Father figure

With Stick Fly, playwright Lydia R. Diamond uses her keen awareness of family dynamics, especially the ways in which a father can belittle or express disappointment in an offspring, to tell a story that is Shakespearean in nature: A great man is brought low by ambition and deception. James Wheatley directs an excellent cast that includes Preston Collier as the father and Tarig Elsiddig and Tory Scroggins as his sons. $8-$15; 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at Celebration Arts Theatre, 4469 D Street; (916) 455-2787; www.celebrationarts.net.