Theater calendar for the week of January 8

Informed Consent In this thought-provoking new play, an ambitious geneticist is hired to study diabetes in an isolated Native American tribe. Her ethics and methods are questioned as her research threatens to destroy the tribe’s beliefs and sacred traditions. Opens Saturday and continues through Jan. 31. Performances are 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday with 3 p.m. matinees Sunday. Tickets are $54-$64 ($20 for students). Gulfshore Playhouse in The Norris Center, 755 Eighth Ave., downtown Naples. 261-7529 or gulfshoreplayhouse.org