers have finally landed her in cuffs. WE THINK: I’m not sure why…

SHOW: The Captive GENRE: Theater GROUP: Philadelphia Artists’ Collective ATTENDED: Sept. 1, 8 p.m., Physick House, 321 S. 4th St. CLOSES: Sept. 20 BRIEF SELF-DESCRIPTION: Deeply controversial in its time, we present this mannered tragedy in Society Hill’s historic Physick…

SHOW: Eugene Ionesco’s Exit the King GENRE: Theater GROUP: Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium ATTENDED: Sept. 2, 7:30 p.m., Walnut Street Theatre Independence Studio on 3, 825 Walnut St. CLOSES: Sept. 20 BRIEF SELF-DESCRIPTION: King Berenger is the Hugh Hefner of a…

Rebecca Gudelunas Nathan Foley as Achilles. Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company heads indoors after a hot July tour of The Tempest for their third annual “Cool Classics” production — but this one’s a world premiere, Paul Parente’s gripping Rage of Achilles.  Ancient…

Tayarisha Poe ALWAYS PREPPED: Nell Bang-Jensen’s SoLow Festival show, Road May Flood, is about worst-case scenarios. She says she wonders why humans consistently try to prepare for the worst. Nell Bang-Jensen chauffeurs her audience in a Zipcar. Laurel Hostak hosts…

Sarah R. Bloom GOING IT ALONE: Cast members of a troupe called Bright Invention: The White Pines Ensemble will present nine separate and unique solo shows during SoLow Festival this year. Man, I Feel Like a Woman, June 24-26 Meghann…