Review: CRY IT OUT at MILDRED'S UMBRELLA
by Brett Cullum - Sep 14, 2024
Sometimes, a play does what no other artistic medium can do. It can feel intimate, immediate, and alive. CRY IT OUT from MILDRED’S UMBRELLA is one of those living productions that feels like you are watching three real women deal with being a mother and looking at how that is going to affect every aspect of their lives.
Review: O: A RHAPSODY IN DIVORCE at MILDRED'S UMBRELLA
by Brett Cullum - Jan 22, 2024
O: A RHAPSODY IN DIVORCE does what any good play sets out to do; it makes you feel. Your heart breaks for the lead character; her struggle and journey are effective and moving. There is a lot here to savor, and it maintains the prestige of what this company routinely produces.
Review: Tensions Rise in Trouble in Mind by Alice Childress at Main Street Theater
by Armando Urdiales - Oct 3, 2022
Tension. Defined in the dictionary as mental or emotional strain. This simple seven letter word sums up the production of Trouble in Mind by Alice Childress currently playing at Main Street Theater. Don't be confused though, this tension that discusses race, politics, and other contemporary issues is expertly done.
Firecracker Productions Announces 2021-2022 Season
by Stephi Wild - Sep 3, 2021
February introduces two Houston premieres with short plays Burden of Proof by Houston's own Cris Eli Blak, and Wedding Bash by Andrew Leeds and Lindsay Kraft. The season closes in the late spring with the epic journey of Peter Sinn Nachtrieb's Bob: A Life in Five Acts, the highly unusual life of Bob and his lifelong quest to become a Great Man.
Mildred's Umbrella Theater Presents FEMFEST HOUSTON: VIRUS EDITION
by Stephi Wild - Jun 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, with a donation appreciated.
FEMFEST HOUSTON: VIRUS EDITION to be Presented by Mildred's Umbrella Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 2, 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.
FEMFEST HOUSTON: VIRUS EDITION to be Presented by Mildred's Umbrella Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 14, 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.
Evelyn Rubenstein JCC Presents OH MY GOD By Anat Gov
by Stephi Wild - Oct 11, 2020
Evelyn Rubenstein JCC presents Oh My God by Anat Gov, a filmed production presented in collaboration with Mildreda??s Umbrella Theatre Company, with the support of the Consulate General to Israel in Houston.
BWW Review: SOLDIER'S FUGUE Marches into MAIN STREET THEATER
by Brett Cullum - Feb 10, 2020
Narratively ELLIOT, A SOLDIER'S FUGUE simply combines three soldiers in Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq. They represent a grandfather, a father, and a son who all go through similar experiences in the wars of their respective eras.
Main Street Theater Presents ELIOT, A SOLDIER'S FUGUE Powerful Portrait Of A Puerto Rican Military Family
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 29, 2020
Main Street Theater (MST) is offering Houston audiences the beautifully human and heartbreaking Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue. Elliota?? is the first in a trilogy of plays by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Quiara Alegría Hudes' (In the Heights). Houston theatergoers will have the rare opportunity to follow Hudes' Elliot Trilogy with Stages' production of Water by the Spoonful, Part II, also running in February. Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company will produce a staged reading of the final installment of the trilogy, The Happiest Song Plays Last, at MST during the first week of March.