What to do with professional actors who are between gigs but eager to keep up their skills? Theatre 9/12s answer is to put them to work on ambitious new plays like this one by the companys artistic director Charles Waxberg. Inspired by Jean Giraudouxs The Madwoman of Chaillot, Oddwoman has a lovable eccentric countess and her fans challenging the powerful suits, who want to raze the historic downtown district after one of them smells oil in the tap water. This clever but uneven production runs a bit long and the plot kind of fizzles, but since admission is by donation, youre probably getting more than you paid for. MARGARET FRIEDMAN
Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 2 p.m. Starts: May 1. Continues through May 31, 2009
