Theater
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BURIED TREASURE Sam Shepard’s “Buried Child,” which won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize, is produced by the White Horse Theater Company. Set in rural Illinois farm country, it follows a family whose repressed calm is shattered by the arrival of two estranged relatives. Cyndy Marion directs. Friday through Sunday, February 12, Tuesday-Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 3 p.m., American Theatre of Actors, 314 W. 54th St., between Eighth and Ninth avenues, 212-868-4444, $15.
IN PRAISE OF POE Poe-fest, a festival of new plays, celebrates “the spirit of Edgar Allan Poe” – from musicals to monologues. The festival features seven different programs, comprised of one to three presentations. Each evening will begin with a reading of a Poe work.Friday, 8 and 10:30 p.m., Saturday, 2, 4:30, 8, and 10:30 p.m., Sunday, 2, 4:30, and 7 p.m., Metropolitan Playhouse, 220 E. 4th St., between avenues A and B, 212-995-5302, $15 general, $10 children under 12. For a full schedule, go to www.metropolitanplayhouse.org.
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