2 interesting theater shows coming up

• Watch two retired nuclear physicists deal with the aftermath of a major nuclear disaster at the staged reading of Lucy Kirkwood’s “The Children” at 7 p.m. Monday at Marin Shakespeare Company’s space at 514 Fourth St. in San Rafael. The piece, put on by the Actors’ Reading Collective, will feature actors Mary Baird, Luisa Sermol and Michael Torres. Choose your ticket price. For more information and to get tickets, go to marinshakespeare.org/tickets.

• Zee Hubbard, a 15-year-old student at Marin School of the Arts, will play Nathan Lukowski in Transcendence Theatre Company’s “The Full Monty,” which runs from Friday through Aug. 20 at the Beltane Ranch at 11775 Sonoma Highway in Glen Ellen. The shows are 7 p.m. Fridays through Sundays. Tickets start at $35. For more information and to get tickets, go to BestNightEver.org.

— colleen bidwill, marin independent journal