STONES IN HIS POCKETS | Sean Dillon and Seton Brown star in Marie Jones's 1998 comedy about two men in County Kerry who get jobs as extras for the shooting of a Hollywood film that's looking to perpetuate the usual Hollywood stereotypes about Ireland. In the course of the play, our heroes portray all 15 characters, who include the film's snooty British director and its prima donna American star. Kennedy Center Gold Medallion recipient Steve Reynolds directs. | Cape Rep Theatre, 1772 Main St, Brewster | 508.896.1888 | June 25–July 18 | Curtain 7:30 pm Tues-Sat [no July 4] | $22
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THE BALD SOPRANO | Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater's 25th-anniversary season continues with Eugène Ionesco's first play, a story of the Smiths and the Martins and the Smiths' maid, Mary, and Mary's lover, who's the local fire chief, and the fun evening they spend shouting non-sequiturs to each other. It all culminates in a chorus of "It's not here! It's over there!" Brendan Hughes directs and plays the fire chief; Brenda Withers, Jonathan Fielding, Amanda Collins, Lewis D. Wheeler, and Dakota Shepard round out the "over there" cast. | Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, Harbor Stage, 1 Kendrick Ave [next to town pier], Wellfleet | 508.349.WHAT | Through July 12 | Curtain 7:30 pm Wed-Sun | $29; $16 student rush
THE COLOR PURPLE | The Broadway hit (it did run for two years) based on the Alice Walker novel and the Steven Spielberg movie makes its Boston debut, with three actresses from the Broadway production — Kenita Miller as Celie, Felicia P. Fields (Tony-nominated) as Sofia, and Angela Robinson as Shug Avery — plus Rufus Bonds Jr. (Mufasa in the Broadway Lion King) as Mister and LaToya London as Nettie. Gary Griffin, also from the Broadway production, directs. | Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont St, Boston | 866.348.9738 | Through June 28 | Curtain 8 pm Tues-Fri | 2 + 8 pm Sat | 1 + 7 pm Sun | $28-$100
DEAR MISS GARLAND | Local hero Kathy St. George channels her favorite movie star ("We are exactly the same height, 4'11" ") in the world premiere of a one-woman show that she wrote with Scott Edmiston. Musical director Jim Rice heads the seven-piece band. | Stoneham Theatre, 395 Main St, Stoneham | 781.279.2200 | Through June 28 | Curtain 7:30 pm Thurs | 8 pm Fri | 4 + 8 pm Sat | 2 pm Sun | $40; $35 seniors; $20 students
DIVIDING THE ESTATE | Well, that's the question in the late Horton Foote's Tony-nominated play, whose production has moved to Hartford Stage after getting closed down on Broadway in January. Texas matriarch Stella Gordon wants to keep the 100-year-old family estate intact, even though its time seems to have passed. Her three children are more interested in the title activity. The production is directed by Hartford artistic director Michael Wilson (which is partly why it wound up in Hartford), and it's pitch-perfect; the performances marry sweetness to satire, with Hallie Foote's Tony-nominated turn as Mary Jo the most daringly broad. | Hartford Stage, 50 Church St, Hartford | 860.527.5151 | Through July 5 | Curtain 2 pm [June 24] Wed | 7:30 pm Thurs [no July 2] | 8 pm Fri [no July 3] | 2 pm [June 27] + 8 pm [no July 4] Sat | 2 pm Sun | $23-$68
