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And Awaaaay We Go To Wonderland! a musical based on fairy tales, through September 28, Saturdays-Sundays 12:30 and 3pm, $10.50-$12.50, Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., 310.394.9779 x2.

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.

Family Fundays, children’s plays and storytelling, Sundays through November 2, 11am, $8, The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga, 310.455.3723.

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, a Theatre Palisades production of a long-running off-Broadway show, through July 20, 8pm Fridays-Saturdays, 2pm Sundays, $18-$22, Theatre Palisades’ Pierson Playhouse, 941 Temescal Canyon Dr., PP, 310.454.1970.

Macbeth, Shakespeare’s classic tragedy of an overly ambitious warlord, 8pm Saturdays through June, 4pm Saturdays in July, 7:30pm Sunday June 29, $8-$28, Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga, 310.455.3723.

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, opening night gala $50, students & seniors $15, group discounts, Edgemar Center, 2437 Main St., Santa Monica, 310.399.3666, edgemarcenter.org or mamafied.com.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, lovers and fairies in Shakespeare’s classic comedy, 4pm Saturdays, $8-$28, Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga, 310.455.3723.

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.

Unbeatable Harold, a play about a young man with big dreams, by Randy Noojin, directed by John Ruskin, through August 3, 8pm Fridays-Saturdays, 2pm Sundays, Ruskin Group Theatre, 3000 Airport Ave., 310.397.3244.

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