By Bob Schwarz Staff writer The Contemporary American Theater Festival, which opened in Shepherdstown on Wednesday for its annual four-week run, has added a fifth play and a third performance space this year.

By Bob Schwarz bobschwarz@wvgazette.com "Chicago" will be the first of seven touring shows that come to the Clay Center when the new Broadway in Charleston season opens Sept. 24.

By Bob Schwarz bobschwarz@wvgazette.com Professional theater returns to Cliffside Amphitheater when Theatre West Virginia opens June 10 for a season of outdoor musicals running through Aug. 24.

By Bob Schwarz IF YOU GO Charleston Stage Company performs Jane Eyre at 8 p.m. tonight, Friday, Saturday, and May 29, 30 and 31 at the Clay Center. For tickets, adults $15, senior and students $10, stop at the box office, call 561-3570 or visit www.theclaycenter.org.

By Bob Schwarz bobschwarz@wvgazette.com Harry Johns first realized something was wrong when his mother went for a short drive and couldn't find her way home. "At first we thought she had a mini-stroke," Johns recalled. Cardiovascular problems ran in the family.