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Events in August, 2024

August 2024

Tamarie's TEXAS Toast!

The Catastrophic Theatre

Tamarie's TEXAS Toast!

World Premiere, written by Tamarie Cooper & Patrick Reynolds

Tamarie and her merry band of musical maniacs are taking on the great state of Texas. 27 installments of all-new, full-scale original Tamarie Cooper musicals and there’s never been one about Texas? What? We’ve been saving it for you.

Expect huge dance numbers, massive songs, and gigantic belly laughs. Why? Because everything’s bigger in Texas, you tourist. This scorched, humid, political hornet's nest is ripe for spoofing from the collective minds of Cooper and Patrick Reynolds. Bank on douchey Austin tech bros, horny toads, the Alamo, sticker burrs, the TEA, and a certain governor, bless his heart. Plus, all the actual wonders that Texas has to offer: Tex-Mex, big hair, What-a-Burger, and the best city in the Lone Star State, H-Town, Baby! 

Tamarie's Texas Toast is both a toast and a roast of all things Texas. As always, Tamarie will be joined by a live band and a cast of Houston's funniest performers, bringing you an entirely original and completely irreverent musical bonanza. All from the bottom of Tamarie's Texas-sized heart. Read more

Melville & Hawthorne

Thunderclap Productions

Melville & Hawthorne

A John Steven Kellett Memorial Series Production – World Premiere

WORLD PREMIERE: Melville & Hawthorne follows the year and a half that authors Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne spent living near each other while Melville wrote Moby Dick (which is dedicated to Hawthorne). It is based entirely on historical fact, filling in gaps to chronicle their growing feelings for each other. The play explores racial equality, sexual liberation, social justice, freedom, and the impact of literature on political events. This production, directed by Andrew Ruthven, is the latest from Thunderclap’s award-winning John Steven Kellett Memorial Series.Read more

The Color Purple

The Garden Theatre

The Color Purple

Music and Lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray; Book by Marsha Norman

The Garden Theatre and The Sankofa Collective have joined forces to bring the beautiful story of The Color Purple to the stage. This musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel spotlights Celie, a downtrodden young woman whose personal awakening over the course of 35 years forms the arc of this epic story. With a joyous score featuring jazz, ragtime, gospel, African music and blues, The Color Purple is a story of hope, a testament to the healing power of love, and a celebration of life.Read more

Weekend Wellness Experience

The T.R.U.T.H. Project presents

Weekend Wellness Experience

1st Saturday of each month 10:00 AM
(please arrive by 9:45 PM)

These experiences are FREE to the public, donations encouraged!

GLOW UP YOGA

Focusing on Queer folx of color and allies, prepare to GLOW UP as we breathe, stretch, and elevate the spirit! 1st Saturday of the month 10:00 AM, please arrive by 9:45 AM.

M.O.V.E. with Me with Mukomi

Focusing on Queer folx of color and allies, prepare to experience M.O.V.E. with Me as you are guided through traditional African dance movement that will elevate and heal your spirit. 1st Saturday of the month at 10:00AM, please arrive by 9:45AM. This experience is free to the public, donations are encouraged!

MATCH
3400 Main Houston, TX 77002

Free to the public with registration, donations accepted.

For beginners or advanced, this experience is for you!Read more

Treasure Island

Creative Movement Practices

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson; Adapted for the Stage by Sarah Sneesby

You are cordially invited to join us on an adventure as we sail through Davy Jones' Locker to find Treasure Island! Just like Stevenson's classic tale, our production promises sword fights, pirates, mutiny, and treasure as we follow our protagonist, Jem Hawkins though a coming-of-age adventure. This show has been written for adults, and then finessed with kids in mind to create an All-Ages Family Encouraged adventure that promises to delight and entertain across the generations! Read more

The Gospel Wiz

Another Tabb Production Presents

The Gospel Wiz

Written and produced by Yvette Tabb. Back by Popular Demand for ONE NIGHT ONLY!

The Gospel Wiz is not only a stage play, it’s a ministry with a narrative of healing, redemption, and inspiration is created an expressed through the form of storytelling, dance and music. This vision was brought forth to help inspire, encourage and enlighten others in their faith base communities!Read more

Hundreds of Beavers

HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS ARE COMING TO HOUSTON!

The Friends of River Oaks Theatre brings you the Houston premiere of Hundreds of Beavers — the cult comedy hit of the 2023 film festival circuit —  for one night only, with two showtimes! In this 19th century, supernatural winter epic, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become the greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers. This madcap, delirious, beaver-action must be seen to be believed.Read more

BDEx Alice in Wonderland & BDE The Jungle Book

Experience a captivating journey through two enchanting tales brought to life through the art of world fusion dance. Bellydance Evolution presents The Jungle Book, a mesmerizing adventure through lush Indian jungles, blending diverse dance styles in a quest for harmony.

Meanwhile, Jillina's BDExperience transforms Alice in Wonderland with world fusion dance, delving into the whimsical realm of Wonderland's iconic characters. Join us for a magical fusion of storytelling and dance, promising an immersive experience celebrating the beauty of movement and imagination.Read more

Stalactites

Descend into the darkness with NobleMotion Dance as they enter their 16th with Stalactites, a mysterious new evening of dance theater at the MATCH in late August. Throughout time, the cave has been a mystical place, an opening into earth where humans have found shelter, given birth, performed rituals and burial rites, and told stories. Set in a futuristic primal society, Stalactites draws inspiration from Plato’s allegory of the cave as a response to current advances in AI technology. The theater is transformed into an industrial cave with climbable architectural structures designed by Jared Doster. The light grid is lowered into the performance space allowing light designer Bryan Ealey to shape the world as the dancers perform above the fixtures. And a new hour-long music score by Travis Lake haunts and renders beautiful a hollow world full of possibility. Stalactites is a physical and evocative evening-length performance that offers a glimpse into one possible future of human “progress.”Read more