On a dark and desolate snowy night, successful romance novelist, Paul, crashes his car into a snowbank and is rescued by his “number one fan,” Annie, who brings the unconscious Paul back to her isolated home. While Paul recovers, Annie reads an unpublished manuscript of his latest novel and becomes distraught when she learns that the author has killed off her favorite character, Misery Chastain. Holding him hostage, Annie forces Paul to write a new novel where Misery survives, and he wonders if Annie has any intention of ever letting him go. When loneliness confuses fictional characters for beloved friends, and passion leads to distortion, can either of them survive the misery? Read more

Illiterate yet affable, Bobby Reyburn loves to do impressions and watch soap operas. He’s also a member of the Aryan nation sitting on death row, convicted of an unimaginable hate crime. John Brennan is an articulate, well-educated convict and editor of the prison newspaper, The Death Row Advocate. Following executions, John publishes obituaries that tell the stories of the executed but never mentions the crimes committed. John's writing draws national attention and the interest of a journalist who wants to do a story about him. As each awaits his final fate under the watchful eye of their female guard, they confront, comfort, and change each other. Inspired by the story of a real-life Texas death row inmate, Coyote on a Fence explores the questions: Can one be redeemed in the final hours of life? Is everyone redeemable even if they aren’t seeking redemption?Read more

When the large Weston family unexpectedly reunites after patriarch Dad up and disappears, their Oklahoman family homestead explodes in a maelstrom of repressed truths and unsettling secrets. A vanished father, a pill-popping mother, and three sisters harboring shady little secrets becomes a mixture of brutal honesty and hurtful truth as old wounds reopen and new ones form. Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for best play that same year, August: Osage County examines how people function within dysfunction.Read more

Three playwrights from three Houston area high schools premiere their one-act plays at the 2022 Dirt Dogs Theatre Co. Student Playwright Festival: 

Stay Sunny by Pearl Reagler, directed by Curtis Barber: Four teenagers join a group phone call to try and make sense of a mysterious impending disaster.

Absquatulate: To leave without saying goodbye. by Alexandra Askew, directed by Holly Vogt Wilkison: A family struggling with the unexpected loss of one of their own must learn how to live with each other as their dynamics shift and tensions rise while they grieve.

Hand Me Downs by Kaleigh Medlow, directed by E.J.: The journey of three generations of Black women is explored as the women hand down a blouse from daughter to daughter, while simultaneously handing down generational trauma and tendencies.Read more

Greed with a dash of love is the simple story in Puccini's masterful comic one act opera, Gianni Schicchi. It's 1923, during the heart of Prohibition when bootleggers become mob bosses and everyone in "the family" wants their cut. Imagine what might have happened before and after Puccini’s La Bohème. Enjoy two delightfully silly accounts of
our favorite bohemians in Michael Remson's Mimì's Perfect Day and Andrew Schneider's Happy Endings.Read more

***This discussion focuses on you***

Join The T.R.U.T.H. Project Inc. for an important COMMUNITY DIALOGUE focused on Mental Health & Wellness within the Queer Communities of Color. Our goal is to not only define and address the stigma associated with Mental Health, but to provide a space to continue defining our narrative within our communities.

Engage in a panal discussion with both professionals and community members as we discuss taking claim of our lives!

Moderated by Kevin Anderson

This event is free to the public. Read more

Urban Souls presents Dancing with the Houston Stars: Couple Editions. This is event is Urban Souls' annual fundraising participants put on their dancing shoes and fundraise for Urban Souls yearly programming for the community.Read more

Wine and cheese, burgers and fries, ice cream and cake are traditional pairings in the food world. Now throw in the dill pickle—definitely a spare. Bill, our artistic director, has created a concert of pieces in which some work together as a pair, but he then adds the dill pickle, a piece that stands alone.Read more

Come travel the world with us through jazz, ballet, hip hop, contemporary, and flamenco dancing. The Academy is excited to be able to showcase the talents of both their recreational classes and award winning competitive dance team. Started in the Spring 2020, Athena Dance has offered comprehensive dance programs for students of all ages and levels. Here, dedicated, enthusiastic and professional teachers hailing from allover the world—from various language and culture backgrounds— are fully committed to students’ dance training and development. Under the ownership and direction of Athena Anwar, who has thirty years of extensive dance training and performance experience, the school and staff are committed to empowering diverse students through arts and strive to support each student in their dance journey.Read more