Productions by Different Stages

May. 30 - Jun. 14, 2025
 
Austin
Different Stages

For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again
by Different Stages

For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again is Tremblay's homage to his mother, who nurtured his imagination, his reclusive reading habits and his love for the …

Jan. 10 - Jan. 25, 2025
 
Austin
26 Miles by Different Stages

26 Miles
by Different Stages

The custody battle left them estranged for eight years. The road trip destination is two thousand miles across the country. The mother’s skin is brown, …

Nov. 22 - Dec. 14
 
Austin
A Murder Is Announced by Different Stages

A Murder Is Announced
by Different Stages

An announcement in the local paper states the time and place when a murder is to occur in Miss Blacklock’s Victorian house. What follows is …

Jul. 27
Sat
Austin
Helen by Different Stages

Helen
by Different Stages

Seven years have passed since the end of the Trojan War, and Menelaus, King of Sparts and husband to Helen, is making his slow and …

May. 31 - Jun. 16
 
Austin
The Tavern by Different Stages

The Tavern
by Different Stages

Different Stages revives our hit production of this rollicking melodrama set in a tavern on a dark and lonely road in the middle of the …

Jan. 26 - Feb. 11
 
Austin
The Library by Different Stages

The Library
by Different Stages

After Caitlin Gabriel survives a deadly shooting at her high school, she struggles to tell her story to her parents, the authorities, and anyone who …

Nov. 17 - Dec. 09, 2023
Th-Sun
Austin
Miss Lulu Bett by Different Stages

Miss Lulu Bett
by Different Stages

In small town Wisconsin, we meet Lulu Bett, the 34-year-old unmarried sister of Mrs. Ina Deacon. Lulu is a servant in the family home, earning …

Jun. 23 - Jul. 15, 2023
Th-Sun
Austin
The Art of Martyrdom (a Comedy) by Different Stages

The Art of Martyrdom (a Comedy)
by Different Stages

Different Stages continues its 2022-2023 season with The Art of Martyrdom (A Comedy) by Rita Anderson. Born 500 years before Shakespeare, the first female playwright of the …

Mar. 17 - Apr. 02, 2023
F-Sun
Austin
The Tavern by Different Stages

The Tavern
by Different Stages

This rollicking melodrama, first produced in the 1920's, is set in (obviously) a tavern on a "dark and lonely road in the middle of the …

Nov. 11 - Dec. 03, 2022
F-Sun
Austin
Water by the Spoonful by Different Stages

Water by the Spoonful
by Different Stages

  Somewhere in Philadelphia, Elliot has returned from Iraq and is working at Subway while trying to jump-start his acting career. Scattered throughout the world …

Sep. 23 - Oct. 09, 2022
Th-Sun
Austin
Shining City by Different Stages

Shining City
by Different Stages

Conor McPherson’s Shining City is a brilliant, haunting play from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir. Ian has left the priesthood to become a therapist. John …

Jun. 17 - Jul. 02, 2022
Th-Sun
Austin
Heartbreak House by Different Stages

Heartbreak House
by Different Stages

When Ellie Dunn joins a house party at the home of the eccentric Captain Shotover, she causes a stir with her decision to marry for …

Apr. 09, 2022
Sat
Austin
Miss Lulu Bett by Different Stages

Miss Lulu Bett
by Different Stages

Different Stages presents a reading of the first play by a woman to win the Pulitizer Prize -- Miss Lulu Bett by Zona Gale.   In small …

Nov. 19 - Dec. 11, 2021
W-Sun
Austin
The Thanksgiving Play by Different Stages

The Thanksgiving Play
by Different Stages

 Ah, Thanksgiving, that most American of holidays: when families gather to bask in the bounty of the harvest, football, giant balloons — and a legacy …

Jun. 11 - Jun. 19, 2021
 
Everywhere
O'Neill + Glaspell -- IN THE ZONE and TRIFLES by Different Stages

O'Neill + Glaspell -- IN THE ZONE and TRIFLES
by Different Stages

In the Zone, written in 1917, is based on O’Neill‘s own experiences aboard the British shipS.S. Ikala.  This play is one of four sea dramas concerning the crew of a …

Apr. 30 - May. 07, 2021
 
Everywhere
Synge + Barry by Different Stages

Synge + Barry
by Different Stages

John Millington Synge’s comedy In the Shadow of the Glen is a tale of a tramp seeking shelter from a storm who finds a wife tending …

Jan. 07 - Jan. 16, 2021
 
Everywhere
The Cricket on the Hearth by Different Stages

The Cricket on the Hearth
by Different Stages

Different Stages announces its first Zoom reading of 2021. Charles Dickens’ The Cricket on the Hearth adapted by Norman Blumensaadt, with the assistance of Karen Jambon, Katherine …

Feb. 08 - Feb. 29, 2020
Th-Sun
Austin
Gliders by Different Stages

Gliders
by Different Stages

In the summer of 1969, three generations of seemingly ordinary women begin to uncover secrets about themselves even as the extraordinary events of the Apollo …

Nov. 22 - Dec. 14, 2019
Th-Sun
Austin
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein by Different Stages

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
by Different Stages

Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant and ambitious young student, discovers the secret of creating life from the remains of the dead. But elation at his triumph …

Jun. 21 - Jul. 13, 2019
F-Sun
Austin
A Doll's House by Different Stages

A Doll's House
by Different Stages

  Different Stages continues its 2018- 2019 season with Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, adapted by Frank McGuinness. The play, hugely controversial when first published and performed …

Mar. 22 - Apr. 13, 2019
F-Sun
Austin
The Book Club Play by Different Stages

The Book Club Play
by Different Stages

  Ah, don’t act surprised. Why should book clubs be different from all the other small groups we humans belong to: families, committees, PTAs, spy …

Jan. 11 - Feb. 02, 2019
Th-Sun
Austin
The Magic Fire by Different Stages

The Magic Fire
by Different Stages

  The title "The Magic Fire" refers to the circle of fire that the Norse god Wotan erects to shield and entrap Brunnhilde, in Wagner's …

Nov. 16 - Dec. 08, 2018
Th-Sun
Austin
Great Expectations by Different Stages

Great Expectations
by Different Stages

Different Stages opens its 2018 – 2019 season with Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, adapted by Barbara Field. Dickens’ classic work centers around the adventures of Pip, the orphaned …

Oct. 06, 2018
Sat
Austin
For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again by Different Stages

For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again
by Different Stages

For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again is Tremblay's homage to his mother, who nurtured his imagination, his reclusive reading habits and his love for the …

Jun. 08 - Jun. 30, 2018
Th-Sun
Austin
The Book of Liz by Different Stages

The Book of Liz
by Different Stages

  Different Stages continues its 2017- 2018 season with Amy and David Sedaris's The Book of Liz. Sister Liz is a cheese ball maker from the “Squeamish” …

Mar. 23 - Apr. 14, 2018
F-Sun
Austin
Yankee Tavern by Different Stages

Yankee Tavern
by Different Stages

  Just when you thought you'd heard every crazy 9/11 conspiracy theory, a guy walks into a bar and orders two beers, one for himself …

Jan. 12 - Feb. 02, 2018
Th-Sun
Austin
When We Are Married by Different Stages

When We Are Married
by Different Stages

The Helliwells, the Parkers and the Soppitts are highly respected pillars of their community … but not for much longer. Married on the same day …

Nov. 17 - Dec. 09, 2017
F-Sun
Austin
A Member of the Wedding by Different Stages

A Member of the Wedding
by Different Stages

    Different Stages opens its 2017 - 2018 season with Carson McCullers' beautiful adaptation of her novella The Member of the Wedding.  It's 1945 in …

Jun. 23 - Jul. 15, 2017
Th-Sun
Austin
The Dresser by Different Stages

The Dresser
by Different Stages

   ‘Sir’, the last of the great but dying breed of English actor managers, is struggling to keep a grip on his sanity and complete …

Mar. 24 - Apr. 15, 2017
Th-Sun
Austin
Mrs. Mannerly by Different Stages

Mrs. Mannerly
by Different Stages

 Different Stages continues its 2016 - 2017 season with Jeffrey Hatcher’s Mrs. Mannerly. It is 1967… the Summer of Love. But for five children on the second …

Jan. 06 - Jan. 28, 2017
Th-Sun
Austin
The Noisy Neighbors, or The Square (Il Campiello) by Different Stages

The Noisy Neighbors, or The Square (Il Campiello)
by Different Stages

Different Stages continues its 2016 - 2017 season with Carlo Goldoni’s The Noisy Neighbors or Il Campiello. Written for the Venetian Carnival, of 1756, Goldoni’s comedy recounts …

Nov. 12 - Dec. 03, 2016
Th-Sun
Austin
Fahrenheit 451 by Different Stages

Fahrenheit 451
by Different Stages

Different Stages opens its 2016-2017 season with Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. Set in the twenty-fourth century, Fahrenheit 451 is a gripping tale at once disturbing and poetic about a firefighter, Guy …

Jun. 24 - Jul. 16, 2016
Th-Sun
Austin
John Gabriel Borkman by Different Stages

John Gabriel Borkman
by Different Stages

Different Stages closes its 2015-2016 season with Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman.  It is the all too timely tale of a man who was once wealthy, powerful …

Mar. 12 - Apr. 02, 2016
Th-Sun
Austin
4000 Miles by Different Stages

4000 Miles
by Different Stages

After suffering a major loss while he was on a cross-country bike trip, 21 year-old Leo seeks solace from his feisty 91 year-old grandmother Vera …

Jan. 08 - Jan. 30, 2016
Th-Sun
Austin
Fallen Angels by Different Stages

Fallen Angels
by Different Stages

Different Stages continues its 2015 - 2016 season with Noel Coward's Fallen Angels.  When a pair of stylish London socialites learns that a mutual long-ago …

Nov. 20 - Dec. 12, 2015
Th-Sun
Austin
Dracula (adapted by Dietz) by Different Stages

Dracula (adapted by Dietz)
by Different Stages

This new adaptation by Steven Dietz restores the suspense and seduction of Bram Stoker's classic novel to the stage. As Count Dracula begins to exert …

Jun. 26 - Jul. 18, 2015
Th-Sun
Austin
When The Rain Stops Falling by Different Stages

When The Rain Stops Falling
by Different Stages

Different Stages opens its 2014-2015 season with When the Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovell. The story takes place between two worlds, between a prediction in 1959 and …

Mar. 20 - Apr. 11, 2015
Th-Sun
Austin
Charley's Aunt by Different Stages

Charley's Aunt
by Different Stages

Oxford students Jack and Charley can''t court their sweethearts without a chaperone. Charley's aunt is on her way from Brazil and will fit the bill …

Jan. 09 - Jan. 31, 2015
 
Austin
Mauritius by Different Stages

Mauritius
by Different Stages

Different Stages continues its 2013 - 2014 season with Theresa Rebeck's Mauritius. Two estranged half-sisters sisters are mourning the recent loss of their mother. However, …

Nov. 21 - Dec. 13, 2014
 
Austin
Different Stages

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
by Different Stages

Based on the 1961 novella by Muriel Sparks, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is the story of an uncommonly progressive schoolteacher at an uncommonly …

Jun. 27 - Jul. 19, 2014
 
Austin
Pygmalion by Different Stages

Pygmalion
by Different Stages

Different Stages closes its 2013-2014 season with Pygmalion, Shaw's most popular modern masterpiece, perhaps best known as the inspiration for the musical My Fair Lady. …

Apr. 04 - Apr. 26, 2014
 
Austin
The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia by Different Stages

The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia
by Different Stages

Different Stages continues its 2013 - 2014 season with Preston Jones's comedy The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia.  A fraternity of Bradleyville's "good …

Nov. 15 - Dec. 14, 2013
Th-Sun
Austin
Arsenic and Old Lace by Different Stages

Arsenic and Old Lace
by Different Stages

Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he …

Nov. 11 - Dec. 03, 2011
 
Austin
Well by Different Stages

Well
by Different Stages

Jan. 08 - Jan. 30, 2010
 
Austin
Eurydice by Different Stages

Eurydice
by Different Stages

Apr. 23 - May. 10, 2009
 
Austin
A Number by Different Stages

A Number
by Different Stages

Nov. 14 - Dec. 06, 2008
Th-Sun
Austin
Getting Married by Different Stages

Getting Married
by Different Stages