by A.A. Cristi - April 06, 2022
Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company has announced its participation in the Nationwide Reading of #ENOUGH: Plays to End Gun Violence on April 20, 2022(all day).
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by A.A. Cristi - March 24, 2022
Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company continues their 2022 season with the world premiere of THE MOTHER PROJECT: A Collaboration to Honor Black Mothers and their Children . In collaboration with Esurient Arts, and directed by Dabrina Sandifer, the production was created by a diverse group of six femal...
by Stephi Wild - September 14, 2021
Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company launches their 2021-2022 LIVE season with the Houston premier of EL HURACÁN, by Cuban-American playwright, Charise Castro Smith. Directed by award-winning Cuban-American actor/director, Patricia Duran, the play will feature a Latinx cast and crew, and will be the f...
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 16, 2021
Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company will return to live performances with their 20th SEASON! Once called ‘the little company that could” by the Houston Press, Mildred’s was formed in 2001 by Jennifer Decker and John Harvey in order to produce one of Harvey’s plays....
by Stephi Wild - July 13, 2021
Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company continues their 2021-2022 season with the final digital project, LADY GREY (in ever lower light) by renowned playwright, Will Eno. Directed by Greg Dean, and starring Sally Burtenshaw, this production was performed on stage and filmed for a streaming audience. ...
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 15, 2021
Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company will continue their 2021-2022 season with the final digital project, LADY GREY (in ever lower light) by renowned playwright, Will Eno. Directed by Greg Dean, and starring Sally Burtenshaw, this production was performed on stage and filmed for a streaming audience. ...
by Stephi Wild - June 13, 2021
Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company continues their digital 2021-2022 season with the fourth installment of our reading series, FEMFEST HOUSTON, a series that focuses on new plays by women. FEMFEST HOUSTON:VIRUS EDITION will be streamed one at a time between May 24 and June 24, 2021. Tickets are free...
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 02, 2021
Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company will continue their digital 2021-2022 season with the fourth installment of our reading series, FEMFEST HOUSTON, a series that focuses on new plays by women. This round will be VIRUS EDITION.. with 3 new plays by women that were inspired by the Pandemic. ...
by A.A. Cristi - May 14, 2021
Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company has been approved for a $10,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support HE CRIED FOR HIS MOTHER/ THE TIE THAT BINDS (working title). The project is a year-long collaboration between Mildred's Umbrella's Jennifer Decker, Patricia Duran and Elizabeth Keel, along wi...
by A.A. Cristi - April 28, 2021
Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company continues their digital 2021-2022 season with the fourth installment of our reading series, FEMFEST HOUSTON, a series that focuses on new plays by women....
El Huracn honors four generations of Cuban-American women who navigate lifes tempests together. Valeria drifts as dementia floods her mind. Ximena sinks as unforgiveness surges ...
Mildreds Umbrella Theater Company continues their 2021-2022 season with the final digital project, LADY GREY (in ever lower light) by renowned playwright, Will Eno. Directed ...
Mildreds Umbrella Theater Company continues their digital 2021-2022 season with the fourth installment of our reading series, FEMFEST HOUSTON, a series that focuses on new ...
Annika is the multi-millionaire CEO of a doomsday prepper subscription box service. She is also trapped inside the massive custom bunker that she built to ...
Mildreds Umbrella Theater Company continues their digital 2020-2021 season with the video release of THE DROWNING GIRLS by Beth Graham, Charlie Tomlinson, and Daniela Vlaskalic. ...
Mildreds Umbrella Theater Company continues their digital 2020-2021 season with FINE WINE, a series of classic monologues written for ingenue actresses, but instead performed by ...
OH MY GOD is a dark comedy that explores what could happen if God walked into a therapists office. Ella, a psychotherapist with problems of ...
TOOTH & TAIL is part fairy-tale, part rescue mission, part love story, and all adventure. Family friendly! TOOTH & TAIL has been developed and workshopped ...
Michal Aharoni, Anat Gov, Hana Vazana Grinwald; trans: Anthony Barris, Natalie Feinstein; dir: Jon Harvey, Elizabeth Keel, Leighza Walker....
For ten years we've been collecting new, weird short plays for Museum of Dysfunction. This year, we're going back into the files to bring you ...
Travel back to 16th century Spain with this madcap re-telling of Spanish history and colonialism. Columbus has just returned from the New World, Queen Isabella ...
MILDREDS UMBRELLA HIGHLIGHTS THE ISSUE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING WITH U.S. PREMIEREREADING OF MY MIND IS FREE BY UK PLAYWRIGHT SAM HALL In honor of Human ...
Responding to the events of the past few years, Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company (MU) is proud to present CONSENTING BODIES, a series of play readings ...
Kicking off a series of projects geared toward raising awareness for local service organizations, Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company (MU) is bringing a reading of Terrance ...
DIANA follows a young working class English woman who unexpectedly comes into a large sum of money and decides to live a life of extreme ...
Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company (MU) is kicking off the 2018-19 season with Jen Silverman’s critically acclaimed black comedy, THE MOORS, playing August 30-September 15 at ...
Since 2008, Mildred’s Umbrella (MU) has celebrated the dark, quirky, and absurd with a collection of short pieces submitted by emerging and established playwrights. Now ...
Closing out a six-year tenure in Spring Street Studios, Mildred’s Umbrella (MU) is reviving a fan favorite from its days at Midtown Arts Center with ...
Step into the mind of Tony-award-winning playwright Lisa Kron with this thoughtful and funny examination of how our relationships with our community, family, and friends ...
Jef Johnson brings his spontaneous play, OPEN SPACE, back for two nights only! By invitation of Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company , Native Houstonian Jef Johnson ...
Adding to an already exciting season, Mildred’s Umbrella (MU) is excited to share a new fantasy from local playwright and University of Houston student Elizabeth ...
Set in a sleepy factory town at the end of the 1970’s, this horror comedy from Devious Maids writer Charise Castro Smith centers on teenaged ...
Kicking off its 16th season, Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company (MU) takes a trip through memory, perception, and grief with the Houston premiere of IN A ...
For the ninth year running, Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company (MU) will produce two weekends of new works at its annual Museum of Dysfunction short play ...
Set amidst a family vacation at an idyllic lake house in upstate New York, A HEROINE FREE SUMMER examines what happens when a family becomes ...
Mildred’s Umbrella Theatre Company continues its 2016-2017 season with the regional premiere of THE JOHNS by Mary Bonnett, producing artistic director for Chicago’s Her Story ...
Mildred’s Umbrella Theatre Company continues its 2016-2017 season with the regional premiere of DRY LAND by recent Yale graduate and Susan Smith Blackburn Prize finalist ...
Mildred’s Umbrella Theatre Company opens its 2016-2017 season with THE MAIDS by Jean Genet. Loosely based on the infamous Papín sisters who brutally murdered their ...
Mildred’s Umbrella Theatre Company and Wordsmyth Theatre proudly present Museum of Dysfunction VIII: A SHOWCASE OF SHORTS. Now in its eighth year, this annual short ...
Mildred’s Umbrella Theatre Company (MU) is proud to present the regional premiere of The Drowning Girls, a modern interpretation and poetic retelling of the “Brides ...
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Dear Evan Hansen
Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (9/10 - 9/22) | |
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Tamarie's Texas Toast!
The Catastrophic Theatre (6/21 - 8/3) | |
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Next to Normal
Hobby Center (7/26 - 7/28) | |
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You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Stageworks Theatre (7/19 - 8/11) | |
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The Book of Mormon (Non-Equity)
The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts [Sarofim Hall] (1/7 - 1/12) | |
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Hamilton (Angelica Company)
Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (3/2 - 3/23) | |
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Peter Pan (Non-Equity)
Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (10/1 - 10/6) | |
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& Juliet
Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (1/21 - 1/26) | |
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Funny Girl
Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (8/20 - 8/25) | |
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Mamma Mia!
Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (4/8 - 4/13) | |
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