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El Sueño de las Mariposas

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El Sueño de las Mariposas

Dramaturgas: Sandra Franzen; Directora: Georgina Palencia

“El Sueño de las Mariposas”
Una historia luminosa y desgarradora que revive la vida de las hermanas Mirabal, mujeres valientes que desafiaron la tiranía con la fuerza de sus sueños y la delicadeza de sus ideales. Entre risas, bailes y confesiones, descubrirás cómo el amor, la libertad y la dignidad pueden florecer incluso en los tiempos más oscuros. Acompáñanos a recorrer este viaje de memorias, donde cada mariposa alza su vuelo para recordarnos que la libertad siempre es posible.

“The Dream of the Butterflies”
A luminous and moving story that brings to life the legacy of the Mirabal sisters, brave women who stood against tyranny with the power of their dreams and the grace of their ideals. Through laughter, dances, and heartfelt confessions, you’ll witness how love, freedom, and dignity can bloom even in the darkest times. Join us on this journey of memories, where every butterfly takes flight to remind us that freedom is always possible.Read more

El Corazón del Incauto

Teatro Loft

El Corazón del Incauto

Dramaturgas: Sandra Franzen & Patricia Suárez; Directora: Georgina Palencia

"El corazón del incauto" es un drama poético y punzante que se sumerge en lo más profundo del deseo, la identidad y el sacrificio. En un rincón rural de la Argentina de los años '20, una pareja campesina teje sueños de familia y redención, mientras la verdad se abre paso como una herida imposible de suturar. Lo que comienza como un anhelo de amor y pertenencia se transforma en una danza entre la ternura y la traición, donde cada puntada en un vestido revela los hilos ocultos de lo prohibido. Una historia conmovedora que late con el pulso de quienes se atreven a amar más allá de las normas.

"The Heart of the Gullible" is a poetic and piercing drama that plunges into the depths of desire, identity, and sacrifice. Set in rural Argentina in the 1920s, a farming couple weaves dreams of family and redemption, while truth emerges like a wound too deep to mend. What begins as a yearning for love and belonging transforms into a dance between tenderness and betrayal, where each stitch in a dress unveils forbidden threads. A moving tale that beats with the pulse of those brave enough to love beyond the rules.

Dramaturgas: Sandra Franzen & Patricia Suárez
Directora: Georgina Palencia
Elenco: Esteban Gago, Viviana Belmonte y Gerónimo Acevedo

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I Am the Blues

New Era Theatre

I Am the Blues

World Premiere, a beautiful romantic comedy written by Donna Holloway and Directed by John-Michael Manley

I Am the Blues, is a captivating romantic comedy written by Donna Holloway. Developed for the New Era Theatre Company, this play tells the story of Alora Anwar, a woman who aspires to become famous for her poetry. Alora faces the difficult decision between pursuing marriage or dedicating her life to achieving recognition as the greatest poet ever to live.Read more

Nuestra Señora de las Nubes

Teatro Loft

Nuestra Señora de las Nubes

Dramaturgo: Arístides Vargas; Directora: Georgina Palencia

“Nuestra Señora de las Nubes”
Una travesía mágica entre la memoria y el olvido, donde los exiliados inventan sus patrias y los recuerdos son la única tierra posible. En este pueblo suspendido en el aire, las casas tiemblan de soledad, las flores brotan en las ramas secas de la nostalgia y los corazones laten al ritmo de amores imposibles.

A través de diálogos cargados de humor, ternura y dolor, descubrirás que en la absurda belleza de lo cotidiano habitan las más grandes verdades. Ven a sumergirte en esta fábula sobre el exilio, la identidad y el eterno deseo de volver a un lugar que tal vez… nunca existió.

“Nuestra Señora de las Nubes” (Our Lady of the Clouds)
A magical journey between memory and forgetting, where exiles reinvent their homelands and memories become the only land they can stand on. In this village suspended in the air, houses tremble with loneliness, flowers bloom on the dry branches of nostalgia, and hearts beat to the rhythm of impossible loves.

Through dialogues filled with humor, tenderness, and sorrow, you will discover that within the absurd beauty of everyday life lie the deepest truths. Step into this poetic fable about exile, identity, and the eternal longing to return to a place that perhaps… never really existed.

The play is performed in Spanish, but English subtitles will be available.Read more

While Childhood Slept

The Garden Theatre

While Childhood Slept

Book and Lyrics by Sharon Lands Sheppard; Music and Additional Lyrics by Jo Ellen Hubert

While Childhood Slept is a heart-wrenching original musical that follows the true story of the boys of Home Number One in the Nazi concentration camp, Terezin. The children create a secret republic within the camp, publishing their own magazine of art, poetry, and short stories called Vedem. A visit from The Red Cross presents the opportunity to disguise their magazine as a secret message and a means of escape. While Childhood Slept is a story of bravery, determination, and hope with a promise that we will never forget the past and will never allow history to repeat itself.

While Childhood Slept returns after The Garden Theatre's workshop production in 2022, which was produced in partnership with Holocaust Museum Houston, who will return once again as a partner for this production. While Childhood Slept premiered in 1999 in Houston, TX. From there it received an off-Broadway reading, and its finale number, We Will Not Forget, was featured in the documentary Paperclips. In 2005, a revised version with new songs was performed once again in Houston. The Garden Theatre's production in 2022 was the first time the piece had been performed since 2005.Read more

The Chosen Ones

Thunderclap Productions

The Chosen Ones

A world premiere musical by Aaron Alon, presented as part of the John Steven Kellett Memorial Series

The Chosen Ones is a new musical by Aaron Alon about a group of LGBTQ+ teens in a conversion therapy camp. This world premiere is presented as part of our John Steven Kellett Memorial Series of works relating to LGBTQ+ equity. Directed and choreographed by Aisha Ussery, with music direction by Phillip D. Hall.

Learn more at:
https://thunderclapproductions.com/thechosenones/

Thunderclap Productions is funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance.Read more

Dancing Lessons

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With the success of Playhouse Creatures, Lionwoman Productions TX’s next production is Dancing Lessons, by acclaimed playwright Mark St. Germain and directed by Lionwoman’s founder, Michelle Britton.

Dancing Lessons is a delightful comedy about a man on the spectrum, and his methodical and dogged pursuit of dance lessons with a teacher who is shut down and can’t let go of what she might have been. Through wit, tenderness, and moments of profound discovery, Dancing Lessons explores themes of acceptance, empathy, and finding joy in life’s unexpected turns.Read more

A Salem Witch Trial

Kevo

A Salem Witch Trial

Inspired by the historical horrors of Salem, a supposed witch is to be trialed, as told by Kevo

Kevo presents a comedic take on the Salem witch trials, with a twisted series of horrific events. Two town pastors have convinced the town that a witch is indeed real -- or is she? Inspired by actual events, the Salem witch trials are apart of what has shaped this country, and what better way to reiterate the story than in theater?Read more

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