FRIDAY, JAN. 20

The Weird Sisters Theatre Project in Association with Synchronicity Theatre and 7 Stages presents a staged reading of “The Taming – A New Political Comedy,” by Lauren Gunderson today. A crackling modern political farce, “The Taming” takes on America’s overheated political rhetoric and upends historical truths about our founding fathers. When a conservative senatorial aid, a liberal political activist, and a very sparkly beauty queen find themselves locked in a hotel room, the political passions of these slightly insane women prove they might just be revolutionary geniuses. Inside the heightened, cheerfully absurd world of “The Taming,” Gunderson spanks America’s soundbite politics with the switch of actual history, and proves Shakespeare’s point that true debate is hot. 7 p.m., free but a $10 donation is suggested, 7 Stages, www.7stages.org ART Station presents the play “Lewis Grizzard In His Own Words,” at 8 p.m. tonight running through Jan. 22, www.artstation.org

SATURDAY, JAN. 21