The odd and the interesting

Let’s play the election drinking game.

Let’s play the election drinking game.

Photo courtesy of Resurrection Theatre

8 p.m. Friday, November 4, and Saturday, November 5; 2 p.m. Sunday, November 6. $15-$20. California Stage, 2509 R Street; (916) 491-0940. www.resurrectiontheatre.com.

Resurrection Theatre is staging this production of Steve Martin’s 1993 comedy Picasso at the Lapin Agile, which posits an imaginary encounter in 1904 involving Pablo Picasso, Albert Einstein and a few other odd and interesting characters in a Parisian cafe. The conversation touches on topics including painting, philosophy, physics and (of course) sex, as well as what constitutes genius and talent.