The Actors Group

Honolulu's off-off-off Broadway little theater, at Yellow Brick Studio, 624 Keawe St., Kaka'ako. Showtimes: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, 4 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $10. 591-7999.

• "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)," a comedy by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield, Sept. 18 through

Oct. 13. Here's a hoot of a look at The Bard, as if he were written by the Monty Python team and performed by the cast of Saturday Night Live. The fun's the thing, after all. Directed by Devon Leigh.

• "A Need for Brussels Sprouts," by Murray Schisgal, and "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You," by Christopher Durang, Nov. 13 through Dec. 8. An evening of one-acts about some of modern life's deepest mysteries: those green little cabbages and Catholic school nuns. Directed by Peter Clark and Brad Powell.

• "Art," a comedy by Yasmina Reza, Feb. 5 through March 2. Is art in the eye of beholder? When is it valuable, and when is it trash? Three friends contemplate the vagaries of art and arrive at some thought-provoking conclusions. Directed by Dave Donnelly.

• "The Weir," a drama by Conor McPherson, April 16 through May 11. A rural bar in Ireland is the setting for this Dublin delight about souls who swap spooky tales. Directed by Dave Donnelly.

• "On Golden Pond," a drama by Ernest Thompson, June 25 through July 20. Ethel and Norman Thayer return to their summer home on Golden Pond for their 45th year; they are visited by their divorced, middle-aged daughter and her dentist fiance, leaving his teenage son behind for the summer. The boy becomes a "grandchild" for the elderly couple.