Awake in a World that Encourages Sleep, a play by Raymond J. Barry, through Feb. 6, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 7 p.m. Sundays, $20, Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Avenue, Venice, https://www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/141520
Cyrano de Bergerac, the famous French play in verse by Edmond Rostand, directed by Rae Allen, through Feb. 5, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sunday, $20 to $25, Ruskin Group Theatre, 3000 Airport Road, 310.397.3244.
The Diviners, a play by Jim Leonard, Jr., through Feb. 20, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, $16 to $18, Theatre Palisades, 941 Temescal Canyon Drive, Pacific Palisades, 310.454.1970.
The Farmdale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery, a mystery play by David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin Jr., presented by Kentwood Players, through Feb. 19, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, $16 to $18, Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Avenue, Westchester, 310.645.5156.
Five Uneasy Pieces, a gallery of characters in a play written and produced by Todd Waring, starring Waring with Lyman Medeiros and Steve Pandis, through Feb. 27, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. Sundays, $15 to $20, Santa Monica Playhouse Main Stage, 1211 Fourth Street, 323.960.5521.
Hoboken to Hollywood, a journey through the Great American Songbook, through Feb. 27, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays, $34.75, Edgemar Center for the Arts, 2437 Main Street., 310.392.7327, www.edgemarcenter.org.
