St. Nicholas, What We’re Up Against, Compass Theatre at Raven Arts Center, through Feb. 7. It may be 1992 at Theresa Rebeck’s architectural firm, but the shark-tank tactics Echacka Agba’s ambitious professional woman must employ to get ahead remain unchanged in 2019. MSB
Dada Woof Papa Hot, About Face Theatre at Theater Wit, through Feb. 16. Three couples—two gay and one het—discover that parenthood does not automatically confer wisdom, maturity and contentment on those venturing forth into irrevocable adulthood unprepared. MSB
—By Mary Shen Barnidge