Jackie and Me, Chicago Children’s Theatre at Ruth Page Center, through March 27. Teach kids about color-barrier-smashing baseball legend Jackie Robinson in this solid Steven Dietz adaptation of Dan Gutman’s children’s novel. SCM
The Moonstone, Lifeline Theatre, through March 27. Arguably western literature’s first detective story, Wilkie Collins’ Victorian thriller makes for an atmospheric page-to-stage adaptation to delight aficionados of shivery-shadow yarns. MSB
The Three Faces of Dr. Crippen, Strange Tree Group at Steppenwolf Garage, through April 24. Murder, Scotland Yard and the Marconi wireless: Strange Tree blends horror, vaudeville and whimsy to tell the 1911 tale. It’s 1/3 of the Steppenwolf Garage Rep. JA. JA
Trouble in Mind, The Artistic Home, through March 20. Sometimes your friends can be as much a hindrance as your enemies. This hard-hitting revival of Alice Childress’ 1954 look at racial politics among artists unaware of their prejudices warns us to be wary of both. MSB
—By Abarbanel, Barnidge
and Morgan