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New Jerusalem

Stage West, Fort Worth, (817) 784-9378

Debates about the nature of God “are not inherently entertaining,” said the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. But while David Ives’s play about the philosopher Baruch Spinoza explores “some of the largest questions that can be examined,” director Jerry Russell’s “superb” ensemble keeps the emotional intensity high.

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A Number

BackStage Theatre Co., Chicago, (312) 772-2782

Caryl Churchill’s play uses the possibility of human cloning as a “lens for viewing parent-child relations,” said Time Out Chicago. Tony Bozzuto excels at playing three different people with the same DNA, and Patrick Blashill “is nicely understated” as a failed dad who wants to “scrap it and start over again.”

Future Motive Power

Old Mint, San Francisco, (415) 967-1574

The Mugwumpin troupe has turned the life of Nikola Tesla into a “loopy, partly surreal” piece of experimental theater, said the San Francisco Examiner. As Tesla, Christopher W. White tinkers obsessively with alternating electric current while rival Thomas Edison explores a second path. White “ably projects” his character’s “messianic zeal.”