White River Valley Players

Rochester

•AUDITIONS for "The Laramie Project," a docudrama written in the aftermath of the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard; Tues., Aug. 14 & Thurs., Aug. 16, 7-10 p.m., Rochester High School Music Room, Rte. 100, Rochester. For more information call Robert Finkle at 767-4770.

St. Michael’s Playhouse

Colchester. Tickets: 802-654-2281

•"Suds," the rocking 1960s musical soap opera, Aug. 9-11, 8 p.m.

Lost Nation Theater

Main St., Montpelier, 802-229-0492

•Molière’s timeless comedy "Tartuffe," Aug. 9-19, Thurs. & Sun. at 7 p.m., except Sun., Aug. 19 at 2 p.m. only, Fri. & Sat. at 8 p.m.

•"Memoirs of Interns," a night of sketch comedy performed by LNT’s professional intern company, Wed., Aug. 16 at 7 p.m.

Lebanon Opera House

Lebanon, N.H. 603-448-0400

•"Turandot" by Puccini, tells the story of a Chinese princess who challenges her suitors to answer three riddles; Aug. 11, 14, 17, 22 & 25, 7:30 p.m.; Aug. 19 at 2 p.m.

•"Falstaff" by Verdi, based on one of Shakespeare’s most famous characters; Aug. 16, 18, 21 & 24 at 7:30 p.m., Aug. 23 at 2 p.m.

Unadilla Theater

Marshfield. 802-456-8968

•Gilbert & Sullivan’s "Iolanthe," presented by the Vermont Theater Festival, Aug. 11 at 7:30 p.m.

•Eugene O’Neill’s nostalgic comedy "Ah, Wilderness!" set around the Fourth of July; Aug. 10, 7:30 p.m.

•"The Retreat from Moscow" by William Nickolson, is the story of a husband who decides to be truthful in his marriage; Aug. 9 at 7:30 p.m.

•"Loot" by Joe Orton, described as "a tour de force of bad taste and high farce," Aug. 14-19 and 21-24 at 7:30 p.m.

Hopkins Center

Dartmouth College, Hanover. N.H.

Box office: 603-646-2422

•N.Y. Theatre Workshop, Works-in-Progress, Saturday, Aug. 11: "Palestine" by Najla Said, a visceral one-woman theater piece about what it means to be Arab, American, and aware; 5 p.m.; and "Stunning" by David Adjmi, the story of a small, ethnic Brooklyn community where 16-year-old Lily lives a cloistered life with her much older husband; 8 p.m.; Warner Bentley Theater.