OPENING AND CURRENT RUNS

ANGKOR/AMERICA
A world-premiere piece of documentary theater starting in Cambodia at Year Zero and ending in contemporary Seattle. Featuring the talents of Todd Jefferson Moore, Wayne Horvitz, and choreographer Navy Kheav. Rainier Valley Youth Theatre at Rainier Valley Cultural Center, 3515 S Alaska St. $3-$7. Wed-Sat at 8 pm. Through Aug 5.

THE BIBLE: THE COMPLETE WORD OF GOD (ABRIDGED)
Opening. "Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces!" Malachi 2:3 Second Story Repertory, 16587 NE 74th St, Redmond, 425-881-6777. $18-$24. Fri-Sat at 8:15 pm and Sun, Aug 20 at 2:15 pm. Through Aug 26.

recommended BUST
"A solo comedy wherein Lauren Weedman—an actor and former Daily Show with Jon Stewart correspondent who lives in Los Angeles—signs up as an inmate advocate in a women's jail. Her primary task is to listen, but talking is what she does best, sometimes with (brilliantly) disastrous results. At one point, Weedman jokes that she signed up 'because a women's jail is the only place where I have a shot at being the prettiest girl in the room.' Comedy is clearly one of Weedman's gifts—the other is specificity. Sometimes it's easy to forget that Weedman is a solo performer, evoking the conflicting moods of a roomful of people all by her lonesome." (Brendan Kiley) Empty Space Theatre, 901 12th Ave, 547-7500. $25-$30. Wed-Thurs at 7:30 pm and Fri-Sat at 8 pm. Through Aug 5.

DER ROSENKAVALIER
Opening. A comic opera by Richard Strauss, with some material lifted from Moliere plays. McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St, 684-7200. $49-$114. Sat, Aug 5 at 7 pm, Wed, Aug 9 at 7 pm, Sat, Aug 12 at 7 pm, Tue, Aug 15 at 7 pm, Fri, Aug 18 at 7 pm, Sun, Aug 20 at 2 pm, Wed, Aug 23 at 7 pm and Sat, Aug 26 at 7 pm.

DINNER & DREAMS
The dinner-theater extravaganza, with European-style cirque performances as garnish. Teatro ZinZanni, 2301 Sixth Ave, 802-0015. $99-$125. Wed-Sat at 6:30 pm and Sun at 5:30 pm.

DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
Opening. "The shade is mighty thin in Oklahoma/And our leading cause of death is melanoma." Paramount Theatre, 911 E Pine St, 292-2787. $18.75-$70. Fri-Sat at 8 pm, Sat at 2 pm and Sun, Aug 6 at 1 & 6:30 pm. Through Aug 12.

HEARTBREAK HOUSE
Written by George Bernard Shaw, who once said: "I often quote myself; I find it adds spice to the conversation." Directed by Jon Jory, whose spice of choice, according to a CNN interview from 2000, is Jimmy Durante. Intiman Theatre, 201 Mercer St, 269-1900. $37-$46. Fri-Sat at 8 pm, Tue, Thurs, at Sun at 7:30 pm, Sat-Sun at 2 pm and Wed at 7:30 pm. Through Aug 26.

INFINITE NOIR
See review this issue. Odd Fellows Hall, 915 E Pine St. $7. Fri-Sat at 8 pm. Through Aug 5.

LATE NITE CATECHISM
"The real point is not the adult-catechism monologue, but the script's gaps, in which Sister Aubrey Manning dispenses tissues to cover salacious displays of flesh and kitschy prizes to reward the dumbstruck targets of her improvisations." (Annie Wagner) ACT Theatre, 700 Union St, 292-7676. $24.50-$29.50. Thurs-Sat at 8 pm and Sun at 2 pm.

LOSING CONTROL: HOW I BECAME A GIRL
From the press release: "Bridget Quigg's hilarious, honest journey through flunking out of medical school, shaving her head on a whim, and realizing that losing control is her key to peace and happiness." Rendezvous, 2320 Second Ave, 441-5823. $12. Fri-Sat at 8 pm. Through Aug 12.

recommended MITZI'S ABORTION
Imagine All in the Family, but Gloria is pregnant, Archie Bunker is the mom, and Meathead is in Iraq. By local playwright Elizabeth Heffron. ACT Theatre, 700 Union St, 292-7676. $10-$54. Tue-Thurs and Sun at 7:30 pm, Fri-Sat at 8 pm and Sun at 2 pm. Through Aug 20.

REWIND 1987
"Rewind 1987 is an interactive dinner theater 'experience' that reproduces a 1987 homecoming dance, with the jock, the cute nerdy girl, the tipsy biology teacher, the pack of snotty cheerleaders, the sad punk, and the rest of the gang. (Long Duk Dong was conspicuously absent.)" (Brendan Kiley) Last Supper Club, 124 S Washington St, 748-9975. $49-$69. Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm. Through Aug 12.

ROBIN HOOD
The famous English scalawag who took up archery to overcompensate for his "Little John." Theater Schmeater at Volunteer Park, Corner of 14th Ave E and E Prospect St, 329-2629. Free. Fri at 6:30 pm and Sat-Sun at 4 pm. Through Aug 26.

THE SECRET RUTHS OF ISLAND HOUSE
"Ruth, Ruth, and Ruth are old. They inhabit the quiet, in-between spaces of the Island House retirement home." Theater Off Jackson, 409 7th Ave S, 340-1049. $8-$10. Thurs-Sat at 8 pm. Through Aug 6.

WAITING FOR BILLIE HOLIDAY
One weekend only. A solo show by writer and performer Amontaine Aurore about "city life, urban decay, and the mystery of love." Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave, 322-7030. $7-$10. Fri, Aug 4 at 8 pm and Sat, Aug 5 at 8 pm.

XXX: A NEW WORKS FEST
New stuff. This weekend: True North by High Kindergarten Performance Group, In the Kafka Colony: Surreal Scenes and Other Depictions of Struggle by Dustin Engstrom, and Once Upon a Fuckin' Time by Aaron Allshouse. Open Circle Theater, 429 Boren Ave N, 382-4250. Free. Sat-Sun at 2 pm. Through Aug 13.

Cabaret

BURLESQUE BEHIND THE PINK DOOR
Novelty acts, puppets, crooners, and old-fashioned burlesque. With Paula the Swedish Housewife. Pink Door, 1919 Post Alley, 443-3241. $10. Sat at 10:30 pm.

COLUMBIA CITY CABARET
A "saucy cabaret," hosted by Tamara the Trapeze lady. Columbia City Theatre, 4916 Rainier Ave S, 723-0088. $15. Fri at 9 pm.

ME AND MY SHADOW
Two tenors, a pianist, and a shared love pf jazz standards. Origami Girl Productions at Thumper's, 1500 E Madison, 328-3800. $10. Sun at 8 pm. Through Aug 27.

SUMMER CHAR-B-Q
A pyrotechnic circus show, with special guest Pa-Ooh-La the Swedish Housewife. Cirque de Flambé at Magnuson Park, 400 Sand Point Way NE, 684-4946. $15 adv/$20 DOS. Fri-Sun at 9:15 pm. Through Aug 6.

Late Night

LATE NIGHT WITH SATAN
"Right now, the whole experience should be titled Late Night with a Guy Who's Funnier Than Jay Leno, and that's just not enough." (Paul Constant) Wing-It Productions at Historic University Theater, 5510 University Way NE, 352-8291. www.wingitpresents.com. $5. Sat at midnite. Through Aug 28.

SPIN THE BOTTLE
One night only. Annex Theatre's monthly cabaret, featuring painting, comedy, sex, and violins. Odd Fellows Hall, 915 E Pine St. $7. Fri, Aug 4 at 11 pm.

Special Events

recommended SEATTLE SPELLING BEE
One night only. See Stranger Suggests. Re-bar, 1114 Howell St, 233-9873. $5. Mon, Aug 7 at 8 pm.