COST OF LIVING The toll of physical?and economic struggle alike comes?into focus in the world premiere of Martyna Majok’s intriguing, impressionistic drama about two disabled people and their caretakers. Directed by Jo Bonney, with?a strong cast headed by Wendell Pierce (“The Wire,’’ Clarence Thomas in HBO’s “Confirmation’’). Through July 10. Williamstown Theatre Festival, Nikos Stage, Williamstown. 413-597-3400, www.wtfestival.org

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Rebecca Brooksher delivers a scorching performance as Maggie the Cat in Tennessee Williams’s classic drama, trying desperately to rekindle the passion of an alcoholic husband whose self-willed oblivion is so complete that he has renounced not?just Maggie but life itself. Directed by David Auburn. Through?July 16. Berkshire Theatre Group at Fitzpatrick Main Stage, Stockbridge. 413-997-4444, www.berkshiretheatregroup.org

KURIOS: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES This Cirque du Soleil show conjures an entrancing world that is equal parts steampunk fantasia, “Alice in Wonderland,’’ Federico Fellini, and Jules Verne. That world is brought to vaulting life by dozens of aerialists, acrobats, and other performers who manage to find loopholes in the laws of gravity, physics, and probability while using their bodies to deliver a geometry lesson. Through July 10. Cirque du Soleil at Big Top, Suffolk Downs, East Boston. 877-924-7783, www.cirque dusoleil.com/kurios DON AUCOIN

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