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With ‘Diary of a Madman,’ Lowbrow Opera Collective humanizes society’s scorn for mental illness in a compelling 45-minute opera. It runs through November 21 at 18th & Union. 

Earlier this year, the rock band Always Naked released an album called “Sex Sells,” along with a music video starring two Seattle-area theatre artists. With next week’s arrival of their third full-length album, the band finally gets to throw a release party. They play the High Dive on November 27.

A big wave of openings awaits this week, with some new works and a whole bunch of Christmas shows (from Olympia to Marysville).

An up-and-coming Kenmore theatre company wants your cake recipes ahead of its upcoming production; and the long-running Cupcake Reading Series wants your new play scripts. Both have deadlines next weekend.