Theater spotlight
Henrik Ibsen's once scandalous tragedy Ghosts is the inspiration for Megan Breen's world-premiere adaptation Lecherous Honey, for Cock and Bull Theatre. This site-specific promenade production is limited to audiences of 25 per performance as taboos through different generations of a family are explored room to room. Lecherous Honey plays Thursday, Oct. 20, through Saturday, Nov. 12, at the Berger Park North Mansion ( The Gunder House ), 6205 N. Sheridan Rd. Tickets are $25-$30 and $15 for students and the Oct. 20 preview; visit CockandBullTheatre.org .
Caption: ( L-R ) Isabella Karina Coelho, Benjamin Ponce and Meg Elliott star in Cock & Bull Theatre's Lecherous Honey. Photo by Rebecca Memoli
Critics' Picks
Hand to God, Victory Gardens Theater, extended through Oct. 30. Get ready to laugh and be shocked by Alex Weisman's outstanding performance of a Texas youth who falls under the thrall of a demonic, foul-mouthed hand puppet. SCM
The Maligned Mezzo, Transgressive Theatre-Opera at Ebenezer Lutheran Church, Oct. 29. In the spirit of Baritones Unbound, the big-voiced belters cast as witches and vamps by composers from Bizet to Sondheim command the spotlight tonight. MSB
Miss Holmes, Lifeline Theatre, through Nov. 27. Not only does Christopher M. Walsh's built-from-scratch script have fun with the premise of a rare female detective and doctor flouting repressive Victorian customs, but it delivers a helluva good whodunit for them to solve ( with hints of a sequel ). MSB
Visiting Edna, Steppenwolf, through Nov. 6. Sometimes tender, sometimes tough, often funny, this world premiere about family, the fading of parents and inevitable loss looks/sounds simple but is magnificently profound. Ian Barford and, especially, Debra Monk are brilliantly truthful. JA
By Abarbanel, Barnidge and Morgan