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Wine Up Improv Charlotte. Local improv with a global impact. Improv Charlotte (formerly Sharazad) will perform long form and short form comedic improv games. Proceeds benefit local and international charities. For more information, visit www.improvcharlotte.org. First Friday of every month, 7 p.m. 3306 N. Davidson St., Charlotte. 704-372-2633. www.wine-up.com.
FILM
15 Short Film Festival Screening 19 films (15 minutes or less each) from 15 countries including several Tribeca, Sundance, Slamdance, and Cannes Film Festival nominations and winners. For more information, visit 15shortfilmfestival.com. $7-$10. Sun., Oct. 16, 6 p.m. The Evening Muse, 3227 N. Davidson St., Charlotte. 704-376-3737. www.theeveningmuse.com.
Attack of the Summer Film Series Outdoor screening Clash of the Titans, directed by Desmond Davis. Free. Thurs., Sept. 22. Levine Jewish Community Center, 5007 Providence Road, Charlotte. 704-366-5007. www.charlottejcc.org.
Banff Mountain Film Festival: Radical Reels Tour Screening short films documenting a variety of high energy action-packed sports. $10-$15. Sat., Sept. 10, 7 p.m. U.S. National Whitewater Center, 5000 Whitewater Center Parkway. 704-391-3900. www.usnwc.org.
Cult Movie Monday Screening Repo! The Genetic Opera, directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. Doors open at 7 p.m. Free popcorn and cash bar provided. Free. Mon., Sept. 26, 8 p.m.; Screening An American Werewolf in London. Doors open at 7 p.m. Free popcorn and a cash bar provided. Free. Mon., Oct. 31, 8 p.m. Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, 650 E. Stonewall St., Charlotte. 704-342-2251. www.actorstheatrecharlotte.org.
First Run Films Screening The Myth of the American Sleepover. $5-$7. Sept. 8-10.; Screening El Bulli: Cooking In Progress, directed by Gereon Wetzel. For more information, visit www.lightfactory.org. $5-$7. Nov. 10-12. Hodges Taylor Art Consultancy, 401 N. Tryon St., Charlotte. 704-334-3799. www.hodgestaylor.com.
Saturday Night Cine Club Charlotte Film Society screens Four Lions. A discussion after the film will be led by Jennifer Bratyanski, lecturer of history and American studies at Queens University. $5-$8. Sat., Oct. 22, 3 and 7:30 p.m.; Screening A Screaming Man (Un homme qui crie). A discussion after the film will led by Kirsten Hemmy, the Ph.D, Chair of the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Philosophy and Religion at Johnson C. Smith University. For more information, visit www.charlottefilmsociety.com. $5-$8. Sat., Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m. Theatre Charlotte, 501 Queens Road, Charlotte. 704-376-3777. www.theatrecharlotte.org.
Shakespeare At The Movies Screening Henry V as part of the Main Library's summer film series. Held in Wachovia Playhouse. Free. Sat., Sept. 10, 1:30 p.m. ImaginOn, 300 East 7th St., Charlotte. 704-416-4600. www.imaginon.org.
Modern Film Fest This year's festival will include 12 movies from around the world, in addition to a zombie walk and gala. For more information, visit www.modernfilmfest.net. $4 per movie. Fri., Sept. 30-Sun., Oct. 2. Gem Theatre, 111 West 1st St., Kannapolis. 704-932-5111. www.gem-theatre.com.
'Rockin' & Reelin' Summer Concert & Movie Series Screening the film Tangled. Free. Fri., Sept. 9, 7-10 p.m. Pineville Lake Park, 1000 Johnston Drive, Pineville.
THEATER
The Addams Family Musical comedy based on the freakish family folks came to love from The Addams Family television show. Tues., Oct. 11-13, 7:30 p.m.; Fri., Oct. 14, 8 p.m.; Sat., Oct. 15, 2 and 8 p.m.; Sun., Oct. 16, 1:30 and 7 p.m. Ovens Auditorium, 2700 E. Independence Blvd., Charlotte. 704-372-3600. www.ovensauditorium.com.
August: Osage County This Pulitzer Prize-winning play tells a humorous and entertaining tale about the Weston family of Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Written by Tracy Letts. Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m. Through Sept. 24. Carolina Actors Studio Theatre (CAST), 2424 N. Davidson St., Charlotte. 704-455-8542. www.nccast.com.
Babes in Toyland Matthews Playhouse of Performing Arts' holiday special. Mother Goose village is in danger of foreclosure, so fairy tale characters must venture to Toyland for advice from a master toy maker. $9-$10. Fri., Dec. 9, 7:30 p.m.; Sat., Dec. 10, 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Dec. 11, 2 p.m. Matthews Community Center, 100 McDowell St., Matthews. 704-846-8343. www.matthewsplayhouse.com.
Beyond Therapy An outrageous farce that tracks the lives of two troubled young psychiatrists seeking companionship in the face of jealousy and emotional insecurities. $5-$15. Oct. 26-29, 8 p.m.; Sun., Oct. 30, 2 p.m. Winthrop University's Johnson Theatre, 124 McLaurin Hall, Rock Hill. 803-323-2493. www.winthrop.edu/cvpa/theatredance/.
Chaps! A Jingle Jangle Christmas Set during Christmas in 1944. America's favorite singing cowboy Tex Riley and his troupe are late for a special holiday broadcast to all of England. In an act of desperation, a frantic young producer and Tex's tour manager grab up some folks, hand them scripts for the radio and shove them in front of an unsuspecting studio audience. Book by Jahnna Beecham & Malcolm Hillgartner; vocal arrangements by Malcolm Hillgartner & Chip Duford. Pay what you can night on Dec. 20; $24-$29 for all other shows. Dec. 14-15, 7:30 p.m.; Fri., Dec. 16, 8 p.m.; Dec. 17-18, 2:30 and 8 p.m.; Dec. 20-22, 7:30 p.m.; Fri., Dec. 23, 8 p.m. Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, 650 E. Stonewall St., Charlotte. 704-342-2251. www.actorstheatrecharlotte.org.