Pittsburgh International Children's Theater brings its second of three shows in its family series to Seneca Valley Intermediate School on Jan. 31. "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 2 p.m. Sunday and at 10:15 a.m. Monday at the Byham Theater in Pittsburgh; at 7 p.m. Jan. 27 at Gateway High School in Monroeville; at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Jan. 28 at Pine-Richland High School in Gibsonia; at 7 p.m. Jan. 29 at Moon High School in Moon Township; and at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Jan. 30 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 Jan. 30. 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>Kean Theatre,</B> 5847 Meridian Road, Gibsonia, presents dinner theater with a twist as it hosts "My Big Fat Redneck Wedding" at 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $33 for both lunch and the interactive show. Call 724-444-5326 or visit the Web site, www.keantheatre.com. Other dinner theater shows coming up will be "Croaked at the Cookout" at 1 and 7 p.m. May 15, and "Gangsters Getaway" at 1 and 7 p.m. Oct. 30.

<B>Pittsburgh Public Theater</B> in its O'Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., will stage William Shakespeare's comic "A Midsummer Night's Dream" tonight 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>"Cats" musical</B> will have six shows starting Tuesday 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. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Jan. 28; at 8 p.m. Jan. 29; at 2 and 8 p.m. Jan. 30; and at 1 and 6:30 p.m. Jan. 31.<B>Pittsburgh Opera</B> will host Opera Up Close on Sunday for the upcoming production of "The Rape of Lucretia." The free program takes place from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the opera headquarters, 2425 Liberty Ave. in the Strip District. Tickets start at $10 for upcoming shows "Carmen" running March 20, 23, 26 and 28 and "The Marriage of Figaro" April 24, 27 and 30 and May 2.<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, is presenting "The Clockmaker," part comic love story, part murder mystery, from Saturday 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.