Theater

“Mrs. Cage”: Nancy Barr’s 1990 look at suburban ennui gone lethal receives a gripping revival with Judith Weston, who originated the title role in its premiere and revisits it as though for the first time. “Mrs. Cage” studies this disparate hausfrau as closely as the man who interrogates her in relation to a grocery-store shooting, Lt. Angel (the superbly invested John Burton Jr.). On Nancy Deren’s scrim-boxed set, “Mrs. Cage” suggests a Saul Bellow nightmare visited upon early Edward Albee. Lt. Angel subtly prods Mrs. Cage to unfold the frustrations of a lifetime, as she tries to iron over how, when, where and why it all went awry.

David C. Nichols

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Ends Saturday at the Two Lights Studio Theater, 3402 Motor Ave., West Los Angeles. (310) 392-2444