Butler Little Theatre is presenting "Almost, Maine" through Saturday at the theater at One Howard St. In the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine, this play explores the mysteries of the human heart. Tickets cost $10 and are available by calling 724-287-6781 weeknights from 7 to 9 p.m. and during performances. Curtain is at 7:30 p.m. today and at 8:15 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Pittsburgh International Children's Theater brings its second of three shows in its family series to Seneca Valley Intermediate School on Sunday. "Pigeon Party!" starring the pigeon of Mo Willems' books fame will be staged by the United Kingdom's Big Wooden Horse Theatre Company at 2 p.m. Performances are also scheduled at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. today at Pine-Richland High School in Gibsonia; at 7 p.m. Friday at Moon High School in Moon Township; and at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday at Keystone Oaks High School in Mount Lebanon. Single tickets are $9.50 in advance or $11 at the door. Call 412-456-6666 or visit www.pgharts.org.

Comtra Theatre, Route 19 in Cranberry Township, is presenting the comedy "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" through Saturday. Curtain is at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Admission is $12 for plays and $15 for musicals. Box office opens at 6:45 p.m. the day of the show. Call 724-773-9896.

<B>"Cats" musical</B> will have shows at 7:30 p.m. today, at 8 p.m. Friday; at 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday; and at 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave. Tickets range from $21 to $53 and are available by calling 412-456-6666 or online at pgharts.org.<B>Pittsburgh Opera</B> will host Benjamin Britten's "The Rape of Lucretia" at 8 p.m. Saturday, at 7 p.m. Feb. 2, at 8 p.m. Feb. 5 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 7 at CAPA Theater, Ninth Street and Fort Duquesne Boulevard. The two-hour performance, including one 20 minute intermission, will be sung in English with English titles projected above the stage. Tickets are $45. Call 412-456-6666.<B>Pittsburgh Public Theater</B> in the O'Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., is staging William Shakespeare's comic "A Midsummer Night's Dream" through Feb. 21. Tickets range from $35 to $55; students and those age 26 and younger pay $15. Call 412-316-1600 or visit www.ppt.org.<B>"In the Heights,"</B> winner of four 2008 Tony Awards and the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, comes to the Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., for six shows from Feb. 2 to 7. Tickets range from $22 to $66 and are available by calling 412-456-6666 or online at www.pgharts.org.<B>CLO Cabaret</B> is presenting "Forever Plaid" through March 28 at the CLO Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave. "The Plaids" is the story of a 1950s all-male singing group. Tickets are $39.50 for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings, $44.50 for Saturday evenings, and $34.50 for matinees. Call 412-456-6666.<B>City Theatre</B>, 1300 Bingham St. on the South Side, will present "The Clockmaker," part comic love story, part murder mystery, through Feb. 14. When Frieda takes her husband's beloved cuckoo clock to be repaired, a madcap race against time to solve a mysterious puzzle ensues. Tickets range from $23 to $48. Call 412-431-2489 or visit the Web site, CityTheatreCompany.org.