4 interesting plays coming up in Marin

• Actors’ Reading Collective performs a reading of Susan Ferrara’s “Buzz,” a play about pioneering theater director Buzz Goodbody, at 7 tonight at the Marin Shakespeare Company at 514 Fourth St. in San Rafael. Admission is $25 to $100. Go to marinshakespeare.org.

• Fairfax Theatre Company performs Fairfax resident Sam M. Parry’s “Nora’s Ghost — Or Let There Be Life!” from Sept. 6 through 21 at the Fairfax Pavilion at 142 Bolinas Road in Fairfax. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturdays. Admission is free. Go to fairfaxtheatrecompany.com.

• Ross Valley Players’ production of “Crossing Delancey,” Susan Sandler’s play about unexpected love, opens with a preview performance at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 12 at the Barn Theater at the Marin Art and Garden Center at 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. in Ross. The show runs through Oct. 13; 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Admission to the preview performance is $20; all other dates are $20 to $35. Go to rossvalleyplayers.com.

• Novato Theater Company’s production of “Nunsense,” a musical comedy about five nuns trying to host a fundraiser, opens with a preview performance at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 12 at 5420 Nave Drive in Novato. The show runs through Oct. 6; 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Admission to the preview performance is $20; all other dates are $25 to $35. Go to novatotheatercompany.org.