Written by Stephen Karam, Directed by Malinda L. Beckham
A Thanksgiving dinner served with equal parts love and dread.
Thanksgiving. One apartment. Three generations. Countless disappointments.
In Stephen Karam’s The Humans , a family gathers for a holiday dinner, bringing with them decades of love, obligation, secrets, and quiet heartbreak. As the evening wears on, familiar roles begin to fracture. Parents struggle to hold on to relevance, children wrestle with uncertain futures, and partners confront the distance between the lives they imagined and the lives they are living.
With blistering honesty and dark, unsettling humor, Karam exposes the invisible tensions that simmer beneath even the closest relationships. Every conversation becomes a negotiation of loyalty. Every act of love carries the weight of expectation. What begins as a family gathering slowly transforms into a riveting portrait of people desperate to connect, even as fear, regret, and disappointment threaten to pull them apart.
Raw, intimate, and quietly devastating, The Humans is a haunting examination of what remains when the stories families tell about themselves can no longer withstand the truth.Read more
DIRT DOGS THEATRE CO.
TICKET INFORMATION
- GENERAL ADMISSION
- $35 regular
- NO LATE SEATING. Unclaimed seats will be released at show time to anyone on a standby list.
- Accessible Seating is available for wheelchair patrons or those with mobility concerns.
- Each ticket is subject to a $5 box office support fee at checkout.
- All sales are final. There are no refunds or cancellations.
- To reach the box office, call (713) 521-4533 or email boxoffice@matchouston.org.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
- Seating begins 30 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.
- This performance is suitable for age 15 and up.
- This performance has a NO LATE SEATING policy. We will be unable to seat ticketholders once the performance has begun. Please plan to arrive at least 30 minutes prior to the performance to ensure enough time to get to your seat.
- Unclaimed seats will be released at show time to anyone on a standby list.
- No food will be allowed in the theater. Food purchased from the cafe/concessions can be consumed in the lobby and breezeway before taking your seat in the theater. Drinks are allowed in the theater. No outside food or drinks are allowed on the premise.