Community theater

Community theater
TONIGHT
"Silent Night Lonely Night" by Robert Anderson isn't a religious play per se, but a story about the value of compassion. Two mature, forlorn people meet at a New England inn on Christmas Eve and exchange stories. Performed by Victorian Players at Little Theatre Off Spring Common, 702 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown. Showtime, 7:30 p.m. Additional performances, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14-16 and 2 p.m. Nov. 17. Tickets, $12 for adults, $8 for senior citizens. Information, (330) 727-8663.
FRIDAY
Don't take tissues to "Dearly Department," unless you're prone to laughing so hard that you cry. This is a comedy about the death of a family patriarch in a southern, Baptist community and how his adult children cope -- by drinking, bingeing on junk food and living out of a car. It'll take a lot of help from the community to give dear ol' Dad a proper funeral. Performed by Trumbull New Theatre, 5883 Youngstown-Warren Road, Niles. Showtime, 8 p.m. Additional performances, 8 p.m. Saturday and again Nov. 15-16, 3 p.m. Nov. 17 and 8 p.m. Nov. 22-23. Tickets, $10 adults, $8 students. Reservations, (330) 652-1103.
NOV. 14
Twenty-six YSU students have been working for weeks with actor Christopher Martin, who plays the title character in the 16th-century play "Doctor Faustus." The sometimes serious, sometimes comic story by Christopher Marlowe is about the doctor's insatiable quest for knowledge that propels him to make a deal with the devil in order to learn the secrets of black magic. Performed by YSU Theater in Ford Theater, Bliss Hall, first floor. Showtime, 8 p.m. Additional performances, 8 p.m. Nov. 15-16, 3 p.m. Nov. 17, 8 p.m. Nov. 22-23 and 3 p.m. Nov. 24. Tickets, $10 for adults, free for YSU students with valid school identification, $5 for senior citizens, YSU faculty and staff and non-YSU students. Reservations, (330) 941-3105.
NOV. 15
Ebenezer Scrooge gets his comeuppance in a new musical production of "A Christmas Carol" at Youngstown Playhouse, 600 Playhouse Lane (off Glenwood Avenue). Showtime, 8 p.m. Additional performances, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sundays and 7 p.m. select Thursdays through Dec. 14. Reservations, (330) 788-8739.