PALOMAR COLLEGE PRESENTS ‘RENT’
Palomar College Performing Arts presents Jonathan Larson’s musical inspired by Puccini’s opera “La bohème,” re-set in AIDS-plagued 1990s New York. Opens today and runs through March 19. Showtimes 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Howard Brubeck Theatre, Palomar College, 1140 W. Mission Road, San Marcos. (760) 214-9109, palomar.edu/palomarperforms “Slowgirl”: OnStage Playhouse presents Greg Pierce’s mysterious drama about a teenage girl who flees her reclusive uncle’s home in the Costa Rican jungle to escape the aftermath of a horrific accident. Opens today and runs through April 2. Showtimes 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Through April 2. 291 Third Ave., Chula Vista. $15-$25. onstageplayhouse.org
“Godless Sheathen”: Drag performer Flamy Grant presents her one-woman show of music ministry, stories, songs and shenanigans. 7 p.m. Saturday. Point Loma Playhouse, 3035 Talbot St., San Diego. $20 at the door. pointlomaplayhouse.com
The Old Globe presents the final weekend of this world premiere play by José Cruz González about family, life, death and baseball. 8 p.m. today; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday. The Old Globe, 1363 Old Globe Way, Balboa Park. $33 and up. (619) 234-5623, theoldglobe.org
“gUnTOPIA”: The Roustabouts Theatre Co. presents the world premiere of Will Cooper’s dark satire on America’s obsession with guns, set in a 1950s-era time when gun ownership is universal and shooting deaths are an everyday thing. Preview at 8 p.m. Thursday. Opens March 17 and runs through April 2. Showtimes 8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Moxie Theatre, 6663 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego. $45. (619) 568-5800, theroustabouts.org
“Lucky Stiff”: Oceanside Theatre Company presents this musical about a man who can inherit his late uncle’s fortune only if he takes his corpse on a gambling vacation to Monte Carlo. 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Through March 19. Brooks Theatre, 217 N. Coast Highway, Oceanside. $20-$50. (760) 433-8900, oceansidetheatre.org
“The Marvelous Wonderettes”: The Theatre at Welk presents Roger Bean’s revue about four female high school song leaders in 1958 forced to perform at their prom, where comedy ensues.
1 and 7 p.m. Saturdays; 1 p.m. Sundays. Through March 26. 8860 Lawrence Welk Drive, Escondido. $62. tickets.thewelksandiego.com