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Events on Friday, October 22, 2021

Friday, October 22, 2021

Friday, October 22 at 8:00 PM

8:00 PM

Chapman Dance presents SANCTUARY an evening of dance featuring new works and repertory favorites such as "Exquisite Corpse” (2013), "Laughing Heart" (2016), and "Stop Copying Me" (2018). "Don’t Touch My Planet” (2020) leads a trio of new dances. Sprinkled with short dance films produced in 2021, SANCTUARY offers the Yin and Yang of Chapman's love for explosive and contemplative movement. This project is funded in part by the city of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, and the University of Houston.Read more

Friday, October 22, 2021 at 8:00 PM

8:00 PM

by Lauren Gunderson, Directed by Curtis Barber

Four badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, female-powered comedy set during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror.

Playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle hang out, murder Marat, and try to beat back the extremist insanity in 1793 Paris. This grand and dream-tweaked comedy is about violence and legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisters, and how we actually go about changing the world.Read more

Friday, October 22 at 8:00 PM

8:00 PM

By Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine

Into the Woods follows a Baker and his wife, who wish to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King's Festival; Little Red Riding Hood, who wishes to find her grandmother's house; and Jack (of Jack and the Beanstalk fame), who wishes his cow would give milk. When the Baker and his wife learn that they cannot have a child because of a Witch's curse, the two set off on a journey to break the curse. Everyone's wish is granted, but the consequences of their actions return to haunt them later with disastrous results.Read more