Critics’ Choice

* Anna Christie (Pacific Resident Theatre, 703-707 Venice Blvd., Venice, [310] 822-8392). Paula Malcomson, above, (double cast with Lesley Fera) plays Anna, an antiheroine who resorts to prostitution after a lifetime of abuse and abandonment in Eugene O’Neill’s classic drama. Timothy Murphy, at left, (who shares his role with Matt McKenzie) plays a sailor who wants to marry Anna, but must learn the unpleasant details of her past. Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 3 p.m. Ends May 5. $20-$23.50.