Aug. 11--Shattered Globe Theatre is celebrating its 25th season this fall and has announced a slate of three shows at Theater Wit (1229 W. Belmont Ave.); more information about its 2015-16 lineup at shatteredglobe.org.
"Marvin's Room" by Scott McPherson, directed by producing artistic director Sandy Shinner (Oct. 1 -- Nov. 14): A storefront production for McPherson's play about an estranged family trying to reconcile, which premiered at the Goodman Theatre in 1990 and has since been made into a movie.
"Animals Out of Paper" by Rajiv Joseph, directed by Devon de Mayo (Jan. 14 -- Feb. 27, 2016): A reclusive origami artist is pressed into helping a troubled teenage prodigy.
"In the Heat of the Night," adapted by Matt Pelfrey from the John Ball novel, directed by Louis Contey (April 21 -- June 4, 2016): An African-American police officer is asked to help investigate a murder in a tense Southern town in 1965.