Doubt, LaSalle Bank Theatre, through Jan. 28. John Patrick Shanley’s play raises several challenging issues, all tackled by Cherry Jones, the most intensely-focused actress since Glenda Jackson quit theater for politics. Jones alone is worth the ticket price. (MSB)
Feast, Chicago Dramatists, through Feb. 18. Love, lies and family ties are the ingredients for a Thanksgiving filled with cravings in Aline Lathrop’s world premiere about a Midwestern family reunion where everybody’s got a hungry heart. (CES)
Radio Golf, Goodman Theatre, through Feb. 18. August Wilson finished this last of his 10 plays about 20th-century African-American life just months before he died. It’s a warm and affectionate testament of hope, set in Pittsburgh’s Hill District in the 1990s. JA
Young Playwrights Festival, Pegasus Players, through Jan. 28. It features a trio of student plays that are funny and full of promise despite their tried-and-true sitcom conventions. Karma has great street slang dialogue; Kid Kuisine offers zany one-liners and visual gags. SCM
—By Abarbanel, Barnidge, Morgan and Sullivan