JUST DESERTS Misha Shulman directs “Desert Sunrise,” a play about a chance encounter between an Israeli soldier and a Palestinian man in a desert wadi south of Hebron. The cast includes Aubrey Levy, Haythem Noor, and Alice Borman. Through Sunday, October 23, Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m., (9 p.m. on Thursday, October 13), Sunday, 3 p.m., Theatre for the New City, 155 First Ave., between 9th and 10th streets, 212-254-1109, $15.

OCD ON STAGE Playwright Rolin Jones presents “The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow,” about an Asian-American 20-something who cleans her room obsessively and is afraid to leave her house. Instead, she builds a robot to replace her on a trip to China. Jackson Gay directs. Through Saturday, today-Friday, 8 p.m., Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m., Atlantic Theater Company, 336 W. 20th St., between Eighth and Ninth avenues, 212-645-8015, $50.

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