Theater

* “Refugees”--Stephanie Satie, above, drawing on her experiences in teaching English to adult immigrants, meditates on political and cultural persecution in her solo show at Bitter Truth Theatre.

* “Crooks”--A down-and-out couple kidnap a businessman who they think holds the secret to success in a dark comedy opening tonight at the Tiffany Theater in West Hollywood.

* “Scuttlebutt!”--Bill Birch’s new comedy about a TV talk-show celebrity hunting for talent in a narrow-minded, small Mississippi town opens tonight at the Zephyr Theatre on Melrose Avenue.