July theater calendar

Our monthly guide to live theater in and around the Roanoke Valley.

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 August, please email mike.allen@roanoke.com.

Play: "Sister Amnesia's Country Western Nunsense Jamboree," by Dan Goggin

Venue: D. Geraldine Lawson Performing Arts Center, 7490 Roanoke Road, Fincastle

Summary: A sequel to Goggin's popular "Nunsense," in which the zany nuns go on the road performing country music.

Dates and times: 7:30 p.m. July 25-26; 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. July 27;

7:30 p.m. Aug. 1-2; 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Aug. 3; 7:30 p.m. Aug. 8-9; 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Aug. 10

Tickets: $15; children 18 and under, $12

Information: 473-1001; atticproductions.info

Family friendly? Yes

Play: "The Taming of the Shrew," by William Shakespeare

Summary: Shakespeare's time-honored comedy about a sharp-tongued woman and her determined suitor.

Venue: Chateau Morrisette, Floyd

Dates and times: 2 p.m. Sunday

Tickets: $12; students $8

Information: 757-472-5722; openairshakespearenrv.com; Open Air Shakespeare NRV on Facebook

Family friendly? Yes

Play: "Black Comedy," by Peter Shaffer

Venue: Star City Playhouse, Metropolitan Community Church of the Blue Ridge, 806 Jamison Ave. S.E., Roanoke

Summary: A 1965 farce that takes place during a blackout - the characters are in the dark, but the audience can see everything that's happening.

Dates and times: 2 p.m. today; 7 p.m. Friday; 2 p.m. Saturday andJuly 14

Tickets: $12; seniors and students, $8

Information: 366-1446; Star City Playhouse on Facebook

Family friendly? Mild bawdy humor

Play: "Once Upon a Mattress," by Mary Rodgers, Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller and Marshall Barer

Venue: Showtimers Community Theatre, 2067 McVitty Road, Roanoke

Summary: A musical comedy based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea."

Dates and times: 8 p.m. July 18-20; 2 p.m. July 21; 8 p.m. July 25-27; 2 p.m. July 28; 8 p.m. Aug. 1-3; 2 p.m. Aug. 4

Tickets: $15; ages 18 and under, $5

Information: 774-2660; Showtimers.org

Family friendly? Yes

Play: "To the New Girl From the Former Mrs. ___________: Sound Advice for My Husband's New Wife or Mistress," by Samantha Macher

Venue: Bower Center for the Arts,
305 N. Bridge St., Bedford

Summary: Ten monologues from 10 jilted women from different walks of life. Proceeds from this revival of the final play performed at Studio Roanoke, featuring the same cast of 10 actresses, benefit Bedford Domestic Violence Services.

Dates and times: 7:30 p.m. Saturday

Tickets: $15; at the door, $20

Information: tothenewgirl.brownpapertickets.com

Family friendly? Adult themes and language

Performance: "Loose Threads"

Venue: Theatre 101, 200 College Ave., Blacksburg

Summary: The Web Women of the New River Valley share stories, poems and music about the losses that aging brings and the artistic gains that come from them. Part of the Summer Arts Festival

Dates and times: 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 2 p.m. July 14; 7:30 p.m. July 19-20; 2 p.m. July 21

Tickets: Free. Reservations required.

Information: 231-5921; 808-6504; loosethreads.eventbrite.com

Family friendly? Mature themes

Weather Journal

4 hours ago

1. 41-vehicle wreck ties up traffic Sunday on I-81 in Rockbridge County 

2. Virginia Tech football roster has holes on picture day

3. Medicare penalties hit hospitals in Roanoke, New River Valleys

4. Microfestivus beer event gets downtown Roanoke hopping 

5. McFarling: 2 little numbers are a big hurdle for Virginia Tech football 

6. DAN CASEY: Copter cost still stirring up dust

7. Arrest made in case of missing Nelson County teen

8. Roanoke farmers markets making local foods more accessible

9. Virginia attorney general's office grows under Ken Cuccinelli 

10. Man's drowning is 5th in Lynchburg area