The Bitter Tears of Petra Van Kant, Trap Door Theatre, through Nov. 11. JA
Fat Pig, Profiles Theatre, through Oct. 29. It’s a well-rendered staging of Neil LaBute’s taught play about a good-looking guy who falls for a plus-sized woman. JA
Hamlet, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Navy Pier, through Nov. 18. MSB
Mother Courage and Her Children, Vitalist Theatre, Theatre Building, through Oct. 22. MSB
By Abarbanel and Barnidge