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Dirt Dogs Theatre Co. to Open Season 8 With THE BIRDS

DIRT DOGS THEATRE CO. opens Season 8 with 'The Birds' in a thrilling production.
Regional Premiere of TROUBLE IN MIND IS is Coming to Main Street Theater in September

Main Street Theater will open its 47th Season with the regional premiere of Trouble in Mind by Alice Childress. The production opens Saturday night, September 17 at 7:30pm and runs through October 17.
Mildred's Umbrella Theater Presents FEMFEST HOUSTON: VIRUS EDITION

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, with a donation appreciated. 
FEMFEST HOUSTON: VIRUS EDITION to be Presented by Mildred's Umbrella Theater

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. 
Mildred's Umbrella Theater Presents FEMFEST HOUSTON: VIRUS EDITION

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 to be Presented by Mildred's Umbrella Theater

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. 
The Pemberley Plays Are Back via Zoom with Main Street Theater

This December Main Street Theater is bringing back the holiday favorites Miss Bennet and The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley via live, staged readings on Zoom. Main Street has been offering the Pemberley plays - based on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and written by acclaimed playwright Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon - for the last few seasons.
Performance Added for THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK at Main Street Theater

Main Street Theater (MST) is presenting the timely classic, The Diary of Anne Frank based on the iconic book. a?oeThere were over a dozen Anti-Semitic violent incidents in the month of December alone,a?? notes Vivienne M. St. John, MST Theater for Youth Artistic Director and director of the production. a?oeIt is now more important than ever to educate people about the dangers of history repeating itself. The Diary of Anne Frank is so impactful because it speaks to young people who will be the voice of our future and adults who have the power to create change immediately. Anne, while enduring unbearable abuse, spoke of love and hope for the future. By producing Anne Frank, we hope to instill a desire for others to be courageous, speak out and stand up against discrimination and hate.a?? The production will run Sundays, January 26, February 9 & 16 at 2:30pm and February 9 at 7:00pm at MST's Midtown location, 3400 Main St. in Matchbox4. All tickets are on sale via phone at 713.524.6706 or online at MainStreetTheater.com. Tickets are $16 - $26.
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK Comes to Main Street Theater

Main Street Theater (MST) is presenting the timely classic, The Diary of Anne Frank based on the iconic book. a?oeThere were over a dozen Anti-Semitic violent incidents in the month of December alone,a?? notes Vivienne M. St. John, MST Theater for Youth Artistic Director and director of the production. a?oeIt is now more important than ever to educate people about the dangers of history repeating itself. The Diary of Anne Frank is so impactful because it speaks to young people who will be the voice of our future and adults who have the power to create change immediately. Anne, while enduring unbearable abuse, spoke of love and hope for the future. By producing Anne Frank, we hope to instill a desire for others to be courageous, speak out and stand up against discrimination and hate.a?? The production will run Sundays, January 26, February 9 & 16 at 2:30pm and February 9 at 7:00pm at MST's Midtown location, 3400 Main St. in Matchbox4. All tickets are on sale via phone at 713.524.6706 or online at MainStreetTheater.com. Tickets are $16 - $26.
Main Street Theater Presents THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

Main Street Theater (MST) is presenting the timely classic, The Diary of Anne Frank based on the iconic book. 'There were over a dozen Anti-Semitic violent incidents in the month of December alone,' notes Vivienne M. St. John, MST Theater for Youth Artistic Director and director of the production.
Main Street Theater Opens 42nd Season with Tale of a Restless Society on the Brink of Revolution: ENEMIES

Main Street Theater opens its 42nd Season with Enemies by Maxim Gorky, adapted by David Hare.  Enemies tells the story of Russian society in 1905 when the country sat ready for revolution.  Directed by MST Artistic Director Rebecca Greene Udden, this collaboration with the University of Houston School of Theatre and Dance features a cast of 24, 8 of whom are UH students.
Photo Flash: Theatre Southwest Presents the 20th Annual Festival of Originals

Theatre Southwest presents the 20th Annual Festival of Originals (FOO). Produced by Artistic Director Mimi Holloway, The FOO produces five original 20-minute plays from writers across the country (and sometimes the world.)
BWW Review: BARBER OF SEVILLE On the Cutting Edge at Classical Theatre Co.

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE (the eighteenth century play written by French native Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, not Rossini's opera) makes for a charming spectacle at Classical Theatre Company.
Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Dirt Dogs Theatre Co.'s FIVE BY TENN

Dirt Dogs Theatre Co.'s inaugural season continues with Five By Tenn: An Evening of Shorter Plays by Tennessee Williams. The creator of such American stage classics as A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hit Tin Roof, and The Glass Menagerie, Williams also published over seventy on-act plays. Five by Tenn draws from a collection written between 1941 and 1958. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast in character below!
Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Dirt Dogs Theatre Co.'s FIVE BY TENN

Dirt Dogs Theatre Co.'s inaugural season continues with Five By Tenn: An Evening of Shorter Plays by Tennessee Williams. The creator of such American stage classics as A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hit Tin Roof, and The Glass Menagerie, Williams also published over seventy on-act plays. Five by Tenn draws from a collection written between 1941 and 1958. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast in character below!
BWW Review: THE BIRDS are flocking funny at Classical Theatre Company

It's charmingly adolescent, and full of cock and pecker jokes which feature prominently in this lark of a piece. Who knew Greek comedy could be so broad and bawdy?
Photo Flash: Theatre Southwest's the 18th Festival Of Originals

Theatre Southwest presents 'The 18th Annual Festival of Originals' produced by Mimi Holloway. Five original plays by five emerging playwrights. Come and enjoy, as we bring to life five talented artist's funny, poignant, beautifully written stories. Check out pics from the shows below!
Photo Flash: First Look - Theatre Southwest's ANNA CHRISTIE, Begin. 4/11

Theatre Southwest presents 'Anna Christie' by Eugene O'Neill directed by Lisa Schofield.This Pulitzer prize winning show focuses on the problematic relationship between a sailor and the daughter he has not seen for roughly twenty years. Their relationship becomes complicated by her romantic involvement with another man of the sea and her unveiling of her troubled past. April 11- May 3, Fridays and Saturdays, 8 pm (Matinee, Sunday April 20, 2014 at 3 pm). Tickets $17, Students & Seniors $15. Check out a first look below!
Main Street Theater Presents THE GIVER, Now thru 2/15

The Giver, based on the Newbery Award-winning book by Lois Lowry, adapted by Eric Coble, will be directed by Troy Scheid at Main Street Theater - Chelsea Market, tonight, January 22 to February 15, 2014.
Main Street Theater to Present THE GIVER, 1/22-2/15

The Giver, based on the Newbery Award-winning book by Lois Lowry, adapted by Eric Coble, will be directed by Troy Scheid at Main Street Theater - Chelsea Market, January 22 to February 15, 2014.

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