LILY JANIAK’S THEATER PICKS
“Head Over Heels”: Previews begin at the Curran for the world premiere of the Broadway-bound musical based on “The Arcadia” by Sir Philip Sidney and featuring the music of the GoGos. 8 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, April 10-13; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, April 14. Through May 6. $29-$175. Curran Theatre, 445 Geary St., S.F. (415) 358-1220. https://sfcurran.com
“The Geek Show 2: Bindlecon”: Geek culture gets a loving lampoon with Bindlestiff’s series of interconnected shorts, all set at a convention. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, April 12-14. Through April 28. $20-$25. Bindlestiff Studio, 185 Sixth St., S.F. www.bindlestiffstudio.org
“Eureka Day”: Commissioned as part of Aurora Theatre’s Originate+Generate program, Jonathan Spector’s world premiere makes a comedy of manners out of a debate over vaccines at a fictional Berkeley private school. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, April 13-14. Through May 13. $33-$65. Aurora Theatre Company, 2081 Addison St., Berkeley. (510) 843-4822. www. auroratheatre.org
“Scream Queens”: Horror devotees can quench their wayward thirsts with Lucky Penny’s production of Scott Martin’s 1998 musical revue, which is about the female characters the genre loves to kill off and the B-list actors who portray them, screeches and all. 2 p.m. Sunday, April 8; 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, April 13-14. $28-$39. Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Napa. (707) 266-6305. www.luckypenny napa.com “American Jornalero”: The staggeringly prolific Ubuntu Theater Project continues its peripatetic season with the West Coast premiere of Ed Cardona’s play tackling the inextricably linked issues of immigration and labor. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, April 13-14. Through May 6. $15-$45. 2000 Mandela Parkway, Oakland. www.ubuntutheaterproject.com