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Bushwa: A Modern Ubu

n A modern, American adaption of Alfred Jarry's 1898 political satire, "Ubu Roi," about a selfish and intellectually challenged king. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Oct. 6-15. Round House Theatre and The Georgetown Theatre Company at Round House Theatre Silver Spring, 8641 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. $20. 240/644-1100.

Cabaret

n Clifford Bradshaw, a young American journalist, lands at the notorious Kit Kat Club and falls in love with English entertainer Sally Bowles in pre-World War II Berlin. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, 8 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday. Through Oct. 29. Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW. $60-$74. 202/488-3300.

An Enemy of the People

n Dr. Stockman discovers that his city's baths are contaminated and he sets out to warn the other citizens, only to have them rebuke and try to quiet him. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, 8 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Through Oct. 22. Shakespeare Theatre Company, 450 7th St. NW. $19-$76. 202/547-1122.

The Foreigner

n Two friends, Froggy and Charlie, head to the backwoods of Georgia for vacation and play a joke on the locals by introducing Charlie as a foreigner who doesn't speak any English. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday; 8 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 and 7:30p.m. Sunday. Through Oct. 22. Olney Theatre Center, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney. $34-$44. 301/924-3400.

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