5 Things You Need to Know Today: Teen Writing Workshop with Sarah Maclean, Free Comedy, Q Train Work Continues, More

1. You need a show. How about  ? It's a musical about a traveling troupe of performers from a new religious sect who create a tent-meeting style ‘passion play’ about the world's origins. American Can Factory, 232 3rd St., in Park Slope. 8pm and 10pm. $11.

2. You need a good laugh. Tonight there's the  at Postmark Cafe, featuring the funny and clean  stand-up and sketch comedy hosted by Luke Thayer and Abbi Crutchfield. This week is an all-female line-up with Arden Myrin (Chelsea Lately), Nikki Glaser, Jennifer Grant, and Ladybits co-founders Abbi Crutchfield and Jen Dziura.Postmark Cafe, 326 6th St., bet. 4th and 5th avenues, 8 p.m. Free.

3. Your teen needs a literary agent. If she or he is into creative writing, let her or him know about the  today with New York Times bestselling Young Adult fiction author Sarah Maclean. , 267 7th Ave., 5-8 p.m., Free.

4. You need to get the kids out of the house. It's supposed to be sunny all day today, so head to the for a visit with , , , and more. Plus catch the Sea Lion Feeding  at 11:30 a.m., 2:00 p.m., & 4:00 p.m., Free with admission. Or see our f.

5. You need to know if your train is running, and if you have to move your car. Bad news on both counts. Alternate side won't be suspended again (barring a late-season snow storm) until Passover on April 19-20, according to theNYC DOT. And the late-night work on the Q Train continues this weekend, meaning from that from 12:15 a.m. to 6 a.m. Sat., 7 a.m. Sun and 5 a.m. Mon, Q trains only go from Coney Island to Atlantic. There you trudge to Pacific and take the N. Also the Q will only run every 30 minutes during those periods, according to the MTA. Still, better than the last three weekends, when there was no Q for Prospect Heights at all.