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ATHENS COMMUNITY THEATRE – Athens Arts Center’s Sue E. Trotter Black Box Theater, 320 N. White St., Athens, Tenn. 423-745-8781, www.athensartscouncil.org. Monthly Arts on the Side is table read of one-act play, “All I Really Need To Know I Learned by Being in a Bad Play,” noon Sept. 5, with a stuffy narrator, a meeting of the Small Part Support Group and a production of “Romeo and Juliet” set in a Starbucks. Participants may read or listen; brief discussion of the play will follow. Free.
BACK ALLEY PRODUCTIONS – Mars Theatre, 117 N. Chattanooga St., LaFayette, Ga. 706-356-7437, www.bapshows.com. “Lost in Yonkers,” 8 p.m. Sept. 1-2. $15 adults, $12 students and seniors.
BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY THEATER – 2591 E. First St., Blue Ridge, Ga. 706-632-9223, www.BlueRidgeCommunityTheater.com. “One Slight Hitch,” through Sept. 3 (7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday).
BUTTONWILLOW CIVIL WAR DINNER THEATER – 1060 Main St., Whitwell, Tenn. 423-658-7478, www.buttonwillowchurch.com. “Granddaddy’s Watch,” daily lunch and dinner shows (11 a.m. and 5 p.m CT Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Sunday), by reservation only. $35 adults, $18 ages 6-12, $5 younger children (free if sharing adult’s plate).