Gray, McCance reviving 'Jeeves' roles at First Folio

Christian Gray and Jim McCance reprise their roles as hapless aristocratic Bertie Wooster and his cool, capable butler Jeeves in "Jeeves in Bloom," First Folio Theatre's sequel to its delightful 2008 production, "Jeeves Intervenes." This time, Jeeves resigns after the bumbling Bertie involves himself in yet another imbroglio. Alison C. Vesely directs.

Info: Opens Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Mayslake Peabody Estate, 1717 W. 31st St., Oak Brook. (630) 986-8067 or firstfolio.org.

Come on 'Over'The latest revival of Tom Dudzick's family comedy "Over the Tavern" comes courtesy of Noble Fool artistic director John Gawlik, who directs a cast featuring young graduates of Noble Fool's Performing Arts Academy. Set in 1959, Dudzik's comedy centers on 12-year-old Rudy, a Roman Catholic who decides he'll "shop around" for another faith. Info: Previews begin Thursday, Feb. 4, at Pheasant Run Resort, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles. The show opens Saturday, Feb. 13. (630) 584-6342 or noblefool.org.Children's classicA clever spider saves an undersized pig from becoming Christmas dinner and makes him famous in the process in E.B. White's beloved "Charlotte's Web." Aurora's Paramount Theatre presents Joseph Robinette's hourlong stage adaptation of the classic tale.Info: 9:30 a.m. and noon Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 23 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora. (630) 896-6666 or paramountaurora.com.What's newbull; A prominent doctor tries to prevent his career from unraveling after his former flame (and possibly his son) intrude upon his well-ordered life in Ray Cooney's farce, "It Runs in the Family." Performances begin Friday, Jan. 29, at the Attic Playhouse, 410 Sheridan Road, Highwood. (847) 433-2660 or atticplayhouse.com.bull; Diamante Productions presents the world premiere of "Lucid," Tony Fiorentino's drama about a romantically and professionally frustrated artist who seeks fulfillment through lucid dreaming wherein his wildest fantasies come true. Previews are Friday, Jan. 29, and Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport, Chicago. The show opens Sunday, Jan. 31. (800) 982-2787 or diamanteproductions.com.bull; Victory Gardens Theater hosts Not Shaped for Sportive Tricks: Disability and Shakespeare at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31, at 2433 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago. Part of VGT's Crip Slam series examining the culture of disabilities, the showcase consists of scenes from Shakespeare's plays featuring characters with various disabilities including Richard III, King Lear and Othello among others. (773) 871-3000 or victorygardens.org.bull; The Fame Fantasy Food Adventure Auction, a Goodman Theatre fundraiser, takes place at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1, at the Peninsula Hotel, 108 E. Superior St., Chicago. Tickets are $75 and include dinner, cocktails and live and silent auctions. (312) 443-3811, ext. 586.bull; The national tour of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning "August: Osage County" - a biting drama about a dysfunctional family dealing with its missing patriarch - comes to Chicago for a brief run beginning Tuesday, Feb. 2. Academy Award winner Estelle Parsons stars in the touring version of the play that premiered at Steppenwolf Theatre in 2007. Performances run through Feb. 14 at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre, 151 W. Randolph St., Chicago. (800) 775-2000 or broadwayinchicago.com.bull; Chicago Kids Company's family-friendly production of "The Three Little Pigs" runs various dates from Wednesday, Feb. 3, through May 8, at the Beverly Arts Center, 2401 W. 111th St., Chicago. (773) 205-9600 or chicagokidscompany.com.bull; Charin Alvarez, Laura Fisher, Patricia Kane, Elizabeth Laidlaw, Ana Sferruzza and Rebecca Sohn appear in About Face Theatre's production of "What Once We Felt," a dark, futuristic drama by Ann Marie Healy. The play unfolds in a world without men, where select women can download babies, and where one woman is about to publish the last novel. Previews begin Wednesday, Feb. 3, at the Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St., Chicago. The show opens Friday, Feb. 12. (866) 811-4111 or aboutfacetheatre.com. bull; Previews begin Thursday, Feb. 4, for Redmoon Theatre's remount of its 2005 "spectacle in miniature" "The Cabinet," inspired by the silent film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" and staged with puppets. The play tells the tale of the deranged doctor and his sleepwalking slave Cesare who prey upon local citizens. It opens Friday, Feb. 5, at 1463 W. Hubbard St., Chicago. (312) 850-8440, ext. 111 or redmoon.org.bull; The Neo Futurists' latest production, "I Am a Camera," may share its title with the John Van Druten play that inspired "Cabaret," but Greg Allen's show has nothing to do with a Berlin nightclub. Allen has conceived the play as an examination of identity through images. Previews begin Thursday, Feb. 4, at 5153 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago. The show opens Saturday, Feb. 6. (773) 275-5255 or neofuturists.org.bull; Identity, loss and family underscore "Return to Haifa," an adaptation of Ghassan Kanafani's novella by Evanston playwright M.E.H. Lewis. Next Theatre Company presents the world premiere of this drama about a Palestinian couple forced to evacuate their home during 1948's Battle of Haifa. They lose their newborn son in the ensuing chaos and, years later, return to find him alive and a Jew. Next artistic director Jason Southerland directs. Previews begin Thursday, Feb. 4, at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes St., Evanston. The production opens Monday, Feb. 8. (847) 475-1875 or nexttheatre.org.bull; Previews begin Thursday, Feb. 4, for 16th Street Theater Company's production of "The End of the Tour," Joel Drake Johnson's family drama about the reunion between a disgruntled, elderly mother recovering from a fall, her divorced daughter and estranged gay son who returns home to Dixon, Ill., accompanied by his lover. The production opens Saturday, Feb. 6, at the Berwyn Cultural Center, 6420 16th Street, Berwyn. (708) 795-6704 or 16thstreettheater.org.bull; Dale Wasserman's stage adaptation of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" - Ken Kesey's novel about the power struggle between the inmates of a mental institution and the nurse who oversees them - marks the debut of The Consortium Project. Performances run Thursday, Feb. 4, through Feb. 21, at the Viaduct Theater, 3111 N. Western Ave., Chicago. See consortiumproject.org for more information.bull; The Gift Theatre delivers a theatrical Valentine in the form of "Almost Maine," John Cariani's romantic comedy about a mythical town whose residents fall in and out of love on a starlit winter night. Performances run Thursday, Feb. 4, to Feb. 21 at 4802 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, and are paired with a four-course Northeastern seafood dinner for two at the Gale Street Inn at 4914 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago. Tickets for dinner and the show are $75 per couple. (773) 283-7071 or thegifttheatre.org.bull; Griffin Theatre Company brings its stage adaptation of Andrew Clements' children's story "Frindle" to the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, 111 W. Campbell St., Arlington Heights. The story is about a fifth-grade boy who makes up a word that catches everyone's attention. Performances run from Thursday, Feb. 4, to Feb. 13. (847) 577-2121 or metropolisarts.com.bull; Busch Fest, comprised of four plays by author, female impersonator and cult favorite Charles Busch, opened recently at Mary's Attic, 1500 N. Clark St., Chicago. The programs run in repertory Fridays and Saturdays through Feb. 20. (800) 838-3006 or buschfest.com.bull; Silent Theatre has relaunched its Wild Party Variety Hour incorporating everything from vaudeville, burlesque and mime to solo performances and stage combat. The show runs at 10:30 p.m. the third Saturday of every month at Prop Thtr, 3504 N. Elston Ave., Chicago. (312) 533-8023 or silenttheatre.com.bull; Kids who enter Emerald City Theatre's fairy tale contest have a chance to have their original story posted online and win tickets to one of the company's future productions. The contest is open to students in first through fourth grades who must take a well-known fairy tale and tell it from an untraditional point of view. Stories must have a title, a minimum of 500 words and a maximum of 1,000 words. Entries must be postmarked by Friday, Feb. 27. Divisions will include entries from first- and second-grade students and from third- and fourth-grade students. The winning entry will be posted on Emerald City's Web site and sent to 7,000 people via an e-blast. Contest details and entry forms are available at emeraldcitytheatre.com/contest. Emerald City's current production, "The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs," runs through March 25, at the Apollo Theatre, 2540 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago.bull; The Mammals Theatre Company has extended "Breed With Me." The production runs Fridays and Saturdays through Feb. 13 at Zoo Studio, 4001 N. Ravenswood, Chicago. (866) 593-4614.