Attention local playwrights, and would-be playwrights, every summer (for the past eight years or so) Theatre Southwest has been giving local and National playwrights a forum through the Festival of Originals. (NOTE: Deadline has been extended until April 1st!)Each year the TSW-FOO eagerly awaits the submission of original plays for it's local festival. Five plays are chosen, from entries from the Houston area, as well as some received from across the country...

Sunday Social at Ouisie's Table Ongoing series looks at "putting on a show" with Stages Repertory Theatre

Just as the new arts season is to begin, Rob Bundy, artistic director of Stages Repertory Theatre and Kenn McLaughlin, the theatre's managing director, come to Ouisie's Table to talk about Stages' new season and what goes into choosing the shows that make it. This promises to be a true backstage pass to the creative process of producing performance art for audience consumption...

Island etc's 2005~2006 Season

island etc (east-end theatre company) is pleased to announce its fourth season. etc is Galveston's only professional resident theatrical company...

Unity Theatre Brenham

Unity Theatre Executive Director Teresa Beckers has announced a new five-play series for the Main Stage, as well as several smaller projects and concerts. The diverse new season includes two musicals and a classic Neil Simon play, but it also promises a Tony Award-winning drama and a comic romp with Shakespeare...

The following is the lineup for the Alley's 2005-2006 Season:

Hapgood
By Tom Stoppard
Directed by Gregory Boyd
Neuhaus Stage
September 23 - October 23, 2005
Hapgood is Tom Stoppard's dazzling spy comedy, where nothing is as it seems. Set in London during the Cold War, secret service officer Elizabeth Hapgood concocts an elaborate scheme to expose a double (or triple?) agent leaking valuable scientific information to Moscow. Hapgood is an intelligent, lively foray into the world of espionage, guaranteed to keep audiences guessing with Stoppard's sharp wordplay and brilliant plot. READ MORE:

Each year Stages Repertory Theatre chooses a production from its
MainStage season and surrounds it with activities designed to create a larger context for a particular play or theatre artist’s work.

This year’s Surround focuses on The Mineola Twins by
Paula Vogel, the world premiere of Late: A Cowboy
Song by Sarah Ruhl, and the work of women playwrights.

Please join us for the events; all are ree and open to the public.

!View the full Calendar! (PDF)

this weekend..