LaBute New Theater Festival
The opening one is British author Lexi Wolfe's delightfully wistful "Stand Up for Oneself." It's a Chekhovian romantic comedy with clipped Noel Coward-style dialogue taking place in the room of a house where a party is going on. Lucas, a 42-year-old morose music professor sits alone drinking with his cane nearby when the free-spirited 26-year-old Lila enters. There is flirtation and revelations. Sensitive…