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You like your comedy darkly sinister or screwball or lighthearted?

Whatever. There's something on Albuquerque stages for you this fall.

There's drama from modern American master David Mamet and adaptions of works by literary greats Washington Irving, O. Henry and William Golding.

There are plays for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

No matter what your taste or mood, you can likely find something to satisfy it in a theater near you.

Here's a look at Albuquerque's plays of autumn.

Adobe Theater, 9813 Fourth St. N.W., 898-9222.

"Body Burden," now playing, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, through Oct. 7, $10-$12.

Santa Fe playwright Dale Dunn's play is set in the present but unfolds against the backdrop of decades-old atomic research in Los Alamos.

"Mornings at Seven," 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 19-Nov. 11, $10-$12.

Paul Osborn's domestic comedy about four sisters in small-town America in the years before World War II.

"The Gift of the Magi," 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, Nov. 30-Dec. 16, $10-$12.

Musical adaptation of the classic O. Henry Christmas story about the true spirit of giving.

Albuquerque Little Theater, 224 San Pasquale Ave. S.W., 242-4750.

"Living Out," now playing, 8 p.m. today and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, $18-$22.

Lisa Loomer's biting comedy explores immigration issues in a story about U.S. moms and Salvadoran nannies.

"Bunnicula," 7:30 p.m. Fridays, 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, Oct. 12-28, $10.

Part of ALT's Family Theater Series for kids and their parents. A dancing cat and a howling dog investigate the possibility of a vampire bunny.

"It's a Wonderful Life," 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 7 p.m. Sundays, Nov. 30-Dec. 23, $18-$22.

Stage adaptation of Frank Capra's much-loved Christmas movie about a man, his guardian angel and the effect we all have on those around us.

Box Performance Space, 1025 Lomas Blvd. N.W., 404-1578.

Duke City Improv Festival," 7 p.m. Sept.28-29, 6 p.m. Sept. 30, $5.

"An Evening of Struggle by Ryan Jason Cook," 8 p.m. Oct.4-6, 2 and 6 p.m. Oct.7, $7.

Short plays about falling in and out of love and dealing with loss and the consequences of choices.

"Mimi and the Ghosts" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 4 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 12-28, and 7 p.m. Oct. 31, $8.

A Halloween season double bill featuring plays about a little girl in a haunted house and an adaptation of the classic Washington Irving story.

"The Aristocats Kids," 7 p.m. Fridays, 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, Nov. 9-25, $10.

A feline adventure involving capnapping and hep, jazzy music.

Desert Rose Playhouse, 6921 Montgomery Blvd. N.E., 881-0503.

Seventy Scenes of Halloween," 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 4 p.m. Sundays, Oct.19-Nov. 4, $12.

Jeffery M. Jones' bizarre comedy about a blissful suburban home that teeters on the brink of horror when trick-or-treaters come knocking.

Fusion Theater Company, the Cell, 700 First St. N.W., 766-9412.

"The Lieutenant of Inishmore," 7 p.m. Oct. 25 and then 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 2 p.m Sundays Oct. 26-Nov. 18, $20-$25.

Martin McDonagh's darkly sinister comedy about a National Liberation Army enforcer's vengeful quest to find the killer of his cat.

North Fourth Theater, 4904 Fourth St. N.W., 345-2872.

"Oresteia: Live," now playing, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, through Sept. 30, $10-$15.

All three plays of the "Oresteia" cycle, written by the ancient Greek Aeschylus, performed in an hour as part of a 1940s radio show.

"Lord of the Flies," 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 12-28, $11.

Stage adaptation of William Golding's novel about boys deteriorating into barbarism when fate dumps them into untamed environs.

"Epic Family Epic," 8 p.m. Nov. 2-3, $10-$15.

Presented as part of North Fourth's Out of the Ordinary Festival, this is playwright Ain Gordon's comic presentation of a surreal family holiday dinner in which kinfolk miscommunicate in two languages - American Sign Language and English.

Sol Arts Performance Space, 712 Central Ave. S.E., 244-0049.

"The Tickler," now playing, 8 p.m. today and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, $10-$12.

New Mexico playwright Jessica Clark's story about an overworked New York City media agent whose filing error has disastrous consequences. With music by Clark's mom, Susan.

"The Stories of Cesar Chavez," 8 p.m. Sept. 28-29, 2 p.m. Sept. 30, $10-$12.

California playwright Fred Blanco's look at the civil rights leader who made sacrifices and took risks to bring social justice to migrant farmworkers and to sow his philosophy of peace and hope.

Teatro Nuevo Mexico, performing at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 Fourth St. S.W., 724-4771.

"El Barbero de Sevilla," 8 p.m. Sept. 28-29, $20-$35 ($5 NHCC member discount).

Spanish operetta takes a lighthearted look at the backstage shenanigans in a provincial production of Rossini's famous opera. Performed in Spanish with English subtitles.

University of New Mexico theater department, Rodey Theater or Theater X, UNM's Center for the Arts, 925-5858 or go to www.unmtickets.com.

"The Water Engine," 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28-29 and Oct. 4-6, 2 p.m. Sept. 30, $8-$15 (Rodey).

David Mamet's comic noir thriller in which one man's dreams are pitted against big business.

"The House of Yes," 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25-27 and Nov. 7-9, 6 p.m. Oct. 28, $7-$10 (Theater X).

Wendy McLeod's dark comedy about a hurricane, Thanksgiving dinner and a house consumed by violence, incest and a weird obsession with the Jack Kennedy assassination.

"Seascapes With Shark and Dancer," 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1, 2, 3, 8, 10 and 6 p.m. Nov. 4, $7-$10 (Theater X).

Don Nigro's offbeat love story about a young man who pulls a young woman out of the ocean and into his life.

"Zanna, Don't," 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Nov. 16-Dec. 1, 2 p.m. Sundays, Nov. 18-Dec. 2, $10-$20 (Rodey).

A hip, musical fairy tale set in Heartsville, USA, where gay is the norm and daring young souls "come out" as heterosexuals. New Mexico premiere of an off-Broadway hit with a high-octane score.

Vortex Theater, 2004 Central Ave. S.E. (Buena Vista Drive, just south of Central), 247-8600.

"Bug," now playing, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 6 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 30, $12.

Tracy Letts' play about lost, tortured souls cooped up in a shabby Oklahoma City motel room with bedbugs and paranoia.

"American Buffalo," 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 6 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 12-Nov. 4, $12.

David Mamet's story of three men - friends, scumbags and thieves - who plan a robbery and foil themselves.

"A Tuna Christmas," 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 6 p.m. Sundays, Nov. 23-Dec. 23, $12.

It's 24 hours before Christmas in Tuna, the third smallest town in Texas, and all comic hell is about to break loose in a local production of "A Christmas Carol" and in a mysteriously menaced yard-decorating contest.