Our HPT production may be the last Godot in the country before Bill & Ted (i.e. Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter) open their Broadway production …

HPT's Producing Artistic Director Ken Webster delves back into his strange obsession with former major league catcher John Bateman. Webster's Twitter feed started as a …

"Wait for help. Item not recognized? . . . Yeah. Welcome to my world."  "Self-checkout lane? As God is my witness, I never thought I’d …

From the playwright who brought you HPT's award-winning productions of St. Nicholas, Port Authority, and The Night Alive, Hyde Park Theatre presents Conor McPherson's The Good Thief: a small-time Irish hood's story, …

Come see us transform HPT into an art gallery for a show by a dissident Chinese conceptual artist, a man who was imprisoned and tortured …

The acclaimed dark comedy about a hotshot voice talent who falters while recording a 30-second radio spot. Winner of the Canadian Comedy Award (and you …

In this darkly comic one-man piece by the brilliant Irish playwright Conor McPherson, a theater critic relates tales of his life among the vampires. The …

FronteraFest, Austin’s longest-running and most beloved performance festival returns in 2023 after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A unique collaboration between Hyde Park Theatre and ScriptWorks, FronteraFest is celebrating its …

 HPT turns 40 this year. and in its honor Artistic Director Ken Webster will perform this piece--a history of the space including tales of Webster's …

Cassius just got his first job, and it's a real JOB JOB!  It involves something about Climate Change and it’s maybe somewhere near El Paso, …

When a sacred and magical tree begins to wither, its roots expose a West Texas town trapped between long-buried secrets and a fast-approaching oil boom. …

Judith, dressed as a man, moves to London to stand trial in her absent brother's place. When the trial goes badly, Judith begins to write plays to please …

I LOVE HPTa fundraiser for Hyde Park Theatre!written and performed by Ken WebsterHyde ParkTheatre is turns forty this year! Ken Webster will perform his monologue …

Lucas has amassed the coveted middle-aged-man spoils: an adoring wife, a devoted son, a successful-but-not excessive career. His return to his hometown for professional recognition …

In this encore of My Seasons with the Astros, Expos, and Phillies, HPT's Producing Artistic Director, award-winning actor/director Ken Webster, explains his strange obsession with former major league catcher John …

Welcome back! To celebrate our return from the pandemic, we're presenting an encore of the hilarious, curious, heartbreaking, astonishing one-man piece that won raves from …

Five years ago, Corey’s astronaut sister died on an expedition to Mars. Now his brother Carl searches Antarctica for meteorites while his best friend Lexington …

Maggie Gallant's HOT DOGS AT THE EIFFEL TOWER will be presented on Hyde Park Theatre YouTube Channel June 5-19. The June 5 show will be …

On Saturday, October 24, 2020, with playwright Will Eno's generous permission, we present a professional recording of Thom Pain (based on nothing), with a galvanizing …

Fresh from its wild success at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival, Maggie Gallant's hilarious, endlessly surprising Hot Dogs at the Eiffel Tower comes to HPT September 5 - …

Maxine has weeks to live--and she thinks her daughter is paying her nurse to make sure she dies before new, higher death taxes kick in …

In 1879, Henrik Ibsen wrote one of the most controversial plays of all time: A Doll's House, in which Nora walks out on her husband …

  In this deeply funny, deeply thought-provoking piece, a Mexican American urban sophisticate who wants to connect with his roots ventures deep into the Mexican …

Ken Webster's long running infatuation with catcher John Bateman.  

The newest work from the playwright of HPT hits like  John, The Flick, The Aliens,  Circle Mirror Transformation, and Body Awareness --the "endlessly fascinating, deeply funny" The Antipodes. The New York Times wrote, "Just …

  Egress: You have just moved to a small college town to teach architecture. You have trouble sleeping. Sometimes, you lose track of time. You …

From the playwright of HPT hit Thom Pain (based on nothing) and others: The New York Times made it a Critics' Pick and wrote, "Though …

Award-winning actor/director Ken Webster explains his strange obsession with former major league catcher John Bateman.. Webster's Twitter Feed, https://twitter.com/JohnnyBateman7 started as a diary of the 1966 Houston …

Nine teenage girls make a soccer team--and a New York Times Critic's Pick for Best Theatre of 2016: "Girl power is atomic in The Wolves, …

Picture the Brontë sisters, but with American accents. Picture a large dog falling in obsessive love with a small bird. Picture a dark, satirical comedy …

Award-winning actor/director Ken Webster explains his strange obsession with former major league catcher John Bateman.. Webster's Twitter Feed, https://twitter.com/JohnnyBateman7 started as a diary of the 1966 Houston …

A biting black comedy that turns "guns don't kill people, people kill people" on its head, when the guns at Ruby's small-town gun shop start …

The week after Thanksgiving. A bed & breakfast in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. A cheerful innkeeper. A young couple struggling to stay together. Thousands of inanimate objects, …

Seven years ago, Athens vs Sparta was selling out the Cactus Cafe, Hyde Park Theatre, and other venues statewide. Now this band/song-cycle--a combination dark indie-pop-opera, …

If you’re looking for a holiday treat, look no further.  A Lone Star Christmas Carol takes Dickens’ classic tale and retells it with a distinctly Texas Twang, …

I did some math. How many plane trips? London to New York?   I . . .   Two thousand five hundred and fifty.   …

THE FLICK by Annie Baker opens July 7 at HPT, featuring Delanté G. Keys, Katie Kohler, and Shanon Weaver.   "THE FLICK" at Hyde Park …

Award-winning actor/director Ken Webster explains his strange obsession with former major league catcher John Bateman.. Webster's Twitter Feed, https://twitter.com/JohnnyBateman7started as a diary of the 1966 Houston …

  My Seasons with the Houston Astros and the the Montreal Expos, written and performed by Ken Webster. Award-winning actor/director Ken Webster explains his strange obsession …

"Plays as funny and moving, as wonderful and weird as The Realistic Joneses, by Will Eno, do not appear often on Broadway. Or ever, really. . . …

Only the second production in the country of this new work by the playwright of HPT's award-winning smash hit Slowgirl. After a series of unsettling discoveries …

“The dog must gnaw/At bones to clean its teeth; soldiers must go/To war to prove their aretai exist.” In 2005, General David Petraeus asked West Point …

From the playwright who gave us earlier HPT hits such as St. Nicholas, The Good Thief, and Port Authority: a play that the New York Times called "extraordinary. The …

A combination pop-opera, Greek drama, modern allegory, and historical CliffsNotes created by Trinity University history grad and musician Charlie Roadman and narrated by Ken Webster …

On February 26, we turn Hyde Park Theatre into the smallest megachurch in North America for the first production of this marvelous new work since …

Winner of the 2011 Obie Award for Playwriting and nominated for the 2011 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, Samuel D. Hunter's A Bright New …

From acclaimed Irish playwright Conor McPherson, author of The Weir, Shining City, and two of HPT's biggest past hits, St. Nicholas and The Good Thief: Port …

"Kirdaar" (Written by Abhijit Kulkarni & Arrpieta Kulkarni, Based on a short story by Dr. Padmanabh Keskar, Directed by Rohan Joseph)Prathamesh Datar, a short-story writer …

"Drawer Boy" as in "the one who draws." After ten years, we're bringing back one of the most popular and critically acclaimed shows HPT has …