Fri., May 17, 8 p.m., Sat., May 18, 8 p.m., Sun., May 19, 2:30 p.m., Wed., May 22, 7:30 p.m., Thu., May 23, 7:30 p.m., Fri., May 24, 7:30 & 11 p.m., Sat., May 25, 8 p.m., Sun., May 26, 2:30 p.m., Wed., May 29, 7:30 p.m., Thu., May 30, 7:30 p.m., Fri., May 31, 8 p.m., Sat., June 1, 8 p.m. and Sun., June 2, 2:30 p.m.

Theatre Charlotte  - Elizabeth

Price: $25-$27 The part-puppet, part-human comedic musical follows college grad Princeton to his new shabby N.Y.C. apartment in Avenue Q, where he and his new friends struggle to find dates, jobs and purpose in life.

Thu., May 9, 8 p.m., Fri., May 10, 8 p.m., Sat., May 11, 8 p.m., Thu., May 16, 8 p.m., Fri., May 17, 8 p.m., Sat., May 18, 8 p.m., Thu., May 23, 8 p.m., Fri., May 24, 8 p.m., Sat., May 25, 8 p.m., Sun., May 26, 2:30 p.m., Thu., May 30, 8 p.m., Fri., May 31, 8 p.m., Sat., June 1, 8 p.m. and Sun., June 2, 2:30 p.m.

Carolina Actors Studio Theatre (CAST)  - NoDa

Price: $18-$28 Playwright David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play about a troubled you woman who must balance the tasks of taking care of her ailing father, a brilliant mathematician. Upon her father’s death she faces the task of being confronted by her father’s former student and an estranged sister that causes her to question her own sanity.

Tue., May 28, 8 p.m., Wed., May 29, 7:30 p.m., Thu., May 30, 7:30 p.m., Fri., May 31, 8 p.m., Sat., June 1, 2 & 8 p.m. and Sun., June 2, 1:30 & 7 p.m.

Belk Theater  - Uptown

Price: $20 and up The musical drama with impressive life-sized and human operated puppet horses. It follows a storyline about a boy who embarks on a quest to bring his beloved horse back from the frontline of war.