“The Giver”

“The Giver,” a dramatic work that will keep you thinking, will play at Olympia Family Theatre.

[The Midnight Sun Performance Space, through June 10, 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, plus 7 p.m. June 7, $7-$18, 113 N. Columbia St., Olympia. 360.705.4239, olyft.org]

“Hairspray!”

The national touring production of the Seattle original “Hairspray!” will be rolling through town for two shows just in time for the movie to come out later this summer. The play follows the story of 16-year old Tracy Turnblad as she dreams dreams larger than her hair in the rocking 1960s Baltimore.

[Washington Center, May 26 3 and 8 p.m., $23.50-$65, 512 Washington St. S.E., Olympia, 360.753.8586]