LAST CHANCE * Ends This Weekend

THEATER

The Rude Guerrilla Theater Company’s production of “Rashomon,” Fay and Michael Kanin’s drama based on a brain-tickling Japanese tale examining a rape and murder from three opposing perspectives, closes Sunday at the Empire Theater, 200 N. Broadway, Santa Ana. “Director Patrick Gwaltney’s staging is a study in grace, quietly building passions. . . . It also marks the maturation of members of several young Orange County theater companies,” Robert Koehler wrote for The Times. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 2:30 p.m. Sunday. (714) 547-4688.

Neil Simon’s classic comedy “The Odd Couple,” about mismatched roommates Oscar Madison and Felix Unger, enters its final weekend at the Grove Theater Center, 12852 Main St., Garden Grove. 8 p.m. today, Friday and Saturday. 2 p.m. Sunday. $18.50-$22.50. (714) 741-9555.

The San Clemente Community Theatre production of “Monique,” Dorothy and Michael Blankfort’s tale of a harried man who resorts to murder to escape his troubles, ends Sunday at the Cabrillo Playhouse, 202 Avenida Cabrillo, San Clemente. 8 p.m. today, Friday and Saturday. 2 p.m. Sunday. $12. (949) 492-0465.

ART

Work by nationally recognized magazine illustrator Mark English is on view through Saturday at the Art Institute of Southern California, 2222 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach. Since 1965, English’s work has graced the pages of such national publications as McCall’s, Time, Sports Illustrated and Redbook. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. today and Friday. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Free. (949) 376-6000.

“A Little Vegas,” small-scale paintings by Las Vegas artists Susanne Forestieri and Robert Beckmann, closes Sunday at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, 208 N. Broadway, Santa Ana. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. daily through Sunday. Free. (714) 667-1517.

FOR CHILDREN

“You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” the musical based on the Peanuts comic strip, ends Sunday at the Santiago Canyon College Drama Lab, 8045 E. Chapman Ave., Orange. 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday. 1 and 5 p.m. Sunday. $6-$8. (714) 564-5668.