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Goat Show, I Will Make You Orphans

“Maybe being grown up isn’t about being sure,” says playwright-actor Jennifer Fawcett, “maybe it’s about believing in risks, in which case it’s closer to childhood than I thought.”

In her pseudo-autobiographical one-woman play, Goat Show: A Legacy Behind Barn Doors, Fawcett explores a father’s dream of a simple life and the adventures and anxieties of a family turned upside down after he abandons teaching to raise goats.

Her comic but heartfelt story is a reflection on the value of taking risks and following a dream, on the tenacity of love, and the uncertainty of growing up.

And, in a special late-night engagement, Goat Show director Shawn C. Lewis will perform his “one-man hip-hopera,” I Will Make You Orphans, after each performance of Goat Show.

Goat Show opens at Adirondack Theatre Festival (Charles R. Wood Theater, 207 Glen St., Glens Falls) on Tuesday (July 7) at 8 PM. I Will Make You Orphans opens Wednesday (July 8) at 9:45 PM. Both shows run through July 11. Tickets for Goat Show are $29; tickets for I Will Make You Orphans are $15. For more info, or to purchase tickets, call the ATF box office at 847-0800.

Opening

Candide, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Unicorn Theatre, Route 7, Stockbridge, Mass. 7/7-8/15, call for ticket prices and showtimes. (413) 298-5576.

Goat Show, Adirondack Theatre Festival, Charles R. Wood Theater, 207 Glen St., Glens Falls. 7/7-11. Tue-Sat at 8 PM. $29. 874-0800.

I Will Make You Orphans, Adirondack Theatre Festival, Charles R. Wood Theater, 207 Glen St., Glens Falls. 7/8-11. Tue-Sat at 9:45 PM. $15. 874-0800.

Knickerbocker, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Nikos Stage, ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance, 1000 Main St., Williamstown, Mass. 7/8-19, call for showtimes. $35-$37. (413) 597-3400.

Othello, Shakespeare & Company, Founders’ Theatre, 70 Kemble St., Lenox, Mass. 7/3-9/6, call for showtimes. $21-60. (413) 637-3353.

Underneath the Lintel, Barrington Stage Company, Stage II, 36 Linden St., Pittsfield, Mass. 7/8-26, Tue-Fri and Sun at 7:30 PM, Sat at 4 PM and 8 PM. $25-$30. (413) 236-8888.

Continuing

Carousel, Barrington Stage Company, 30 Union St., Pittsfield, Mass. Through 7/11, Tue-Sun, call for showtimes. $42-$56. (413) 236-8888.

Children, Williamstown Theatre Festival, ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance, 1000 Main St., Williamstown, Mass. Through 7/12, call for showtimes. $45-59. (413) 597-3400.

Death and Foolishness: An Evening of Tales from Anton Chekhov, Walking the Dog Theatre, Basilica Industria, 110 S. Front St., Hudson. Through 7/19. Thu-Sat at 8 PM, Sun at 2 PM. $15-$25. (518) 755-1716.

The Einstein Project, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Route 7, Stockbridge, Mass. Through 7/18, Mon-Sat at 8 PM, Thu and Sat also at 2 PM. $19-68. (413) 298-5576.

Forbidden Broadway, Stageworks/Hudson, 41-A Cross St., Hudson. Through 7/12, Wed-Sun, call for showtimes. $18-$29. 822-9667.

Freud’s Last Session, Barrington Stage Company, Stage II, 36 Linden St., Pittsfield, Mass. Through 7/3, Tue-Fri and Sun at 7:30 PM, Sat at 4 PM and 8 PM. $25-$30. (413) 236-8888.

Golda’s Balcony, Shakespeare & Company, Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre, 70 Kemble St., Lenox, Mass. Through 7/3, call for schedule. $12-48. (413) 637-4274.

Hamlet, Shakespeare & Company, Founders’ Theatre, 70 Kemble St., Lenox, Mass. Through 8/28, call for showtimes. $21-$60. (413) 637-3353.

Merton of the Movies, Dorset Theatre Festival, Dorset Playhouse, 104 Cheney Road, Dorset, Vt., Through 7/18. Tue-Fri at 8 PM, Sat-Sun at 3 PM. $37-42.

Ninety, Powerhouse Theater, Vassar College, 124 Raymond Ave., Poughkeepsie. Through 7/12, Tue-Sat at 8 PM, Sun at 2 PM. $35. (845) 437-5599.

Ordinary Days, Adirondack Theatre Festival, Charles R. Wood Theater, 207 Glen St., Glens Falls. A new musical. Through 7/3,Wed-Sat at 8 PM. $29. 874-0800.

Perfect Wedding, Curtain Call Theatre, 210 Old Loudon Road, Latham. Through 7/18, Thu at 7:30 PM, Fri-Sat at 8 PM, Sat-Sun at 3 PM. $20. 877-7529.

Pinter’s Mirror, Shakespeare & Company, Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre, 70 Kemble St., Lenox, Mass. Three of Harold Pinter’s one-act plays. Through 8/2, call for schedule. $12-48. (413) 637-4274.

Shear Madness, Capital Repertory Theatre, 111 N. Pearl St., Albany. Through 8/2, Tue-Thu at 7:30 PM, Fri at 8 PM, Sat at 3 PM and 7:30 PM, Sun at 2:30 PM. $36-46. 445-7469.

Toad of Toad Hall, Shakespeare & Company, Rose Footprint Theatre, 70 Kemble St., Lenox, Mass. Through 8/29, call for schedule. Free. (413) 637-4274.

Upcoming

Bye Bye Birdie, Not So Common Players, Clifton Common Stage, Vischer Ferry Road, Clifton Park. 7/10-19, Thu-Sun at 7:30 PM. Free. 371-6667.

Measure for Measure, Shakespeare & Company, Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre, 70 Kemble St., Lenox, Mass. New Lunchbox Shakespeare program. 7/10-9/5, 12:45 PM Wed-Sat (call for precise schedule). $14-$24, $7 for lunch before the show. (413) 637-4274.

Oresteia Trilogy, Bard SummerScape, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Theater Two, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 7/15-8/2. Agamemnon, Choephori, Eumenides presented in rotating schedule. Call for showtimes. $45 per play, $90 for the trilogy. (845) 758-7900.

True West, Williamstown Theatre Festival, ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance, 1000 Main St., Williamstown, Mass. 7/15-26, call for showtimes. $45-59. (413) 597-3400.

Whisper House, Powerhouse Theatre, Vassar, Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film, 124 Raymond Ave., Poughkeepsie. 7/10-11, concert reading. Fri-Sat at 8 PM, Sat also at 2 PM. $25. (845) 437-5599.