Theater

“White People”--Matt Kirkwood, above, is a despairing college professor in J.T. Rogers’ darkly comic exploration of race and language playing at Road Theatre in North Hollywood.

* “Never the Same Rhyme Twice”--Rooster Mitchell’s comedy about four upscale con women in a remote cabin opens Friday at Angels Theatre in Silver Lake.

* “Nora”--Ingmar Bergman’s version of Ibsen’s “A Doll House,” about a young wife’s decision to leave her husband, continues until June 21 at the Mandell Weiss Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse.