Our monthly guide to live theater in the Roanoke area. Be sure to check out the Calendar in Inside Out every Thursday for the most current information.

If you have a play to list in December, please e-mail  mike.allen@roanoke.com.  

Virginia Tech 

Play: “Othello” by William Shakespeare Venue: Squires Haymarket Theatre, Blacksburg Summary: This contemporary production of Shakespeare’s tragedy stars Tech faculty member Michael Anthony Williams and includes visual projections and a live performance by   Haitian-American artist Daniel Bernard Roumain on electric/acoustic violin.

Dates and times: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13-15 ; 2 p.m. Nov. 15 ; 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17-19

Tickets: $9; senior citizens and students $7

Note: “Made in Taiwan” by Tech alumna Michelle Krusiec will have its final shows today at 2 and 7:30 p.m. at Tech’s Theater 101. Information: 231-5615 or  uusatickets@vt.edu? ;  www.theatre.vt.edu ?

Family friendly? Both shows may not be suitable for young children.   

Logos Theatricus 

Play: “They Chose Me!” by Michael Colby and Ned Paul Ginsburg

Venues: William Fleming High School, Roanoke, and Andrew Lewis Middle School, Salem

Summary: In this unique production, 26 children and   their mentor, a 25-year-old woman who herself is an adoptee, share their stories of foster care and adoption in word, song and dance.

Dates and times: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 5, 6 and 7 (WFHS) ; 10:30 a.m. Nov. 21 (ALMS)

Tickets: $10-$12. Proceeds benefit Kids ’N Krisis and Children’s Home Society of Virginia.

Information: 774-0066, ext. 10.

Family friendly? Yes   

Hollins Theatre

Play: “Dead Man’s Cell Phone” by Susan Ruhl

Venue: Upstairs Studio Theatre, Hollins University Theatre Building, Hollins University

Summary: Lianne Jackson plays a lonely woman who takes a cellphone from a dead man and answers it — and becomes entangled in the surreal and complicated life he left behind.

Dates and times: 7:30 p.m. tonight and Nov. 4-6; 2 p.m. Nov. 7-8.

Tickets: $10, free to Hollins community

Information: 362-6517

Family friendly? Contains adult content.

Studio Roanoke

Play: “The Center,” by Ed Falco

Venue: Studio Roanoke, 30 Campbell Ave. Summary: Something terrible   has happened at a place referred to in the play only as “The Center.” Sometimes funny, sometimes not so funny, “The Center” asks the audience to step into the shadows and look around.

Dates and times: 8 p.m. Nov. 6 and 7

Tickets: $12-$15

Note: Studio Roanoke’s final performance of “Donnie and the Monsters” by Robert Gibbs is at 8 tonight

Information: 343-3054;  www.studioroanoke.org

Family friendly? Adult language and themes. “Donnie and the Monsters” recommended for 16 and older. 

Little Town Players

Play: “The Trip to Bountiful” by Horton Foote Venue: Elks National Home, Bedford Summary: Forced to live with her son and daughter-in-law in her golden years, Carrie Watts has one sustaining wish: to revisit her hometown of Bountiful, Texas, before she dies.

Times: 2 p.m. Nov. 8 and 15 ; 8 p.m. Nov. 6, 7, 13 and 14

Tickets: $10-$12. 586-5881

Family friendly? Yes 

Roanoke College

Play: “The Fantasticks” by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt

Venue: Olin Hall Theater, Roanoke College, Salem

Summary: The timeless tale of young lovers and the star-crossed path to true love.

Dates and times: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13-14 and 19-21

Tickets: $7-$10. 375-2333.

Family friendly? Yes. 

Star City Playhouse

Play: “Class Acts”

Venue: Star City Playhouse, 2914 Williamson Road, Roanoke

Summary: Performances include “I’m Not Herbert,” from “You Know I Can’t Hear You When the Water’s Running” by Robert Anderson and four scenes adapted from Gurney Norman’s “Kinfolks” by Karon Sue Semones Ferguson.

Dates and times: Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. from Nov. 27 to Dec. 20.

Tickets: $6-$10

Information: 366-0060