New onstage

Monstress: ACT stages two world premiere one-acts adapted from Lysley Tenorio’s stories about the Bay Area Filipino American community, Philip Kan Gotanda’s “Remember the I-Hotel” and Sean San José’s “Monstress.” In previews. Opens Thursday, Sept. 30. Through Nov. 22. ACT’s Strand Theater, 1127 Market St., S.F. (415) 749-2228. www.act-sf.org.