Three Sisters

This self-propelled startup company, operating in newly converted industrial space, ambitiously launches with a production of Anton Chekhov's classic script from 1900—alternately comic and melancholic, philosophical and cosmic. The lovingly mounted little show is staged on a shoestring budget, but it delivers in artistic terms, and it's a thrill to witness a successful small production of this great play. Th, F, Sa 7pm; Su 2:30pm. Through 3/16. $10-$15. Art Theater of Davis, at Third Space, 946 Olive Dr. in Davis; www.facebook.com/arttheaterofdavis; reserve tickets by email at art.theater.of.davis@gmail.com.