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Don't despair if you didn't catch the magical Bi Jean Ngo when she relaunched her Theatre Confetti performance troupe at Underground Arts last week. You'll get more than a few glimpses of the Philadelphia actress when she joins the stellar cast — Kevin Bergen, Maia Desanti, Hannah Gold, Dave Johnson and, most particularly, Frank X — of Microcrisis at the Adrienne. This snarky snippet of political/financial intrigue shows off exactly what InterAct Theatre does best: present tart scripts that pit big against small, evil against good. Absurdist playwright Mike Lew and director Seth Rozin fashion a funny global game of cat and mouse amongst lenders and borrowers without a care for anyone (save the laughing-out-loud audiences). Lew is responsible for short, sharply sardonic theater pieces such as In Paris You Will Find Many Baguettes But Only One True Love and is a true new theater original.

Jan. 20-Feb. 12, $18-$40, Mainstage at The Adrienne, 2030 Sansom St., 215-568-8079, interacttheater.org.