Snow Falling on Cedars

A courtroom drama set during World War II, this play is adapted from David Guterson’s prize-winning novel of the same title. Director and adapter Kevin McKeon uses flashes of inventive situational humor to balance the heavy social content, which involves an ill-fated interracial affair, the internment of Americans of Japanese heritage and a murder trial. Th 7pm, F 8pm, Sa 2 & 8pm. Through 4/10. $15-$25. Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra at the Nevada Theatre, 401 Broad St. in Nevada City; (530) 273-6362; www.catsweb.org.