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Spirits to Enforce

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

Assassins

The Garden Theatre

Assassins

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by John Weidman

A multiple Tony Award-winning theatrical tour-de-force, Assassins combines Sondheim's signature blend of intelligently stunning lyrics and beautiful music with a panoramic story of our nation's culture of celebrity and the violent means some will use to obtain it, embodied by America's four successful and five would-be presidential assassins. Bold, original, disturbing and alarmingly funny, Assassins is perhaps the most controversial musical ever written.

Assassins lays bare the lives of nine individuals who assassinated or tried to assassinate the President of the United States, in a one-act historical musical that explores the dark side of the American experience. From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, writers, Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman, bend the rules of time and space, taking us on a nightmarish roller coaster ride in which assassins and would-be assassins from different historical periods meet, interact and inspire each other to harrowing acts in the name of the American Dream.Read more

Cuánto vale una heladera/Mesa de Saldos/Verona

An evening of three short plays by well-know Argentine playwrights Claudia Piñeiro & Claudio Regis!

Cuánto vale una heladera (How much is a refrigerator worth): Written by Claudia Piñeiro, one of the most widely read authors in Argentina and worldwide, the work subtly addresses, through humor, the theme of reclaiming identity in a modern, globalized, and bureaucratic world.

Mesa de Saldos (Sale Table) by Claudio Regis: A man searches for books written and dedicated by hand by his deceased grandfather, whom he deeply admires. Claudio Regis easily captures our interest in participating in an intriguing everyday scene.

Verona by Claudia Piñeiro is a warm and amusing work about the complexity of love and sisterhood.Read more

Race

Dirt Dogs Theatre Co.

Race

WRITTEN BY DAVID MAMET; DIRECTED BY Malinda L. Beckman

When a prominent white businessman is charged with the sexual assault of a black woman, he employs a multicultural law firm to defend him. As the legal team examines the case, the evidence raises questions about the accused's firsthand account. How far will they go in defense of their client and the pursuit of actual justice? Race examines how truth is not always the goal when it comes to the legal system and the biases within. In fact, truth can be disruptive.Read more

Bridge in the Distance

Shabach Enterprise

Bridge in the Distance

by Clarence Holmes Jr., Directed by Roshunda Jones-Koumba

Set in Selma, Alabama in 1966, against the backdrop of the civil rights movement, the play follows a determined black man who is committed to exercising his right to vote despite numerous obstacles. His journey is fraught with challenges, but his perseverance is supported by his worried yet supportive wife. The play highlights the historical and personal struggles of African-Americans fighting for their civil rights, culminating in a powerful and emotional narrative of resilience and hope.Read more

Playhouse Creatures

Lionwoman Productions TX

Playhouse Creatures

A Regional Premiere for Houston, by April De Angelis (two-time Susan Smith Blackburn playwright finalist)

“I’m an actress. They’ve never had one of those before. I’m a novelty…. I’ve said things I never even knew I thought. And people listened.” 

Our inaugural stage production is the regional premiere of the outstanding comedy, Playhouse Creatures, about five, real-world actresses who worked in London during the Restoration, when women were first “allowed” to appear on stage. This brilliant play, written by April De Angelis (a British playwright based in the U.K.) is routinely produced across the pond (including a recent production by the New Vic Theatre), but has never been performed professionally in Texas, until now!

A laser-focused look at the opportunities and dead ends women faced in 17 th century London, with parallels and resonance for us today, in the age of Me Too and Black Lives Matter;  these characters present a glittering and sometimes gut-wrenching glimpse into the lives of ambitious, passionate, striving women, navigating the highs and lows of the society and time into which they’ve been “plopped.” A work of raucous humor and unapologetic emotion that presumes no one is a villain, Playhouse Creatures invites us to widen our lens on how we view women.Read more

Moriatry's Daughters

Main Street Theater

Moriatry's Daughters

A Main Street Theater Rehearsal & Performance Project

In 1897 New York City, Lucy and Louise Bullard are trying their best to live a quiet life, untouched by the legacy of their father Adam Worth, an internationally infamous conman and art thief whose exploits inspired the character of Moriarty in the Sherlock Holmes stories. However, upon discovering that their father has a third daughter, kept in the care of their aunt, and that the aunt in question has just been falsely accused of an elaborate crime, the girls cannot help but be drawn into the mystery. Add in their nosy landlady, her snarky, sneaky daughter, and the local chapter of the Sherlock Holmes Appreciation Society, and it’s a recipe for problems, plots, and escapades more convoluted than anything Arthur Conan Doyle…or Adam Worth himself…could conjure!Read more

The Other Side Story

Cabanillas & Sorondo Productions in conjunction with Colectiva Feminista Colibri

The Other Side Story

a One - Man Show Written and Performed by Angel Vazquez. The history of the Puerto Rican people in the USA

Sixto llega a Nueva York en marzo del 2020 para atender unos asuntos familiares. El último miembro de una familia puertorriqueña ha fallecido. Su única referencia sobre los puertorriqueños en Nueva York es West Side Story, así que Sixto ya tiene una opinión preconcebida de ellos. Lo que él no sabe es que este apartamento fue la Embajada puertorriqueña no oficial en los años 20. Está a punto de descubrir unas historias brutales. Una vez cruce esa puerta, su vida cambiará para siempre. Y la tuya también.

Presentado en español con subtítulos en inglés.

Sixto arrives in New York City in March 2020 to take care of family business. The last member of a Puerto Rican family has passed on. His only reference about Puerto Ricans in New York is the West Side Story. Therefore, Sixto has a preconceived opinion of them. What he does not know is that this apartment was the unofficial Puerto Rican Embassy during the 1920’s. He is about to discover some amazing stories. Once he enters that door, his life will be forever changed. And yours will too. 

Performed in Spanish with English subtitles. Read more

Love Bomb

The Catastrophic Theatre

Love Bomb

World Premiere by Brian Jucha and The Catastrophic ensemble

What’s Love Bomb about anyway? Let’s say it’s about “taxi dancers.” Even if it isn’t. So, what’s a taxi dancer? Early last century, taxi dancers attended dance halls, being paid in exchange for a single dance, maybe paid again for another, maybe paid once more for…? There will be music, that’s all we’re saying. Oh, and that there’s nothing people won’t do to find love. The rest is going to have to remain a surprise and you can bet it will be.

Catastrophic is a “make-your-own-meaning” theatre and nobody exemplifies that ethic better than Brian Jucha, who employs found text, pop culture, music, and intensive ensemble work to mystify, surprise, and enthrall audiences in ways they’d never imagined possible. 

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