OPENING
THE OVERWHELMING
A writer, his wife, and their son move to Rwanda in 1994, just as the nation is about to be engulfed by genocide. From playwright J.T. Rogers (“White People’’). Oct. 30-Nov. 21. Company One. 617-933-8600, www.companyone.org.
NOW PLAYING
SPEED-THE-PLOW David Mamet’s tale of two blockbuster-obsessed movie producers and the temp who upends their moral universe. Through Nov. 7. New Repertory Theatre, Watertown. 617-923-8487, www.newrep.org. DON AUCOIN
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