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AUSTIN SCOTTISH RITE THEATER

207 W 18th St., Austin, TX 78701
Austin, TX 78701
‭1 (512) 890-9923‬

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About the Theatre

The Archive Theater’s mission is to breathe new life into Classical Theater and Literature of the 16th through the 20th centuries. We create new translations and adaptations of beloved stories to make them more accessible to contemporary audiences. We develop exquisitely detailed, extensively researched, and historically informed productions that provide visual context and understanding for the stories we tell to our audience in Austin, Texas.  


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B. Iden Payne Awards 2023-24 Nominees Revealed - See the Full List


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 25, 2024

Join the B. Iden Payne Awards Council at the Austin Scottish Rite Theatre to honor excellence in Austin theatre, recognizing achievements across various genres. Learn how to attend....

Review: THE THREE MUSKETEERS at Archive Theater And Austin Scottish Rite Theater


by Joni Lorraine - August 29, 2024

The Archive Theater gives the Austin theatre community a fun and lavish production with Jennifer Rose Davis’s compact and streamlined version of Alexandre Dumas’s THE THREE MUSKETEERS....

Review: BARNEY CAREY GETS HIS WINGS at Austin Scottish Rite Theater


by Victoria Schwarz - February 22, 2024

It is so delightful to walk into a theater and see chairs moved to the side so children can sit on the floor directly in front of the stage to see a show. Indeed, backing up a bit, it is even more delightful to walk into a theater and see children excited about seeing a show. Despite an increasing a...

THE TAVERN Opens Next Week


by Blair Ingenthron - March 11, 2023

Different Stages will continue its 2022-2023 season with The Tavern by George M Cohan a co-production with Austin Scottish Rite Theater running March 17th through April 2nd....

Past Shows

The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers
8/22 - 9/22/2024


Join us for family -friendly action, adventure, swashbuckling, and true love as a young man pursues his dream of becoming a musketeer.

“¡Estar Guars!” Comedy Fiesta


Celebrate the weekend with Emmy-nominated sketch group The Latino Comedy Project in a comedy fiesta set “not long ago, in a barrio just around the ...

The Tavern
The Tavern
5/31 - 6/16/2024


Different Stages continues its 2023-2024 season with  The Tavern  by George M Cohan a co-production with Austin Scottish Rite Theater. This rollicking melodrama, first produced in ...

The Rainbow Fish Musical
The Rainbow Fish Musical
4/20 - 5/12/2024


With shiny, multi-colored scales, Rainbow Fish is the most beautiful fish in all of the ocean, and the only one of his (or her!)  kind.  ...

Barney Carey Gets His Wings
Barney Carey Gets His Wings
2/17 - 3/10/2024


Rooting through an old trunk, Barney and his dad make unexpected discoveries, including a beautiful bright set of Fairy Wings. But boys can’t wear fairy ...

Jungle Book: Jangal Ki Kahani


  Presenting a fresh Bollywood-styled take on Rudyard Kipling’s beloved classic! This original tale features Mowgli in new adventures learning life lessons from his jungle ...

The Tavern
The Tavern
3/17 - 4/2/2023


Different Stages continues its 2022-2023 season with  The Tavern  by George M Cohan a co-production with Austin Scottish Rite Theater. This rollicking melodrama, first produced in ...

Pippi Longstocking
Pippi Longstocking
2/18 - 3/12/2023


Pippi Longstocking is a scrappy 9-year-old little girl who asks a lot of questions and always put bullies in their place. Along with a horse ...

Rosita y Conchita
Rosita y Conchita
10/2 - 10/30/2022


Two sisters try to reunite on the Day of the Dead. Along the way Rosita follows familiar sights, sounds and smells in her quest to ...

Sunflower: The Musical
Sunflower: The Musical
7/22 - 8/14/2022


The story of Amalie and Vincent van Gogh.Starring Guy Forsyth as Vincent!Sunflower is an original musical that tells the story of Amalie, a shy and ...

Rosita y Conchita
Rosita y Conchita
10/20 - 6/1/2021


ROSITA Y CONCHITA: a Da de los Muertos Play in English and SpanishBack by popular demand, now on streaming video!Two sisters try to reunite on ...

Little Red Chunari
Little Red Chunari
4/11 - 4/26/2020


Little Red Chunari's willpower is put to the test when she journeys through the jungle to visit her grandparents in this South Asian adaptation of ...

SaulPaul's Alien Adventure


An alien comes to earth and makes an unexpected friend. What happens next? Come see this inspiring production featuring sights, sounds and dance moves as ...

A Christmas Carol - Reduced, Reused & Recycled


Schools out for the holidays, but Timmy Cratchit is stuck at Scrooges Plastic Emporium where his mom labors overtime on a last-minute deadline. Tim and ...

Rosita y Conchita
Rosita y Conchita
10/12 - 11/2/2019


Back by popular demand! Twin sisters try to reunite on the Day of the Dead.Along the way Rosita keeps getting lost, but she miraculously finds ...

Rite Out Loud Staged Reading Festival


Austin Scottish Rite Theater presents RITE OUT LOUD, featuring three talent-packed days of staged readings of new plays by five great playwrights! Friday, August 16 ...

Too Many Stories
Too Many Stories
6/5 - 7/10/2019


Austin Scottish Rite Theater presents an original play celebrating storytelling and adventure. Kallie catches Sam and Bogus getting away with loot they've stolen from a ...

Once Upon A Whaaa?!
Once Upon A Whaaa?!
6/1 - 6/30/2019


Saturdays and Sundays in June, Austin Scottish Rite Theater and Hideout Theatre present Once Upon a Whaaa?!, a fully improvised mashup of some of our ...

Treasure Island in the Bay of Bengal


Treasure Island in the Bay of BengalWhen Jiniya gets her hands on a treasure map, she soon learns she's not the only one interested in ...

Treasure Island in the Bay of Bengal


Come on a swashbuckling adventure with fun new characters mirroring some old favorites from Robert Louis Stevenson's original tale. Authentic South Asian music and dance ...

Rap Unzel
Rap Unzel
2/9 - 3/3/2019


In this beautiful twist on the original 'Rapunzel' fairy tale, a young man shows his community and family how to express their uniqueness and joy ...

Mirrors
Mirrors
2/21


When 17 year-old Alma Jean finds her mother dead, she must pack up her life and move in with her mothers ex-lover, a woman she ...

123 Andrés Bilingual Concert for Kids


Kids and families will rock out to the beautiful, bilingual sounds of 123 Andrés, Latin Grammy Award Winner for Best Children's Album. This interactive concert ...

Celil Refik Kaya, Classical Guitar Concert


Please join us on Friday, February 1, 2019 for an evening with the young genius of the guitar, Celil Refik Kaya. International recording and performing ...

Pippi Longstocking's After-Christmas Party


You're invited! Its Pippi's after-Christmas party, where all the kids in the village are welcome, and no grumpy grown-ups are allowed! Join Pippi and her ...

Rosita y Conchita
Rosita y Conchita
10/6 - 11/2/2018


Back by popular demand! Two sisters try to reunite on the Day of the Dead. Along the way Rosita keeps getting lost, but she miraculously ...

The Legends of Robin Hood
The Legends of Robin Hood
8/25 - 9/2/2018


Hear ye! Hear ye! Directly from Sherwood Forest Faire, Robin Hood and his merry band of outlaws are stirring up mischief this summer at Austin ...

Wit
Wit
8/10 - 8/25/2018


WIT by Margaret Edson Directed by Susan Gayle Todd August 10-25, 2018 Austin Scottish Rite Theater teams up with The Final Acts Project to present ...

Too Many Stories!
Too Many Stories!
6/13 - 8/1/2018


Too Many Stories! is a Scottish Rite favorite for young audiences, back by popular demand for weekday matinees in summer 2018. Kallie catches Sam and ...

Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote


Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote is a bilingual musical production adapted by Susan Gayle Todd exclusively or Austin Scottish Rite Theater from the award-winning picture ...

STIFF
STIFF
4/19 - 4/20/2018


A fast-paced story about moving slow. Award-winning Dallas actress Sherry Jo Ward chronicles her struggle with Stiff Person Syndrome, an incredibly rare disease which impairs ...

Woman in Black
Woman in Black
10/13 - 10/30/2017


Come experience what over 7 million theatre-goers have discovered as "the most brilliantly effective spine-chiller you will ever encounter" (Daily Telegraph). Currently in its 27th ...

An Iliad
An Iliad
2/16 - 2/26/2017


"Every time I sing this song, I hope it's the last time," says the Poet as she digs deep to sing an epic story of ...

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