Theater briefs
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'Four Dogs and a Bone'
The deal: The first play in Linda Lavin's Red Barn Studio that doesn't star Linda Lavin, this dark comedy about the film industry by John Patrick Shanley ('Doubt,' 'Moonstruck') stars one of the town's top actors in Jon Stafford and is helmed by Mike O'Neil, a director whose touch with his last few local projects ('Reefer Madness,' 'Doubt,' 'Urinetown') has been golden.
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When: 8 p.m. Wednesday-March 15, 19-22 and 26-29, 3 p.m. March 16, 23 and 30
Where: Red Barn Studio, 1122 S. Third St., Wilmington
Tickets: $25, $32 for students and seniors
Details: 762-0955
The deal: The 1973 Broadway classic by Mark Medoff is about a small town terrorized by a drug-dealing Vietnam vet when he takes the inhabitants of a diner hostage.
When: 8 p.m. Wednesday-March 15 and 19-22, 3 p.m. March 16 and 23
Where: Thalian Hall studio theater, 310 Chestnut St.
Tickets: $15
Details: 343-3664, www.thalianhall.com or www.operahousetheatrecompany.net.
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