Theater: “Laramie Project: Ten Years Later”

Theatrical Outfit’s impressive Our Town /The Laramie Project repertory closes Sunday, but a final treat remains. At 7 p.m. Monday, many of the same actors will do a staged reading of the sequel, The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later. Clifton Guterman again directs. As of this writing, tickets ($25) remain for the reading, a benefit for Georgia Equality. The rep is well worth your time as well. Tickets remain for Our Town at 7:30 tonight (September 26) and Sunday; tickets for The Laramie Project remain for 7:30 p.m. Friday–Saturday.

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True Colors Theatre Company wraps up playwright Dominique Morisseau’s Detroit Trilogy with Paradise Blue, a bluesy mystery that should be as sexy as it is melodic. It’s set in 1949, against a backdrop of gentrification and displacement. The cast boasts the considerable talents of Cynthia D. Barker and Enoch Armando King, among others. Through October 20. Southwest Arts Center.

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Longtime Atlanta actors Terry Burrell and Megan McFarland are the cast of The Roommate, a dark comedy by playwright Jen Silverman at Aurora Theatre. It at first seems to be an edgy, odd-couple comedy, writes ArtsATL contributor Linda Sherbert in her review, but grows into an exploration of personal transformation and emotional intimacy. In Lawrenceville. Through October 20.