Susan Bigger

The All-Brite Laundromat at 1366 Commonwealth Avenue in Brighton, Mass., is the unusual 'theater' currently playing host to 'Third and Oak: The Laundromat,' a tautly written and tenderly moving one-act play by Marsha Norman.

Boston area theaters mount a weighty 'Orson's Shadow,' a delightful 'Souvenir' and a quietly powerful 'Grapes of Wrath'