"Defacing Michael Jackson"

Playwright and Opa-Locka native Aurin Squire’s latest play explores a coming-of-age story of sexual discovery set in his own hardscrabble Miami neighborhood circa 1984. The play is about an age of innocence, or perhaps innocence lost: The title subject reigns over popular culture, and he may as well be a deity to a group of young Opa-Locka locals aspiring to be the “gloved one.” But it’s also a time of incipient gentrification and drug trafficking, and Squire’s play captures a moment in history that continues to resonate. $46.50–$76.50