Antony and Cleopatra

Here’s a surprise: A smart, sexy, robust staging of a rarely seen Shakespeare tragedy. Cleopatra (Grace Fae, provocatively dressed) parties by the Nile in a doomed romance with Roman political celebrity/commander Marc Antony (a buff Jimmy McCammon). The long script is semi-streamlined; it’s a big-cast spectacle. Th 7pm, F, Sa 8pm; Su 2pm on 9/9 only. Through 9/9. $15-$20. Synthetic Unlimited in the Nevada Theatre, 401 Broad St. in Nevada City; (888) 957-4697; www.syntheticunlimited.org.