Skits & Improv A NEW SHOE Modern take on ...

Modern take on Cinderella w/drama club types prancing around the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center; 107 Suffolk St. (Rivington St.), 212-696-6883; Thurs. at 8, Sun. at 4, $15 [through 7/14].

FACEBOYZ OPEN MIC Bald & bisexual art-star, Faceboy, hosts weekly open mic & everyone gets a chance since there's a ten-minute time limit; Surf Reality, 172 Allen St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.), 212-330-6856 or www.surfreality.org; Sun. at 8, sign-up at 7:45, $3.

GRATUITOUS NUDITY

Perverts & first-year painters should come a-running to this series of monologues, nude & otherwise, which deal w/complex emotions brought out by nakedness; Barrio, 99 Stanton St. (betw. Ludlow & Orchard Sts.), 212-229-8319; Thurs. at 10:30, $5 & 1 drink min. [through 7/12].

IMPROVISION

Audience & cast collaborate to make next season's television hits; John Houseman Studio Theatre, 452 W. 42nd St. (betw. 9th & 10th Aves.), 212-239-4324; Thurs. at 8, Fri. & Sat. at 8 & 10, $15, $5 st.

KA-BAAM! Super heroes & their whimsical lives--hey, what is this business about Kristen Dunst playing Mary Jane in the forthcoming Spider-Man movie?; The Metropolitan Playhouse, 220 E. 4th St. (betw. Aves. A & B), 212-995-5302; Fri. at 8, $10 [through 8/24].

SQUIRREL: THE TROUBLE W/BOOTS Comics from the Upright Citizens Brigade subject audiences to one "nutty tale" after another; Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, 161 W. 22nd St. (betw. 6th & Lexington Aves.), 212-366-9176; Mon. at 9:30, $5 [through 8/27].