• The musical theater class of Novato’s Good Shepherd Lutheran School performs “Mary Poppins Jr.” at 5 p.m. Thursday, 6 p.m. Friday and noon and 4 p.m. Saturday at Marin Center’s Showcase Theater at 20 Avenue of the Flags in San Rafael. Admission is $19. For more information and to buy tickets, visit tickets.marincenter.org.

• “Raise Our Voices,” a fundraiser for the Throckmorton Theatre’s youth theater programs, is at 8 p.m. Saturday at 142 Throckmorton Ave. in Mill Valley. It will feature live performances, a silent auction, raffle prizes and desserts. Admission is $150 to $250. For more information and to buy tickets, go to throckmortontheatre.org.

• The Marin Chinese Cultural Association’s lion dancers perform as part of San Rafael’s Lunar New Year festivities at 6:30 p.m. this weekend and Feb. 15 and 16 at Yet Wah at 1238 Fourth St. in San Rafael. Admission is free. Go to downtownsanrafael.org.

• Marin Theatre’s production of Harley Granville-Barker’s “Waste” opens with a preview performance at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6 at 397 Miller Ave. in Mill Valley. Preview performances run from Feb. 6 through 9; the show continues through March 2. A mask-required performance is at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19. Admission is $10 to $47 for preview performances; $10 to $85 for other performances. For more information, to buy tickets and for a complete list of times and dates, visit marintheatre.org.