Farragut North, Stage Left Theatre at Theater Wit, through Oct. 9. Beau Willimon’s gripping drama about backroom political campaign wrangling is a must see, especially before George Clooney’s forthcoming film adaptation (renamed The Ides of March) hits the multiplexes later this year. SCM

Shadow of a Gunman, Seanachaí Theatre Company at the Irish-American Heritage Center, through Oct. 23. Martin McDonagh may portray Ireland as a land of horror and hilarity, but Sean O’Casey coined the formula nearly a century earlier, writing amid the civil strife and foreign occupation he experienced first-hand. MSB

Sophocles: Seven Sicknesses, The Hypocrites at Chopin Theatre, through Oct. 23. Sean Graney condenses Sophocles’ seven surviving Greek tragedies in a very entertaining updating that takes place in an antiseptic hospital setting. The Hypocrites even feed you during the first intermission. SCM

Yellowman, Greentree Productions, through Oct. 9. Dael Orlandersmith’s tender, tragic tale of star-crossed lovers and Black-on-Black racism soars on beautiful language and the compelling acting of Israel Greene and Deanna K. Read, staged by Jonathan Wilson. JA

—By Abarbanel, Barnidge

and Morgan