Arts & Events

--Inspired by Little Red Riding Hood to follow its main character "from girlhood to wolf hood," movement theater specialists Ragged Wing Ensemble's new play--and their first full-length production in their new performance space, The Flight Deck, 1540 Broadway in downtown Oakland between the 12th and 19th Street BART stations--was co-written by Ragged Wing co-founder and artistic director Amy Sass with noted playwright Anthony Clarvoe, opening this weekend. October 17-November 8, Fridays at 8, Saturdays at 2 and 8, Sundays at 7. $25-$40 (limited number of student/senior rush tickets available at the door a half amour before curtain). http://www.enetbrite.com/e/ragged-wing-ensemble-presents-redwolf-tickets-12968207257 

--Golden Thread Productions, which was the first theater company in the States dedicated to plays from and about the Middle East, is presenting 'Mahmoud,' a one-woman show that won Best of Fringe at the New York and Toronto festivals in 2012, co-written by Tara Grammy--who performs it--and Tom Arthur Davis, who directs, the story of three immigrants in Toronto, "an aging Iranian engineer-cum-taxi driver [who hasn't seen Iran for over 25 years], a fabulously gay Spaniard and a young Iranian-Canadian girl [who flies to Tehran frequently]," as Julio Martinez of Arts in La describes it, all trying to get through the grind of a big metropolitan city. 

Thursdays through Saturdays at 8, Sundays at 3, October 16-26, at the Thick House, 1695-18th Street near Connecticut Street, on Potrero Hill, San Francisco. $25; Student-Senior-TBA: $20 (-or $35 two-play pass, if combined with Golden Thread's presentation of 'Dear Armen' by Kamee Abrahamian and lee williams boudakian, on stage at the Thick House Thursdays through Saturdays at 8, Sundays at 3, October 30-November 9.) golden thread.org