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EDITOR’S NOTE
Variety of productions slated for Circle Festival 2025
Circle Festival 2025 will present 12 new productions through Oct. 19 at AMT Theater (354 West 45th St.). The lineup includes family dramas (Sunbreak, by Jonathan Goetzman; Packed, by Elise Wilkes), dark comedies (Don’t Push the Red Button, by Zachary Mailhot; Late Night Cabaret, by Ariella Carmel) and movement and multimedia productions (Enmeshment, by Caity Ladda; Lodestone, by Constance Lake). For tickets and more information, visit rjtheatrecompany.com. —Edward Karam
August Strindberg Repertory Theatre, in residence at Theater for the New City, will present the English-language premiere of Strindberg’s only comedy, First Warning, translated and directed by Robert Greer. The show runs from October 2 to 12 at Theater for the New City (155 First Ave., at E 10th St.), with performances Thursday through Sunday. First Warning shows Strindberg, best known for the unflinching naturalism of The Father and Miss Julie, in a lighter, farcical mode. The run time is 45 minutes. For tickets and more information, visit strindbergrep.com. —Colin Macdonald
“You don’t need to be better. I like how you are.” In a story about a trans child, this line is something one might hear from the parents of that child, as they learn to adjust and accept. But in Caroline, trans playwright Preston Max Allen defies expectations for a story about a trans child. It is the trans child in Caroline who speaks this line to her mother, an eight-years-sober alcoholic talking about her recovery.