The cast of Brainpeople (Rorschach Theatre). When a woman offers two strangers $20,000 to dine with her for an evening, there’s naturally got to be a catch. But in Jose Rivera’s Brainpeople, being given a thoughtful, intimate staging by Rorschach Theatre Company, none of the cliche scenarios and hypotheticals that may have popped into the mind apply to what’s about to happen to this trio of women from disparate, if equally desperate backgrounds. Our…

FRIDAY: >> Don’t forget to check out our guide to the Six Points Music Festival as it takes over the town in its second weekend. We’re going to once again heartily recommend you head to Iota to catch Unbuckled alums Middle Distance Runner headline a show that also features Unbuckled alums These United States, plus Pittsburgh’s Black Tie Revue. Get there early — this is going to be a packed house for sure. $10, 9:30…

We all know the full moon can be a beautiful sight at night, but have you ever thought of making the moon your dance partner? In Rorschach Theater’s lovely, lyrical production of Jose Rivera’s References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot, the cripplingly lonely Gabriela (Gabriela Fernandez-Coffey) does that and more, coming perilously close to making the moon her lover while her Army husband Benito (Andrew Price) is away. It’s hard to blame her, when…