Productions in January 2018

Sep. 09 - Feb. 24, 2017
Sat-Sun
Austin
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by Zach Theatre

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
by Zach Theatre

In this inventive and highly theatrical adaptation of C.S. Lewis' classic, two actors give a tour-de-force performance that's sure to delight children and adults alike.   Through …

Dec. 29 - Jan. 21, 2017
Th-Sun
San Antonio
A Bright New Boise by Playhouse San Antonio

A Bright New Boise
by Playhouse San Antonio

In the bleak, corporate break room of a big box store in Idaho, someone is summoning The Rapture. This is the site where the thorny …

Dec. 29 - Jan. 20, 2017
F-Sat
San Antonio
Captain Cortez (a serial) by Overtime Theater

Captain Cortez (a serial)
by Overtime Theater

Narrator: (deep hollywood voice guy) Far in the future, like…really, really far, Earth exhausted it’s resources and travel to the stars was our only hope. …

Jan. 05 - Feb. 25, 2018
F-Sun
New Braunfels
Dinner with Friends by Sylver Spoon Dinner Theatre

Dinner with Friends
by Sylver Spoon Dinner Theatre

Dinner with Friends, performed in a single act, intertwines the lives of Gabe and Karen, food writers, and their close friends Tom and his wife Beth. …

Jan. 05 - Jan. 27, 2018
F-Sun
Leander
Same Time, Next Year by Way Off Broadway Community Players

Same Time, Next Year
by Way Off Broadway Community Players

  One of the most popular romantic comedies of the century, running 4 years on Broadway and later a successful motion picture, starring Ellen Burstyn …

Jan. 05 - Jan. 28, 2018
Th-Sun
Austin
The Immigrant by Austin Playhouse

The Immigrant
by Austin Playhouse

  After more than 25 years, Austin Playhouse and Producing Artistic Director Don Toner are delighted to revisit Mark Harelik's The Immigrant in January 2018. …

Jan. 05 - Jan. 27, 2018
F-Sat
Austin
Speak No More by Golden Improv

Speak No More
by Golden Improv

The cast of Golden - Silent Improvised Stories have created stunning silent narratives in the style of classic silent comedies on stages in Austin and …

Jan. 05 - Jan. 13, 2018
F-Sat
New Braunfels
[title of show] by Mellow Drama Productions

[title of show]
by Mellow Drama Productions

  Jeff and Hunter, two self-confessed nobodies in New York, make a pact: They will write an original musical and submit it to a festival. …

Jan. 06 - Mar. 03, 2018
Sat
Austin
Orphans! by Hideout Theatre

Orphans!
by Hideout Theatre

Is “Annie” your jam? Is “Newsies” the soundtrack for your life? Does “Oliver!” speak your truth?  Then you’re gonna love "Orphans! The Improvised Orphan Musical" …

Jan. 11, 2018
Th
San Antonio
The After-Life by Teatro Audaz

The After-Life
by Teatro Audaz

The After-Life is a collection of five one-act plays (Trans-fixed, Hard-Knoxxx, The Truth About the Bathtub Soap Dish or The Undying Confessions of a Chronic …

Jan. 11 - Jan. 20, 2018
Th-Sun
Austin
The Way She Spoke: A Doc-Mythologia by The Vortex

The Way She Spoke: A Doc-Mythologia
by The Vortex

An actress walks into an empty theatre and picks up a script-- a script full of survivors and ghosts, women and men who have witnessed …

Jan. 11 - Jan. 13, 2018
Th-Sat
Austin
The Voices of Donny Hathaway by Robert King, Jr.

The Voices of Donny Hathaway
by Robert King, Jr.

  On January 13th, 1979 the world lost  Donny Hathaway,one of its greatest musicians and singers. In Robert King Jr.'s new thought-provoking musical he introduces us …

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 …

Jan. 12 - Feb. 04, 2018
Th-Sun
Austin
Uncle Vanya by City Theatre Company

Uncle Vanya
by City Theatre Company

When a retired professor is forced to retire to an estate in the vast country emptiness, his arrival, along with his beautiful young wife, devastates the routine …

Jan. 12 - Jan. 28, 2018
F-Sun
San Antonio
The Eastwood Revisited by Renaissance Guild

The Eastwood Revisited
by Renaissance Guild

    Feature by Deborah Martin in San Antonio Express-News, January 4, 2018

Jan. 12 - Jan. 27, 2018
F-Sat
San Antonio
The Kindness of Strangers: The Tennessee Williams Lecture Tour by Bernard J. Taylor

The Kindness of Strangers: The Tennessee Williams Lecture Tour
by Bernard J. Taylor

      Posted by playwright Bernard J. Taylor on January 12:   Don't miss the performance people are raving about: Jade Esteban Estrads as …

Jan. 12 - Jan. 27, 2018
F-Sat
Smithville
Of Mice and Men by Playhouse Smithville

Of Mice and Men
by Playhouse Smithville

Two migrant field hands, find work on a farm in California during the Great Depression, seeking their dreams leads to tragedy in John Steinbeck's adaptation of his novel. Written …

Jan. 12 - Feb. 17, 2018
Th-Sat
San Antonio
The Mousetrap by The Harlequin

The Mousetrap
by The Harlequin

The Agatha Christie-penned audience fave is set in a boarding house where a group of strangers are riding out a snowstorm. The story gets going …

Jan. 13, 2018
Sat
San Antonio
Big Dreams by Magik Theatre

Big Dreams
by Magik Theatre

The Magik Theatre is hosting a free Dreamweek event on Saturday, January 13, 2018 at 1 p.m. titled “Big Dreams, Big Stories: If you can …

Jan. 13, 2018
Sat
San Antonio
The Glam Clam, a live novela by Teatro Audaz

The Glam Clam, a live novela
by Teatro Audaz

 In a time of crisis, who better to have on your side than Anya Knees, Barbara Koa, and Cialis Neveah Raven, the fabulous drag queen …

Jan. 14, 2018
Sun
San Antonio
Crystal City 1969 by Teatro Audaz

Crystal City 1969
by Teatro Audaz

Written by playwrights David Lozano and Raul Treviño, Crystal City 1969 is based on the true story of a group of Mexican-American teens in South Texas who …

Jan. 14, 2018
Sun
San Antonio
ANON(ymous) by Teatro Audaz

ANON(ymous)
by Teatro Audaz

Separated from his mother, a young refugee called Anon journeys through the United States, encountering a wide variety of people - some kind, some dangerous …

Jan. 16, 2018
T
Austin
FronteraFest Short Fringe 2018 by FronteraFest

FronteraFest Short Fringe 2018
by FronteraFest

Texas Book of Beasts, by Jeff Irvin. Series of extremely short skits dealing with gnats, gnus, bats, okra, raccoons, quail, pickups, skinks, javelina, daddy-long-legs, burghers, toads, …

Jan. 17, 2018
W
Austin
FronteraFest Short Fringe 2018 by FronteraFest

FronteraFest Short Fringe 2018
by FronteraFest

La Gattina, by Raymond V. Whelan. New York Police Department Lieutenant Murray reveals untold details of a horrific crime to Kitty, the victim's ghost.The Chair, written and …

Jan. 17, 2018
W
Austin
Pong by FronteraFest

Pong
by FronteraFest

The future is uncertain in this black-and-white world. Only lateral movement will help us survive.Starring Brian Bonnet, Nhaila Hendrickse and Cassadie Peterson, with original music …

Jan. 18 - Jan. 21, 2018
Th-Sun
Leander
The Addams Family by Leander High School Theatre

The Addams Family
by Leander High School Theatre

“They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky, they’re altogether ooky!” Leander High School Fine Arts Department is pleased to present the Broadway musical sensation THE ADDAMS …

Jan. 18 - Jan. 28, 2018
F-Sun
Austin
The Giver by TILT Performance Group

The Giver
by TILT Performance Group

  When eleven year-old Jonas is selected as his society’s next Receiver of Memory, it becomes his duty to relive distant moments from his community’s …

Jan. 18, 2018
Th
Austin
FronteraFest Short Fringe 2018 by FronteraFest

FronteraFest Short Fringe 2018
by FronteraFest

Do You Feel Safe Yet?, by Tyler Kosmak. A collection of scenes on the theme of safety, directed by Megan Weaver.BRINE VII: Austin for Whom, written and …

Jan. 19 - Feb. 04, 2018
F-Sun
Austin
If I Forget by Southwest Theatre Productions

If I Forget
by Southwest Theatre Productions

Steven Levenson’s (Dear Evan Hansen) sharp and thoroughly touching new drama IF I FORGET tells a powerful tale of a family and a culture at odds with …

Jan. 19 - Jan. 28, 2018
F-Sun
Killeen
Central Texas Theatre (formerly Vive les Arts)

Baskerville
by Central Texas Theatre (formerly Vive les Arts)

Get your deerstalker cap on — the play’s afoot! Comedic genius Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor, Moon Over Buffalo) transforms Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic …

Jan. 19 - Feb. 24, 2018
F-Sat
Austin
Romeo and Juliet, adapted by Magnificent Bastard Productions

Romeo and Juliet, adapted
by Magnificent Bastard Productions

 Those Magnificent Bastards that you’ve come to love and loathe are at it again. This time they’ll kick your good time in the balls with …

Jan. 19, 2018
F
Austin
FronteraFest Short Fringe 2018 by FronteraFest

FronteraFest Short Fringe 2018
by FronteraFest

Little Art Table, written and directed by Marla Porter. Creativity can help overcome one's insecurities and smallness and children give a master class!The Performers of Bad …

Jan. 19 - Feb. 25, 2018
 
Austin
Las Aventuras de Enoughie/The Adventures of Enoughie by Glass Half Full Theatre

Las Aventuras de Enoughie/The Adventures of Enoughie
by Glass Half Full Theatre

Enoughie is different from the other kids at school.  He looks different than the other kids, with his furry, blue face and puffy antennae, so …

Jan. 19 - Jan. 21, 2018
F-Sun
Seguin
Fences by unspecified in Central Texas

Fences
by unspecified in Central Texas

This Pulitzer prize-winning play by August Wilson is set in Pittsburgh in the 1950‘s. The main character, Troy, played by Papa Douglass, is a bigger …

Jan. 20, 2018
Sat
Austin
Best of Week, FronteraFest Short Fringe by FronteraFest

Best of Week, FronteraFest Short Fringe
by FronteraFest

BEST OF WEEK #1. Four of the shows that play in tonight's "Best of Week" performance will be selected by our panel from the previous …

Jan. 20, 2018
Sat
San Antonio
No Rescue Required by Overtime Theater

No Rescue Required
by Overtime Theater

Once upon a time three princesses - Persephone, Penelope, and Popcorn - lived a life of medieval-y privilege with their loyal butler, Jacopo. Then, in …

Jan. 20, 2018
Sat
San Antonio
Where Did We Sit on the Bus? by San Pedro Playhouse

Where Did We Sit on the Bus?
by San Pedro Playhouse

Where Did We Sit on the Bus? is an electric one-man show pulsing with Latin rhythms, rap, hip-hop, spoken word, and live looping. During a …

Jan. 20, 2018
Sat
Wimberley
24-Hour Play Festival by Emily Ann Theatre

24-Hour Play Festival
by Emily Ann Theatre

EmilyAnn Facebook and Instagram followers will choose the writing topic. Playwrights write overnight, and actors, diretors and designers work all day. 24 hours later, 7 …

Jan. 22, 2018
M
Austin
Saint Somebody by Filigree Theatre

Saint Somebody
by Filigree Theatre

When an African-American “deserter” wanders into the camp of the Irish Brigade near Gettysburg, conflicts intensify, but the "Buffalo Soldier" carries with him an old …

Jan. 23, 2018
T
Austin
Meat  by FronteraFest

Meat
by FronteraFest

A man cooks meat for his girlfriend who refuses to eat it. Directed by Stacey Glazer.

Jan. 23, 2018
T
Austin
FronteraFest Short Fringe 2018 by FronteraFest

FronteraFest Short Fringe 2018
by FronteraFest

Removal, by Susan Mack. A story of discovery, separation and renewalMeat, by Sean Sweeney. A man cooks meat for his girlfriend who refuses to eat it.Pleasers, by Tristan …

Jan. 23 - Jan. 27, 2018
T-Sat
Austin
Strip, The Musical by FronteraFest

Strip, The Musical
by FronteraFest

The Living Room Storytime for Grownups, in association with Dillo Arts and Associates, present . . . STRIP THE MUSICAL. Strip takes the true stories of Candy Barr, …

Jan. 24, 2018
W
Austin
FronteraFest Short Fringe 2018 by FronteraFest

FronteraFest Short Fringe 2018
by FronteraFest

Louiseland, written and performed by Louise Richardson. Poems and songs of joy, identity, longing, existence, and survival by Louise Richardson.This Asian American Life, by Yola Lu, Kim …

Jan. 25, 2018
Th
Austin
FronteraFest Short Fringe 2018 by FronteraFest

FronteraFest Short Fringe 2018
by FronteraFest

Burr, story by Laura Maxwell-Scott, lyrics and music by Eric Scott. A hip-hop musical about yet another white man wrestling with his relationship to his country …

Jan. 26 - Feb. 03, 2018
F-Sat
Austin
Heidi by FronteraFest

Heidi
by FronteraFest

Based on Johanna Spyri's novel set in 19th-century Switzerland, Heidi is a new musical by Anne Adams Notario featuring an orphan girl who is taken to live …

Jan. 26 - Feb. 10, 2018
F-Sun
Boerne
Incorruptible by Boerne Community Theatre

Incorruptible
by Boerne Community Theatre

Welcome to Priseaux, France, c. 1250 A.D.: The river flooded again last week. The chandler's shop just burned to the ground. Nobody's heard of the …

Jan. 26 - Feb. 17, 2018
Sat-Sun
San Antonio
Tomás and the Library Lady by Magik Theatre

Tomás and the Library Lady
by Magik Theatre

Adapted from the book by Pat Mora, Tomás and the Library Lady explores the true life story of Chicano author and educator Tomás Rivera. Tomás was …

Jan. 26 - Feb. 18, 2018
F-Sun
San Antonio
Little Women, the Broadway musical by San Pedro Playhouse

Little Women, the Broadway musical
by San Pedro Playhouse

This timeless, captivating story is brought to life in this glorious musical filled with personal discovery, heartache, hope, and everlasting love. A complete theatrical experience, …

Jan. 26, 2018
F
Austin
FronteraFest Short Fringe 2018 by FronteraFest

FronteraFest Short Fringe 2018
by FronteraFest

Mister Starbuck, by Raymond V. Whelan. Mrs. Flanagan jumps out of her bedroom window the day Astronaut John Glenn orbits the Earth. Her daughter Michelle and …

Jan. 26, 2018
F
Austin
A Very Rude Salon by Rude Mechs

A Very Rude Salon
by Rude Mechs

Join Rude Mechs for a frank discussion about the experimental and creative process, failure and epiphany, truth and discovery, and whatever else we come up …

Jan. 26 - Feb. 10, 2018
F-Sun
Austin
893/Ya-Ku-Za by The Vortex

893/Ya-Ku-Za
by The Vortex

    The way to make a person make a decision is to convince everyone around that person / Maybe that's what I'm doing / …

Jan. 27, 2018
 
San Antonio
This Is A Manifesto by Jump-Start Performance Company

This Is A Manifesto
by Jump-Start Performance Company

From panzas to prisons, from street theatre to large-scale multimedia performances, from princess to chafa - Virginia Grise writes plays that are set in bars …

Jan. 27 - Feb. 04, 2018
Th, Sat-Sun
Austin
Ariadne auf Naxos by Austin Opera

Ariadne auf Naxos
by Austin Opera

Richard Strauss’ tour de force Ariadne auf Naxos tells the story of a wealthy man who has assembled two groups of performers in his home …

Jan. 27, 2018
Sat
Austin
Best of Week, FronteraFest Short Fringe by FronteraFest

Best of Week, FronteraFest Short Fringe
by FronteraFest

BEST OF WEEK #2. Four of the shows that play in tonight's "Best of Week" performance will be selected by our panel from the previous …

Jan. 27, 2018
Sat
San Marcos
Switched by Texas State University

Switched
by Texas State University

  Back in the day when family meant everything and self-worth was determined by more than the number of “likes” you get on an Instagram …

Jan. 28, 2018
Sun
Austin
Dairy Queen by Mouth Radio

Dairy Queen
by Mouth Radio

Karen and Lee are employees at Dairy Queen, where they're stuck working on the 4th of July. As fireworks explode in the street and the …

Jan. 30, 2018
T
Austin
FronteraFest Short Fringe 2018 by FronteraFest

FronteraFest Short Fringe 2018
by FronteraFest

First Day, written and directed by Rhonda Roe. Based on a short story I wrote about my first day of kindergarten.My Bags Are Packed, by Laura Freeman. …

Jan. 31 - Mar. 04, 2018
W-Sun
Austin
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Zach Theatre

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Zach Theatre

ZACH Theatre is proud to announce the cast for the Austin premiere of the Tony Award ® Winning play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the …

Jan. 31, 2018
W
Austin
FronteraFest Short Fringe 2018 by FronteraFest

FronteraFest Short Fringe 2018
by FronteraFest

The Puzzler, by Will Holcomb. A two-person play where Blanch, a woman with affluenza (inflated self-worth), is doing community service in a nursing home due to …