Alabama Story: Drama based on the real story of a state senator trying to ban a children’s book in the segregation-era South; through Oct. 26, Firehouse Theater Company, John Hand Theater, 7652 E. 1st Place; $29-$34; firehousetheatercompany.com.

A Case For Black Girls Setting Central Park on Fire: A brilliant 12-year Black girl runs for her life from Brooklyn to Harlem; Thursday through Oct. 25, Local Theater Company, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder; thedairy.org.

Enslaved By Ducks: Actors perform hilarious and unexpected stories; Sunday, Stories on Stage, Su Teatro, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver; $26; storiesonstage.org.

Eureka Day: An outbreak of the mumps challenges the status quo at a progressive private school in California; through Oct. 5, Curious Theatre Company, 1080 Ac

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