Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company announces the Cirque du Macabre: Carnival Sideshow Gala! Join us under Mildred’s Umbrella for the freakiest party of 2011! Mildred’s Umbrella is putting together a sideshow you won’t forget on November 5, 2011 at the Alley Theatre.

Mildred’s Umbrella is steadily growing with a dedication to the growth of Houston’s theatre community. As our audience grows, the party gets bigger. There will be live entertainment from freaky musical sensations Jim and his Amazing Freaks, DJ Stephanie Saint-Sanchez and the Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company resident freaks. ..

Alley Theatre Offers Student Tickets for Only $15 Online

HOUSTON, TX – Students can buy $15 tickets to virtually all Alley Theatre performances online at www.alleytheatre.org, by phone at 713.220.5700 or in person. To obtain the discounted tickets enter or mention the promotion code: STUDENT.

Students must bring a valid student ID to the box office in order to pick up the tickets. Each student may ...

Beloved Veteran Artist Bettye Fitzpatrick Passes at 79

September 30, 2011

Longtime Alley Theater Company Artist Bettye Fitzpatrick died today at the age of 79. Alley audiences will remember Ms. Fitzpatrick for her 53 years spent with the Alley as a stage manager, production manager, director of interns and most notably a member of the Acting Company. Her final performance at the Alley Theatre was on December 27, 2009 in A Christmas Carol. After her retirement, the Alley Theatre’s Fitzpatrick Internship program was established as a tribute to Ms. Fitzpatrick in December 2010.

Alley Theatre Artistic Director Gregory Boyd said of Fitzpatrick’s passing, “Bettye was the most generous, warm-spirited, loving and big hearted member of the Alley family. She was the living history of the theatre, and its pulse and presence for so many seasons. Her influence on all of us, her inspiration to all who worked on our stage, backstage, above and beyond the stage, and the great gifts she brought every Alley audience for 53 years will continue to shape our future and will never be forgotten. She was a great lady of the American theatre...”

Do you have a good story? Is it funny? Sad? Bizarre? Totally embarrassing? Send it to Bootown and it just might be chosen for their monthly series, Grown-up Storytime. Bootown is a Houston theatre company that likes to bring theater experiences to the masses - we're not stuffy; we love theater and love to have a good time!

HOUSTON, TX Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company and Stark Naked Theatre present the second of four reading performances for the FRESH INK READING SERIES:
Elsewhere by Adam Szymkowicz.
October 3, 2011 at 7:30pm at Barnevelder Movement Arts Complex (2201 Preston)

When Teddy comes to Celia's house to deliver a package, he doesn't expect to be invited for dinner. When he comes for dinner, he doesn't expect to be invited to live with her. When he starts to live with her he doesn't expect to fall in love. And he definitely doesn't expect the rest of what happens!

Directed by: Philip Lehl and Featuring: Kim Tobin-Lehl , Jennifer Decker and Norm Dillon

THEATRE NEW WEST
is proud to present
THE GUYS by Anne Nelson
a memorial/remembrance
for the 10th ANNIVERSARY
of 9/11

Press Release
September 5, 2011

Theatre New West presents a staged reading of “The Guys.”
The performance will be a Memorial/Remembrance for the 10th Anniversary of 9/11. It will also be a Benefit for the Houston Fire Protection Fund.

Of the original production the “New York Times” said: “The Guys” is a timeless drama about the surprising truths people can discover in ordinary lives, and the connections we make with others and ourselves in time of tragedy. Paralyzed by grief and unable to put his thoughts into words, Nick, a fire