The Book of Will, Northlight Theatre, Skokie, through Dec. 17. Playwright Lauren Gunderson has fun dramatizing the difficulties along the way to get book published in this solid Midwest premiere overseen by director Jessica Thebus. SCM
I Saw My Neighbor on the Train and I Didn’t Even Smile, Redtwist Theatre, through Dec. 18. Absent external circumstances of tragic proportions, the family depicted in Suzanne Heathcote’s play have only themselves to blame for their pain—and each other to rely on for their salvation as well. MSB
Marie Christine, BoHo at Theater Wit through Dec. 10. The tragedy of Medea, retold as the tale of a beautiful Creole voodoo adept, who loves well but not wisely, in Michael John LaChiusa’s musically complex, rich jazz opera. High musical values, handsome leads and powerful voices make this one to see. JA
Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story in Black and White, The Artistic Home, through Dec. 17. Over half a century ago, African-American playwright Alice Childress protested laws forbidding interracial lovers to marry, injustice portrayed with undiluted conviction in 2017 by the Artistic Home ensemble. MSB
—By Abarbanel, Barnidge and Morgan