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Space Mission #5379: Saving Rachel Nevada (Feb. 13-23). There have been no alien sightings in Rachel, Nevada for two whole years, which means trouble for its 50 townspeople. When the Coates family moves in, they are enlisted by the town kids to help stage an alien sighting to save their new home. Little do they know that the actual aliens of Area 51 have a plan of their own. This original play won the East Valley Children’s Theatre’s 2019 Playwriting Contest. 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 4 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. $15. Mesa Arts Center, 1 E. Main St., Mesa. 480-644-6500 or mesaartscenter.com