Theater

* “Christmas Memory” and “One Christmas”--Gretchen Oehler and Michael Tulin, above, perform a staged reading of Truman Capote’s tales of childhood at Pacific Resident Theatre in Venice.

* “Christmas in L.A.”--Zeitgeist Theatre Company presents five one-act plays exploring what Christmas is like in the entertainment capital, opening Friday at Whitmore-Lindley Theatre Center.

* “Amadeus”--Peter Shaffer’s drama about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart opens Saturday at Knightsbridge Theatre in Pasadena, running Saturdays and Sundays through Jan. 24.