Blizzard ’67, Chicago Dramatists, through Feb. 12. A battered Ford in a snowstorm is like a bunker under enemy fire to the four car-pooling suburbanites, each facing his own personal crisis, in Jon Steinhagen’s microcosmic portrait of the worst meteorological disaster in Chicago memory. MSB
Late Nite Catechism, Royal George Theatre, open run. The Church of Rome may be ready for a trip to the principal’s office, but after 17 years, Sister still rocks the classroom in Vicki Quade and Maripat Donovan’s interactive drama-verité that even non-Catholics can enjoy. MSB
Opus, Redtwist Theatre, though Jan. 29. A vicious queen destroys a famous string quartet in Michael Hollinger’s acerbic drama about the intense world of classical music. There’s much more going on in this beautifully-acted staging, but I got your attention, right? Go see it. JA
Penelope, Steppenwolf Theatre, through Feb. 5. Enda Walsh’s modernization of Penelope’s preening suitors from The Odyssey receives a poetical and meditative production from director Amy Morton and an ensemble who isn’t afraid to strip down to their Speedos. SCM
—By Abarbanel, Barnidge
and Morgan