The annual return of Sgt. Rigsby and His Amazing Silhouettes is
cause for celebration. This is shadow puppetry for sinners, with
wicked, witty stories about randy preachers, merry drunks, and a
recurring character named Jenny, a singing chicken turned Parisian
whore. In this year’s show, innocent children search for their lost
pets in a cruel metropolis—but the plot is just an excuse for
Sgt. Rigsby (né Scot Augustson) to write testicle puns, an
awkward sex scene between a hippo and a bear, and a conclusion
wherein beer is the hero. (Theatre Off Jackson, 409 Seventh Ave S,
800-838-3006. 7:30 pm, $15.)

Brend an Kiley has worked as a child actor in New Orleans, as a member of the junior press corps at the 1988 Republican National Convention, and, for one happy April, as a bootlegger’s assistant in Nicaragua....