The Silver Spring Penguin

Get ready for an onslaught of crazy Brooklynites, people. And I’m not talking about me and my boys from Bay Ridge. I’m talking Neil Simon characters, real wackos.

Here’s what’s shaking this weekend:

Thursday

7:00 p.m. Nothing tops last weekend’s Marine Corp marathon like a free 4- to 7-mile fun run through Silver Spring. Feel the burn, starting at Pacers (8535 Fenton St).

8:00 p.m. The premiere production of “redshirts” continues its run at the Round House Theatre (8641 Colesville Rd). Tickets are $40 to $45.

Friday

7:10 p.m. Kyi May Kaung leads a discussion on Uzodinma Iweala’s 2005 novel “Beasts of No Nation”, a coming-of-age tale set in a war-torn west African country. The deep thoughts are free and go down at Kefa Cafe’s Space 7:10 (963 Bonifant St).

7:30 p.m. Montgomery Blair High School (51 University Blvd E) presents Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors”. Tickets are $6 ($4 for students and seniors).

8:00 p.m. The premiere production of “redshirts” continues its run at the Round House Theatre (8641 Colesville Rd). Tickets are $40 to $45.

8:00 p.m. Neil Simon’s “Broadway Bound” opens at the Silver Spring Stage (10145 Colesville Rd). Tickets run between $13 and $18.

Saturday

3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. The premiere production of “redshirts” continues its run at the Round House Theatre (8641 Colesville Rd). Tickets are $40 to $45.

7:30 p.m. Montgomery Blair High School (51 University Blvd E) presents Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors”. Tickets are $6 ($4 for students and seniors).

8:00 p.m. Neil Simon’s “Broadway Bound” opens at the Silver Spring Stage (10145 Colesville Rd). Tickets run between $13 and $18.

Sunday

3:00 p.m. The premiere production of “redshirts” continues its run at the Round House Theatre (8641 Colesville Rd). Tickets are $40 to $45.

Photo: Neil Edgell for the Silver Spring Stage.

Updated Nov 1, 2007, at 4:00 p.m.