Stage Checklist: ‘King Lear’ At UConn; BLACK GIRL At Wesleyan

Scottish actors know all about heath and hard-blowing winds. It’s Graeme Malcolm who endures the elements and compares his children to serpents’ teeth in Connecticut Repertory Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s “King Lear,” which runs Oct. 6 to 16 at the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre, 2132 Hillside Road, on the University of Connecticut campus in Storrs. Raphael Nash Thompson plays Gloucester, and UConn acting students fill out the rest of the cast. Tickets cost $30, $25 for seniors, $7 for students and children. 860-486-4226. crt.uconn.edu

BLACK GIRL, In Capital Letters

The Connecticut premiere of “BLACK GIRL — Linguistic Play” by Camille A. Brown & Dancers is at Wesleyan Center for the Arts’ CFA Theater, 283 Washington Terrace, Middletown, at 8 p.m. Oct. 7.

The show uses “African-American dance vernacular” — Double Dutch rhymes, tap, Juba and more — to illuminate the issues of young black women in America. The dance piece, choreographed by Brown, features live music by Scott Patterson and Tracy Wormworth. (Wormworth is legendary for playing the bass riff on the classic holiday song “Christmas Rapping” by The Waitresses.) $28, $26 for seniors and students. 860-685-3355, wesleyan.edu/cfa.

Seraglian Klingons

Salt Marsh Opera sees a connection between the 230-year-old Mozart opera “Die Entführung aus dem Serail” (“The Abduction from the Seraglio”) and the 50-year-old science-fiction series “Star Trek.”

The adaptation of “The Abduction” is by Josh Shaw and sung in English. Salt Marsh Opera Artistic Director Simon Holt says that “no substantial knowledge of either opera or ‘Star Trek’ is required.”

“The Abduction from the Seraglio” beams down to the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, 300 Main St., Old Saybrook on Oct. 7 and 8 at 7 p.m.; and Oct. 9 at 3 p.m. ($55-$65; 877-503-1286, thekate.org), then plays the Pequot Museum Auditorium, 110 Pequot Trail, Mashantucket) Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. and Oct. 16 at 3 p.m. ($50, $60 “with wine”; 860-535-0753, saltmarshopera.org.)

Mark Your Calendars

The next show in the Yale Rep’s “No Boundaries” series will be the U.S. premiere of “Goldfish,” performed by the Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak Dance Company, Oct. 28 and 29 at 1120 Chapel St., New Haven.

The show is described as “an intimate journey into the imaginary” in which “the eroding routine of life turns sweet and rich.” If that sounds vague, a promotional video on YouTube reveals the show to be a sort of live silent movie, infused with modern dance and contemporary clowning techniques, about a couple eating and getting dressed. The Pinto troupe brought the larger-cast show “Oyster” to New Haven’s International Festival in 2002. Tickets for “Goldfish” are $50, $25 for students. Information is at 203-432-1234, yalerep.org.