friday/13
“Awake and Sing!” Comedy-drama about a three-generation Jewish family in the Bronx during the Depression. At Louis B. Mayer Theatre, Santa Clara University, 925 Franklin St., Santa Clara. 8 p.m. Also Nov. 14. $5-15. www.scupresents.org
thursday/19
“Handle With Care.” Play about an Israeli woman and an American Jewish man who meet under bizarre circumstances in a Virginia motel on Christmas Eve. Through Dec. 20. At City Lights Theater Company, 529 S. Second St., San Jose. 8 p.m. Prices vary. www.cltc.org