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Bug

Dirt Dogs Theatre Co.

Bug

WRITTEN BY TRACY LETTS; DIRECTED BY MALINDA L. BECKHAM & CURTIS BARBER

Agnes is a lonely waitress with a fondness for isolation. Peter is a Gulf War drifter. As an unexpected love affair develops in a seedy Oklahoma City motel room, mysterious bugs begin to take over their space. Are they simple pests or could they be the result of military experiments? The couple's fears soon escalate to paranoia, conspiracy theories, and twisted psychological motives that disrupt any attempt at normalcy. A Tracy Letts cult classic, Bug explores the darkness in the void.Read more

Another Ding-Dang Tamarie Show

The Catastrophic Theatre

Another Ding-Dang Tamarie Show

Written by Tamarie Cooper and Patrick Reynolds; Directed, choreographed, and starring Tamarie Cooper

Can you even believe that for 28 years Tamarie Cooper has created an all-new, smash-hit musical? It seems impossible, doesn’t it? Maybe that’s why everyone’s always saying, “It wouldn’t be summer in Houston without a Tamarie Cooper Show.”

How does she do it? How does she keep these gigantic casts and audiences coming back year after year? What is wrong with you all? And wait a minute… is that even the real Tamarie?

Well, we know a few things you don’t and this year Tamarie’s taking you behind-the-scenes and sharing all her secrets about how the tap-dancing sausage gets made.

Think of it as Catastrophic’s Noises Off. Or just think about it as another ding-dang Tamarie Cooper WORLD PREMIERE.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

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