Love haunted houses but wish they had a plot? Join the action of these immersive performances instead.
To celebrate the centennial of Mary Shelley’s classic novel, four theater companies are putting their own spin on Frankenstein. Two are currently running through November: Remy Bumppo presents Shelley’s classic from the creature’s perspective (and Nick Sandys and Greg Matthew Anderson alternate in the roles of the doctor and the monster), while Lifeline Theatre turns Frankenstein Freudian and female. Frankenstein Through 11/17: Thu-Sat 7:30 PM, Sun 2:30 PM; also Wed 10/24, 10/31, and 11/14, 7:30 PM; and Sat 10/20, 11/3, and 11/17, 7:30 PM, Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont, 773-975-8150, remybumppo.org, $37.75-$62.75. Frankenstein Through 11/11: Thu-Fri 7:30 PM, Sat 4 and 8 PM, Sun 4 PM, Lifeline Theatre, 6912 N. Glenwood, 773-761-4477, lifelinetheatre.com, $40, $30 senior,s $30 students.
Not enough dancing zombies? Check out You’ve Got Red on You, the musical adaptation of Shaun of the Dead, about a man coasting through life . . . until the dead rise outside his pub. Through 11/3: Thu-Fri and Sun 8 PM, Chief O’Neill’s Irish Pub, 3471 N. Elston, cowardlyscarecrow.com, $24.50.
