Avenue Theater, 417 E. 17th Ave., presents: Murder Most Fowl, a long-running, oft-rewritten murder mystery.

Murder Most Fowl takes place backstage at the fictional Denver Consortium Theatre, where a pompous, demanding star is murdered, leaving the audience to choose the perpetrator from among a disreputable theatre producer, fuss-budget stage manager, prima donna actress and an ambitious understudy.
     Plays Sept. 14-Oct. 27, Thur., Fri. & Sat. at 7:30pm. ($20-25), plus Sept. 13 preview and Mon., Sept. 24 industry night shows ($10). Opening night show (Sept. 14) followed by catered reception and talkback. Info: avenuetheater.com, 303-321-5925.

Buntport Theater Company, 717 Lipan St., presents: Guest production of Iddo Netanyahu’s A Happy End, studying the self-delusion of an acclaimed Jewish physicist in the face of his wife’s extramarital affair and Hitler’s rise to power in 1932 Berlin, playing Thur., Fri. & Sat., 8p.m., through Sept. 16. Details/tickets: 720-946-1388,ahappyend.com.

Cherry Creek Theatre Company, at Shaver Ramsey Showroom, 2414 E. 3rd Ave., presents: Visiting Mr. Green, comedy of an elderly, retired dry cleaner nearly run over by a 29-year-old corporate executive given six months’ community service of helping the elderly, retired dry cleaner he nearly drove over, opening old wounds they each have been hiding and nursing for years. Opens Oct. 5 and plays Fri. & Sat., 7:30p.m., and Sun., 6:30p.m., through Oct. 28. Tickets ($30/$50 pair): 303-800-6578, cherrycreektheatre.org.

Curious Theatre Company, 1080 Acoma St., presents: Regional premiere of Kristoffer Diaz’s The Elaborate Entrance Of Chad Deity, a comedy of a Puerto Rican professional wrestler and his Indian-American partner reinventing their wrestling personas as Muslim fundamentalist enemies to America. Opens Sept. 1 and plays Thur.-Sat., 8p.m., and Sun., 2p.m., through Oct. 13. $18-44.
     Join local comedians and actors from Curious and Buntport Theater Company for an evening of wrestling and other smackdowns in Smackdown-Amania, Wed., Sept. 19, 7p.m. $10.
     Tickets available at curioustheatre.org or by calling 303-623-0524.

Firehouse Theater Company, at John Hand Theater, 7653 E. 1st Place, presents: Regional premiere of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Jeffrey Hatcher’s adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella, a classic tale of depravity, lust, love and horror set in the fog-bound streets of Victorian-era London, opening Fri., Oct. 5.
     Info/tickets ($20-22): 303-562-3232, firehousetheatercompany.com.

Spark Theater, 985 Santa Fe Dr., presents: Rebecca, adapted from Daphne DuMaurier’s gothic novel of a millionaire’s young bride unearthing a dark secret haunting the halls of the estate. Plays Thur., Fri. & Sat., 7:30p.m., Sept. 8-Oct. 6. (except Oct. 5), with Sunday matinee Sept. 30, and Monday industry night, Sept. 17. $10-20.
     Gothic Trio Ticket provides admission to Rebecca (Sept. 28 or 29), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at Firehouse Theater Company (Oct. 19 or 20) and An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe at the Byers-Evans House Theater (Nov. 9 or 10) for $49.
     Tickets:sparktheater.org. Info: 303-319-1342.

Spotlight Theatre Company, at John Hand Theater, 7653 E. 1st Place, presents: Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Nile, the classic tale of conspiracy and murder on a honeymoon cruise on the exotic river. Plays Fri. & Sat., 7:30p.m.; Sun., 2p.m., through Sept. 22. Info/tickets ($18-20): 720-880-8727, thisisspotlight.org.

Theatre Or and Mizel Arts and Culture Center, 350 S. Dahlia St., present: Colorado premiere of The Value of Names, Jeffrey Sweet’s story of an aging actor, blacklisted in the 1950s and unable to work for years, seeking to assuage the injustice committed by his friend who testified against him before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Plays Thur., 7:30p.m., Sat., 8p.m., and Sun., 2 p.m., Sept. 8-Oct. 14 (except Sept. 16 & 27). Preview performance ($12) Thur., Sept. 6, 7:30p.m. Post-performance talkbacks Sept. 15, 22 and Oct. 13.
     Info/tickets ($20-25): 303-316-6360, maccjcc.org.