The Brother/Sister Plays, Steppenwolf, through May 23. A fresh, original voice—Tarell Alvin McCraney, who is Black and gay—has created a tale both modern and mythological told in a dazzling display of primal theater: music, movement and community story-telling. Don’t miss! JA
Chess, Theo Ubique at the No Exit Café, through April 25. Table-game duels take on a heightened intimacy in this already intimate cabaret space. But closer is better when it’s Maggie Portman, Jeremy Trager and Courtney Crouse belting mid-1980s pop opera. MSB
The Lost Boys of Sudan, Victory Gardens Theater through April 25. Lonnie Carter’s drama may have been originally pitched at teenagers, but grown-ups of all ages should be moved by this fluidly staged story of three Sudanese teenagers fleeing the bloodshed of war and readjusting to live in the United States. SCM
Trust, Lookingglass Theatre, through May 9. Call it a movie of the week if you must. Allison Torem and Philip R. Smith absolutely kill it as, respectively, the 14-year-old target of a pedophile and her vengeance-obsessed father. The drama should be a must-see for any teen (or tween) with Internet privileges. CS
—By Abarbanel, Barnidge,
Morgan and Sullivan