Erma Brombeck: At Wit's End
by Austin Playhouse
May. 22 - Jun. 07
Fridays-Sundays
Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End is a one-woman play that humorously explores the life of the beloved columnist Erma Bombeck, highlighting her experiences as a suburban housewife and her advocacy for women's rights. The play captures her wit and the everyday struggles faced by women, making it both entertaining and relatable.
Born Erma Fiste, Erma Louise Bombeck, achieved great popularity for a newspaper column that comically depicted suburban home life in the second half of the 20th century. With a career spanning decades, Bombeck published 4,000 newspaper articles from the 60s to the 90s. During the 70s, her witty columns were read, twice weekly, by thirty million readers of 900 newspapers in the US and Canada with the majority of her 15 books becoming instant best sellers.
Starring Sarah Fleming Walker as Erma Bombeck. Directed by Lara Toner Haddock.
May 22–June 7, 2026
Erma Brombeck: At Wit's End
by Margaret Engel and Allison Engel
Austin Playhouse
May 22 - June 07, 2026
May 22 - June 7, 2026
Fri – Sat at 7:30 p.m. | Sun at 2:00 p.m.
Austin Playhouse, located in the heart of West Campus at 405 West 22nd St., Austin.
Free street parking is available with paid parking conveniently located one block away at the UT Co-Op Parking Garage at 2214 San Antonio St.
