Oct. 6-16: AUBURN, Community Little Theatre will perform “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast,” at Great Falls Performing Arts Center, Academy Street. $15 783-0958

Oct. 6-30: PORTLAND, Mad Horse Theatre Company will perform “Boston Marriage,” at the Portland Performing Arts-Studio Theatre. 730-2389

Oct. 7-8: PORTLAND, “Miss Saigon,” will be performed at 8 p.m. on Friday and 2 and 8 p.m. on Saturday at Portland City Hall Merrill Auditorium. $60/$40 842-0800

Oct. 7-30: PORTLAND, the Children’s Theatre of Maine will perform “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing,” at the theatre, 317 Marginal Way. Showtimes are Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. $10/$8 828-0617

Oct. 9-10: AUBURN, L-A Community Little Theatre will hold auditions for “Proof,” at 7 p.m. at Great Falls Performing Arts Center, Academy Street. 783-0958

Oct. 9: LEWISTON, “Therese: The Story of a Soul,” will be performed by Jacqueline Rez at 2 p.m. at the Franco-American Heritage Center. $7/$8 783-1585

Oct. 12: WATERVILLE, the Black Friars Stage Company will perform “Much Ado About Nothing,” at 7:30 p.m. at Colby College. $3/$2 859-4521

Oct. 13: WATERVILLE, the Black Friars Stage Company will perform “Richard III,” at 7:30 p.m. at Colby College. $3/$2 859-4521

Oct. 14, 15: FREEPORT, the murder/mystery dinner production of “Stress Can Kill,” will be performed at 6:30 p.m. at St. Jude Church Hall, Main Street. $25/$40 846-5584

Oct. 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23: LEWISTON, the Public Theatre will perform “Deathtrap,” at the theater, corner of Maple and Lisbon Streets. Show times are Thursday at 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. $16/$10 782-2211

Oct. 14: WATERVILLE, the Black Friars Stage Company will perform “Return to the Forbidden Planet,” at 7:30 p.m. at Colby College. $3/$2 859-4521