LILY JANIAK’S THEATER PICKS
Thunderbodies: Cutting Ball’s Variety Pack, a two-week festival of experimental works, presents Kate Tarker’s play about a new couple who plan their divorce instead of getting married. 7 p.m. Monday-Tuesday, Feb. 5-6. Festival runs through Feb. 13. $15. Exit on Taylor, 277 Taylor St., S.F. (415) 525-1205. http://cuttingball.com
Book of Mormon: The Mormon missionaries of the Tonywinning Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone musical ring San Francisco’s doorbell to sing “Hello!” once more. 8 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, Feb. 6-9; 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10; 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11. Through March 4. $60-$214, subject to change. SHN’s Orpheum Theatre, 1192 Market St., S.F. (888) 746-1799. www.shnsf.com
Non-Player Character: Part of San Francisco Playhouse’s Sandbox Series of minimally staged world premieres, Walt McGough’s play is inspired by Gamergate, following a woman at war with Internet trolls. 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, Feb. 7-10. Through March 3. $30. Creativity Theater, 221 Fourth St., S.F. (415) 677-9596. www.sfplayhouse.org
Sweeney Todd: San Jose Stage Company’s 35th season continues with the Hugh Wheeler and Stephen Sondheim musical about a barber with a vengeance plot to give one customer the closest shave he’ll ever receive. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, Feb. 7-8; 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Feb. 9-10; 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11. Through March 18. $30-$65. San Jose Stage Company, 490 S. First St., San Jose. (408) 283-7142. www.thestage.org
HeLa: If you missed last year’s TheatreFirst production of Lauren Gunderson and Geetha Reddy’s play about Henrietta Lacks (a black woman whose cells led to scientific breakthroughs after her death), Women of Words is giving the drama a second local production, directed by Terrence Ivory. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 8-10; 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11. $5-$22. Campbell Theater, 636 Ward St., Martinez. https://womenofwords.brownpapertickets.com