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THEATER:

As You Like It, Shakespeare’s romantic comedy set mostly in a forest, through September 28, 3pm Sundays, $20-$28, The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga, 310.455.3723, theatricum.com.

I Gelosi, play about Italy’s first traveling theatre troupe, presented by The Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble and the Powerhouse Theatre, through June 14, 8pm Fridays-Sundays, $20, Powerhouse Theatre, 3116 2nd St., 310.396.3680 x3.

Mamafied, a new solo comedy about pre-partum depression written and performed by Susanna Brisk, through July 27, dark July 4-6, 8:30pm Fridays-Saturdays/7:30pm Sundays, $25, previews $20, students & seniors $15, group discounts, Edgemar Center, 2437 Main St., Santa Monica, 310.399.3666, edgemarcenter.org or mamafied.com.

Musical Mystery Dinner-Shows, four plays rotate on Saturday nights: Hollywood’s Fatal Premiere, Who Killed The Radio Show, Sock Hop Reunion, Deadly Disco Cruise, 7pm, $75 per person (includes 4-course dinner, show, tax, tip), Marina del Rey Hotel, 13534 Bali Way, MDR, 310.399.1507.

Return, a new musical by Sonia Levitin and Donald McKayle, based on Levitin’s juvenile novel about the rescue of Ethiopian Jews, through July 20, 8pm Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 and 7pm Sundays, $17.99-$34.99, Edgemar Center for the Arts, 2437 Main St., 310.392.7327.

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