With Election Day closing in, do you find yourself desperately in need a little comedy? Local theater groups are providing the laughs.

One production actually pokes fun at this election, with characters Ronald Rump from the "Tighty Righty" party facing off against Stillary Rodman from the "Lefty Loosey" party. The show, "Electile Dysfunction Can Be Fatal," written by Anna Maria Trusky, is a murder mystery spoof. There's a buffet dinner as part of the 2 p.m. show Sunday at the Yantic River Inn, 270 West Town St., Yantic. Tickets are $40, and reservations are required by noon; call (860) 887-4300.

Chelsea Players are performing a comic murder mystery titled "The Green Room" written by Emily Dykes. An actor in a Sherlock Holmes play turns up dead, and every member of the cast has a motive to have killed him. Sunday's show is at 3 p.m. at the United Congregational Church Hall, 87 Broadway, Norwich. Tickets are $12; call (860) 887-7289 for more information.

Groton Regional Theatre is staging the musical comedy "Little Shop of Horrors," with a 2 p.m. matinee at the Groton Senior Center, 102 Route 117. Tickets are $25; visit grotontheatre.org for more information.

Granite Theatre in Westerly is offering "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown," presenting the musical comedy at 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $25, $22 seniors, $15 children; (401) 596-2341.