“LCP:25 Volume 2” digs deep into the archives to revisit even more classic sketches and group memories from the LCP’s unlikely formation and debut show in …
Beards of Instagram's production of Waiting for Godot, one of the most influential English language plays of the 20th century, features some of the most …
The Hip-Hop Theater Explosion! brings under one roof some of the most amazing artists in the city, including Jeffery “DaShade Moonbeam” Johnson, Queen Deelah, Nick Cruz, …
Booger Red survives a rough childhood to become a renowned Hellfire and Brimstone Southern Baptist preacher. How can Preacher's Kid Jimmy find a way out …
The FronteraFest 101 workshop, led by ScriptWorks Executive Artistic Director and FronteraFest Producer Christina J. Moore, will guide participants through the process of preparing a …
From 2015 -2020, Gale McCray became known around the country as The Old Man with the Sign. The sign read simply, "Trump: That Boy Don’t Act Right." McCray encountered Americans …
An evening of monologues by ScriptWorks member playwrights performed by the writers and actor friends. This ScriptWorks benefit features playwrights reading monologues from their works. “It’s …
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 …
Ephemera (inspired by the Chicago Neo-Futurists) is 30 original plays in 60 minutes performed in the neo-futurist style of theatre. It is fast, intimate, disgusting, immediate, …
We all make mistakes, misinterpretations, and questionable moves. This year those things are in the spotlight in ScriptWorks’ OUT OF INK 2024: Not In the …
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, …
Theatre from the Edge
"The fringe theater event of the Southwest!" -Austin American Statesman
That's right: it's time to heat up your winter nights again with the 29th …
Award-winning actress/storyteller BERNADETTE NASON reprises her role as EVERYONE in this critically-acclaimed one-woman version of Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL, bringingvivid life to more than …
Minority communities everywhere are under attack.
In the one-man comedy “Barrio Daze,” the ‘hood strikes back.
Set against the backdrop of a tumultuous national election, …
A therapeutic exhale that documents growing up black in Austin, Texas, Chronicles of an Indigenous Offspring, written and performed by Zell Miller, III, i as love letter to cultural landmarks that …
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 …
Cinnamon Path is happy to present...
Three women presenting their views on legends, housewives and royal society.
Featuring the writing talents of:
• Maggie Gallant• …
Zell Miller, III returns to Hyde Park Theatre to present Chronicles of an indigenous offspring, featuring photography by the great Ivan Miller.
Pulling from black …
ScriptWorks presents OUT OF INK 2023: Family Traditions, Every family has some quirky legacy they cling to and this year those rituals go on the record in …
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 …
A dumbshow presented by Mr. Bonetangles and Picklehead the Clown. A puppet-clown collaboration by Will Schutze and Zac Carr. A dull spectacle of the state …
Nason has worked at a Dubai hotel for several months and realizes, unhappily, that there's a discrepancy between Anglo staff and those of color. While …
DAMMIT LOLA is experimental DIY stand-up shenanigans inspired by Andy Kaufman and Amy Sedaris. Idiot comedy duo, Roz Mandola and CB Goodman poke fun and …
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 …
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 …
Hyde Park Theatre, Hidden Room, Whirligig, and Penfold Theatre Company are joining the Ukrainian component of The Worldwide Readings Project to produce readings of four …
Half-coyote/half-human teens, an improv troupe, a boy made of glass and an invisible boy. These are just a few of the embraceable characters you'll encounter …
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 …
Bad Neighbors, by Ava Love Hanna (ScriptWorks Commission). The five members of the HOA board in Westdale are here to help protect your property values and …
A Child’s Guide to Schopenhauer, by Marla Porter. Kids explore philosophy. Written and directed by Marla Porter and starring Skylar Ewing, Aidan O’Brien, and Tara …
Science Fails: The Human Side of Science, by Nichole Bennett et al. Our science textbooks are filled with “Eureka!” moments of triumph and discovery. But science …
Rita Anderson’s LIGHTNING GIRL is a surreal fictionalization of how 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke, in 1971, survived a plane crash after her craft was struck …
14 Si!, by PoetKen Jones. This play is a dark satire of recent trafficking and abuse scandals involving underage victims. The pedophile protagonist Jesus “Ju …
Austin Still In Denial, by Stuart Hersh. In his 12th FronteraFest play, Stuart connects what he learned about slavery with his recent family trip to Eastern …
The Silo Effect and The Medium, by Jay DiPrima. Two ten-minute plays that explore the interaction of "Alexa" with seniors that are discovering its pseudo capacity …
From the brilliantly twisted mind of Mickle Maher comes a new dark comedy that challenges the limits of the theatre’s magic while mashing up the curse of the audition, The Three …
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 - …
Cinnamon Path Theater presents KANSAS CITY OR BUST!, a comedy fundraiser starring Jomo & The Possum Posse, Cami & Zach, Jasmine Ellis and Angelina Martin. Also featuring a reading of …
From Maggie Gallant:
If you haven't heard, I'm taking my solo show to the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival next month. This is the final installment in a …
Robots, automatons, household appliances, and humans are a few of the artificially “intelligent" characters in this year’s Out of Ink production inspired by one of the …
Medea, by Euripides, translation by Ian Johnston. In this performance, the Sacred Clowns Theatre Project presents their interpretation of Euripides' two-thousand-year-old play about a woman …
Not All Men, by Joy Cunningham. While having drinks with the gals, listening to their stories of sexual molestation, raper, or near-rape, writer/performer Joy Cunningham …
Urine Trouble, by James E. Burnside. A late middle-aged man discusses his prostate.Still Me, by Pelita Dasalla. Donna is a fifty year-old woman who recently lost her …
The Closet Scenes from Fumbling for the Knob, by James Dean Jay Byrd. A staged reading of two scripted chapters from the recently completed memoir Fumbling for …
SPINE SOUP, by Nina Di Leo. Spines in the streets, nothing in the fridge. An absurdist recipe for feeding strangers, making something out of nothing, and …
Hush??, by Jenny Burch, Istvan Gulyas, Jack Kilduff, Neal Ormsbee and Mo Romero. Hush?? improvises an array of correlated scenes in order to highlight the strange relationships and …
LIMBOTASTIC, by Rita Anderson. Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, and Amy Winehouse meet up in the afterlife in limbo. When Winehouse suggests that they create a …
In Bloom, by Robin Anderson. An original short play about a woman struggling to find her footing after divorce who finds unexpected support from a young …
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 …
Edward Albee's shockingly funny THE GOAT or Who is Sylvia? is a very subversively funny play that defies any categorization and we can't wait to share it with you. …
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 …
Silence can be golden, but it can also be VERY FUNNY,vfrustrating, erotic, comforting, and profoundly passive-agressive.
On a weeklong silent retreat in the woods, …
The following plays were selected for production in this year’s OUT OF INK production from over 30 plays written during the Weekend Fling:
A CARDIAC EVENT …
When an unnamed female fighter pilot in the United States Air Force gets unexpectedly pregnant, her superiors reassign her, post-maternity leave, from flying F-16s …
Jomo & The Possum Posse: New Directions, by Jomo & The Possum Posse. This sardonic honky-tonk band will show you something they've never shown anyone else …
One Woman, 57 Boyfriends, by Krissy Olson. A solo monologue with vocal performance, written and performed by opera singer/actress Krissy Olson.You Ain't No Sissy, by Jack Darling. …
Dog Joggers, with Mary Kahle, Laura King, Mary Henderson, Timo Xzavier & Mike Topel. Long-form improv creating a scenic journey of absurdity, sweetness, and torment fueled …
Amazon, by Cortney DeAngelo. An original piece about an Amazon performer in a world that worships the feminine petite. Written and performed by Cortney DeAngelo. Directed …
There's Light Through a Keyhole, by Recovering Addict. East Austin resident Cameron reveals how he conquered drug addictions. Based on a true story.Into the Light, written and …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
Eddie just wants to sit down and eat some freakin' lasagna with his family! As the manager of a well-known Italian chain restaurant in Pocatello, Idaho, that's …
From the writer that brought us the Academy Award-Winning movie MOONLIGHT....
The Louisiana bayou. Two brothers. The younger brother comes home from prison and hopes …
The 4th ANNUAL AUSTIN ONE-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL will feature brand new one-minute plays bySERIES A:Kimberly Belflower, Allison Orr Block, James Burnside, Katherine Catmull, Martha Lynn …
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 …
In Cap T's tradition of offering intelligent, funny, and relevant shows during the summer we are excited to announce the opening of THE EFFECT by Lucy …
Walter Kreutzer, a microbiologist for a defense contractor, is being investigated by his employers over an incriminating memo that was leaked to the media. Walter …
The week after Thanksgiving. A bed & breakfast in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. A cheerful innkeeper. A young couple struggling to stay together. Thousands of inanimate objects, …
Bitches Anonymous, by Gloria C. Adams, Jennine "DOC" Wright, and Teresa Johnson.
Bitch (n): a woman who doesn't give men what they want. Three Austin poets …
Loaded Gun Theory presents Death's Exit Interview, by Loaded Gun Theory (Loaded Gun Theory).
What if the universe works just like your shitty day job?Before Breakfast, by …
Final Conversations, by Rita Anderson (ScriptWorks Commission).
Final Conversations explores a mother's wish to have one real conversation with her son before he's accidentally killed. One morning …
Final Conversations explores a mother’s wish to have one real conversation with her son before he’s accidentally killed. -- One morning before he leaves for school, …
Duck, Duck, Goose, by Max Langert.
Noah Martin directs this piece about feathers, funk, and fame. Originally written, cast, rehearsed, staged and performed all in one …
Duck Duck Goose is back! Originally written overnight for the 14/48 Austin 2016 Festival by veteran playwright Max Langert, Duck Duck Goose will be featured in FronteraFest 2017!
Come out …
Polly's Playhouse and the Uber Replacement, written and performed by Charley Devany.
The third installation of Charley Devany's one-man shows focusing on family history. EHD (2013) and All The …
The Anglers, by Sarah Loucks (ScriptWorks Commission).
A boy and the Devil philosophize, play video games, and eat Cheetos along the banks of the Mississippi.Hamlet in …
Fully Living, by Louise Gallup-Roholt.
The poignant, heart-rending, and often funny stories of a family. A very unusual family.The Storyteller, by Liz Delaney.
Actor relates and shares …
ChuTopp, by Topping Haggerty and Chuy Zarate.
ChuTopp is doing a fully improvised narrative show that tells the story of an awkwardly brilliant, and much too …
Mothering Apollo is a lecture-comedy-song-dance-anatomylesson-love story. While the performance is derived from mothering a medically fragile, chronically ill baby and a tender toddler, it is also …
Your Neighborhood Association, by Max Langert (ScriptWorks Commission).
Ripped from the headlines of your local Listserv. Hope you've paid your dues.Blue Spiral, by Nadine Mozon.
Girlhood song …
This show is a personal, experimental, and interactive mix of short plays written and performed by the Inner Picnic ensemble. Inspired by NeoFuturism and …
Lady in Red, a heavenly caffeinated tale, written and performed by Rhonda F. Kulhanek.
A one-woman performance.The Epidemiologist, by Ramon Carver.
The argument of the play is …
Fishin’ For Love, written and directed by Morgan Wendlandt.
Concerns the personal relationships discussed by a bus full of strangers after a man proclaims his love …
Body of Work, written and performed by Christine Hoang (ScriptWorks Commission).
An autobiographical, one-woman show that explores how a woman's views on body image, consumerism, cosmetic …
Body of Work, written and performed by Christine Hoang (ScriptWorks Commission). An autobiographical, one-woman show that explores how a woman's views on body image, consumerism, cosmetic …
Baby Bob Saget, by Linzy Beltran, Aaron Walther, AJ McKeon, Lindsey Moringy, Frank Netscher, Laura de la Fuente (Baby Bob Saget).
Baby Bob Saget features performers …
BERSERKER is the brainchild of duo Kari Floren (writer) and Michael McKenzie (director) and was recently presented at the Emerging Artists Theater's New Works series …
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, …
Is love timeless? Marianne, a mercurial quantum physicist, and Roland, an unvarnished beekeeper, explore this possibility through multiple episodes in their lives. Like a symphony, …
A message from the playwright:
"Corruption eventually works its way into everything decent" says Heather. "I hate it."
The play titled CORRUPTION will work its …
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 …
WILD CARD PERFORMANCE. Tonight we present staff picks from among the 2016 Short Fringe performances that were overlooked by the Best of Week judges. I Don't …
Playback is an improvisational theatre developed by Jonathan Fox in which the troupe elicits stories from the audience and uses a variety of forms to …
You show up at Hyde Park Theatre ready for another night of Fringe Fest Fantasticness. Probably an autobiographical monologue, an interpretive dance, and of course, …
Through kick-butt music, theatrical clowning and the forlornness of emo/gothic melodrama, here comes the everyday life of what it means to be a punk clown. …
Crying Room is a monologue play about Melissa, a nervous talker, who waits out a wedding for the funeral to follow--where she'll be a pallbearer. It's …
Sugar Water Purple is Austin's first and only all-black male improv troupe. We perform a high-energy, long-form show based closely on the famous "Harold" format. …
Megan Mowry, Laura de laFuente, Stephanie Ard, Jessica Vasami, Katie Cowan, and Lindsey Moringy are Sheshesheshe, an all-female improv troupe that performs and studies at ColdTowne Theater. …
Choreographed by Ellen Bartel and Kelsey Oliver (Ellen Bartel Dance Collective). I am continuing to explore “non-fiction dance” in order to attend to profound personal …
On January 20th, 2015 Greg Abbott becomes the 48th Governor of Texas. Carmelita, student body president, will travel from Llano to Austin to witness the …
Two women wait outside the ER and discover a surprising connection. A look at entanglement in the Tinder era. Directed by Cara Phipps with performers …
Craig Kotfas, Michael Joplin, Ace Manning and Lee Eddy are The Knuckleball Now, an Austin improv troupe dedicated to high speed, high risk comedy. With …
A religious revival combined with a philosophical, scientific, and humorist approach to imagine yourself living for 100 years and realizing your dreams through transcendent experimentation …
On Friday, January 22, 2016 at 8pm, Christine Hoang & James Hughes (Color Arc Productions) will be performing an original work they wrote entitled "Two …
A one-person short play about three women in the exotic, glamorous, and tragic world of 1930s Shanghai.
Presented with no dialogue and and live songs …
A collaborative experience in words, image, and sounds by W. A. Brenner, Roy Moore, Content Love Knowles, and Emily Breedlove. This round robin of inspiration began …
Cascade presents a poignant examination of the bond between two unique and complex characters, exploring their relationship with a flood of emotional moments in an improvised …
Deathrattledotcom takes place in the near future when social security, Medicare, and Medicaid have been effectively eliminated in America. Corporations attempt to take their place with …
From "doing it all" to "leaning in," Mother Enough? takes a bold, funny, and occasionally absurd look at the expectations, clichés, and practices surrounding motherhood in contemporary …
Featuring national poetry slam artists Christopher-Michael, Doc, & B-Fran. They represent the best that Central Texas has to offer in the world of Spoken Word.
It's the last day of Nebraska's unrestricted safe haven law, which allows parents to legally abandon children at state hospitals. But surely OCD teen Rob …
A mind-boggling tale about a quirky bunch of actors who must confront a complex murder case. What will these actors discover as they experience trials …
Stroller Blades is the result of iron-forged improv education straight from the legendary ColdTowne Conservatory. This group of students features actors, stand-ups, musicians, artists and straight-up …
Reasons You Should Stay, written and performed by Max Langert (ScriptWorks Commission). I know you've already made up your mind, but please, just listen one last …
Two best friends, whose romantic lives are careening in opposite directions, become untethered from reality as they relive the steps to a relationship ending while …
The Escorts, by Andreas Fabis, Lindsey Reeves, Aaron Saenz, and Shannon Dale Stott (The Escorts). We perform an improvised theatrical narrative inspired by an audience suggestion. …
STEALING BABY JESUS is a humorous, poignant solo performance piece for adults, based on the writer's dysfunctional seasonal experiences with diverse, maladjusted, makeshift families in …
Two professional killers armed with revolvers and a few biscuits are waiting in a windowless basement for word of their next macabre assignment unsure of who it …
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 …
Award winning singer-songwriter and storyteller Kiya Heartwood is an international touring singer-songwriter and storyteller who “sings tales of underdogs from all over, with a distinctly American, soulful …
The 2004 presidential debate mixed with Albert Camus’ THE STRANGER…seriously.
Multi-award-winning Ken Webster and Robert Pierson team up to portray Senator Kerry and President Bush …
Actors Theatre Austin presents award-winning actor Michael Stuart in Samuel Beckett's legendary one-man show, Krapp's Last Tape and Eugene O'Neill's rarely produced two-hander, Hughie at Hyde Park Theatre Thursdays- …
Amy Herzog’s compelling story about the deep recesses of memory and the continuity of human frailty from childhood through adulthood. Jamie’s life in Brooklyn seems just …
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 …
Directed by Christy McBrayer. Monologues written and performed by Christy McBrayer, Elizabeth Decker and Christine LetteA dramedy of Southern women sharing about relationships with their …
Fresh on the heels of receiving its 501(c)(3) non-profit status, Street Corner Arts continues its mission to bring Austin audiences relevant, engaging theatre from all …
Recently laid off, Ben starts an e-business from his suburban home while his wife, Mary, keeps up with the Joneses. But when mysterious new neighbors …
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 …
Mickey, a disaffected high schooler, is befriended by a confused and angry runaway named Duck. Trapped in a suburban wasteland, the two boys come across …
"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 …
THE ALTRUISTSStreet Corner Arts is back again! This time with the razor-sharp wit of Nicky Silver!The Altruists follows a group of chronic East Village protesters, …
The haunting Off-Broadway smash-tragicomedy The Whale will receive its fifth production worldwide in Austin, following successful runs at The Denver Center, Victory Gardens, South Coast Rep, and …