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Events on Sunday, October 6, 2024

Sunday, October 6, 2024

Sunday, October 6 at 10:30 AM

10:30 AM

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Houston’s one-of-a-kind shorts festival that celebrates and illuminates Latinx stories through short plays, short films, and dance. The festival will once again feature “La Vida Es Cortitos,” two morning performances to delight and excite young audiences ages 5 and up!

Following every performance, audiences will vote for their favorite short film. At the final performance, the top films will compete to win a $100 cash prize and the chance to be named “LVEC 2024 Audience Favorite Film!”Read more

Sunday, October 6 at 11:30 AM

11:30 AM

World Premier By Tazeen Zahida

Papa Où T'es? is a coming-of-age story set in Houston, Texas, following four high school friends: Ahmad, Aly, Zain, and Maaria, all second-generation Americans. They grapple with identity crises and the clash between cultural and religious expectations and their personal aspirations. How does the absence of a father impact it all?Read more

Sunday, October 6 at 2:30 PM

2:30 PM

by Mickle Maher

A group of telefundraisers attempt to raise money for an upcoming production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest , to be performed by local superhero team “The Fathom Town Enforcers.”

Things aren’t looking good at the phone bank. They haven’t raised a dime, rehearsals are a disaster, and they haven’t sold a single ticket. How far will they go to pull off this seemingly doomed-for-sure production? Why do they even want to?

And what do Shakespeare, superheroes, and fundraising have to do with each other? Well, you’ve obviously never seen a Mickle Maher play. Better get on that.

Spirits to Enforce creates a cacophonous symphony of language. A riotously funny, tender tale of memory, loss, and finding the way back home.Read more

Sunday, October 6 at 2:30 PM

2:30 PM

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Houston’s one-of-a-kind shorts festival that celebrates and illuminates Latinx stories through short plays, short films, and dance. The festival will once again feature “La Vida Es Cortitos,” two morning performances to delight and excite young audiences ages 5 and up!

Following every performance, audiences will vote for their favorite short film. At the final performance, the top films will compete to win a $100 cash prize and the chance to be named “LVEC 2024 Audience Favorite Film!”Read more

Sunday, October 6 at 3:30 PM

3:30 PM

World Premier By Tazeen Zahida

Papa Où T'es? is a coming-of-age story set in Houston, Texas, following four high school friends: Ahmad, Aly, Zain, and Maaria, all second-generation Americans. They grapple with identity crises and the clash between cultural and religious expectations and their personal aspirations. How does the absence of a father impact it all?Read more