Mahabharata Tales is a new telling of the heroic story of ancient India developed by Austin Shakespeare artistic directorCiccolella. Austin actors, musicians and dancers will …

The Old Vic Bristol/National Theatre of Great Britain has devised a new, modern version of Jane Eyre. “This Jane is strong, feisty, and spunky,” said …

In 2016, we premiered MORE OR LESS, an hour-long dance for nine dancers who performed to a live version of Steve Reich’s iconic “Drumming.” I …

Austin Shakespeare will debut a new adaptation by Michael Meigs of Corneille’s romantic tour de force retitled El Cid at the Long Center Nov. 10 – 26, …

A collection of short dance films.

The Real Thing is Tom Stoppard's exploration of fidelity/infidelity. Using a play-within-a-play mechanism, the play integrates issues of political anarchy in the politically charged atmosphere …

Explore the clever Jane Austen by entering her comic and romantic world of Sense & Sensibility. Two young sisters – marriageable – but with unique …

  Feature by Lance Morrison for Texas Observer, September 22, 2022

Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre (AADT) will proudly present the live premiere of REIMAGINE: Celebrating 30 Years in the The Long Center - Rollins Theatre. In …

Tapestry Co-Founder Acia Gray will join interdisciplinary artist Zell Miller III and New York-based Bessie Award winner Nicholas Van Young for All The Notes Are …

Enjoy the emotion-packed charge and nostalgic laughter of Tennessee Williams’ memory play The Glass Menagerie, when Austin Shakespeare returns to the intimate Rollins Theatre. Journey …

 “It is in the dance of life that we collaborate with our individuality to create the beautiful orchestra of community.” – Acia Gray, Director   “Who …

One of Shakespeare’s most popular plays, Bollywood Twelfth Night will feature dances by Prakash Mohandas and songs by Austin singer/songwriter Nagavalli. “We will be celebrating our in-person …

Austin Shakespeare presents Ibsen’s acclaimed masterwork, Hedda, in a new adaptation by Artistic Director Ann Ciccolella. Set in 1950, this new production is inspired by Betty Friedan’s …

  SOLO SYMPHONY, A DANCE FOR AUSTIN SYMPHONY CONDUCTOR PETER BAYJanuary 30, 31, & February 1 at 8 pmFebruary 2 at 3 pmRollins Studio Theater …

A DANCE BY AUSTIN SYMPHONY CONDUCTOR PETER BAY For the first time since its 2012 debut, Conductor Peter Bay and Choreographer Allison Orr are teaming …

  A poor physician’s daughter who’s in love with a count. A sick king who’s willing to grant any wish in order to be cured. …

Celebrate the holidays with the whole family and join Tapestry Dance Company with this Austintatious rhythm tap and jazz spin on the beloved yuletide story, …

  Austin Shakespeare brings one of Shakespeare’s most romantic of comedies with music from some of Austin’s talented songwriters in As You Like It, performed by …

Allie, a curious 5th grader, has one week to find out about her family’s history for a school heritage day presentation. Pestering her abuela (grandmother) …

 Six creative actors will bring to life scenes from the hero’s epic adventures in Austin Shakespeare’s new production of Homer’s The Odyssey at the Long Center’s Rollins Theatre.    …

   Over the Lege, the number one — and some might say only — political satire show focused solely on the Texas Legislature returns to …

  “Maybe this is the year, this is the moment, this is the dance where your lives will start!”   Somewhere in America, an army …

A witch lives in these woods.  Beyond the graveyard, inside the ramshackle cabin.  And when the moon is full, she lures children to her lair …

  This satire of big business and all it holds sacred, follows the rise of J. Pierrepont Finch, who uses a little handbook to climb …

A feel-good musical comedy smash based on the hit 1992 film has audiences jumping to their feet! Filled with powerful gospel music, outrageous dancing and …

In the western world, can women 'have it all'? Severe Weather Warning explores the pleasures and perils of lifelong friendship during a desperately needed Girls …

In 1930, British poet Flora Crewe travels to India. Flora is a thoroughly modern girl who has modeled for Modigliani, hobnobbed with communists, and been accused of obscenity …

A filmic portrait about two people, living in a ghost town.  A story about solitude and survival, the results of a failed atomic experiment. BERLIN's Zvizdal is a cinematic …

Austin Shakespeare Presents Tennessee Williams’ CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF November 16-December 2, 2018    Tennessee Williams’ personal favorite play, Cat on a Hot Tin …

The residents of Eerie Cove have a new, frightening visitor, and it does't look like it's EVER brushed its teeth! Can it be a real ghost? …

Director Dustin GoochChoreographer Kristie CopelandBook Jeffrey LaneMusic & Lyrics David Yazbek  Based on the popular 1988 film starring Steve Martin and Michael Caine, DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS tells the story of Lawrence …

A new musical for family audiences!From the brilliant minds of Allen Robertson and Damon Brown, comes the premiere of another exciting, family-friendly musical. ROB1N is a modern-day re-imagining …

The Meredith Willson classic THE MUSIC MAN follows con man Harold Hill as he swindles the Midwestern town of River City into believing he is a band …

Hepp-Galvan’s hilarious new play tells the story of three best friends who can’t wait to play together at their secret meeting spot every day. Sarah, …

From ABBA to boy bands, from ’80s glory to ridiculously sublime love songs, River City Pops is thrilled to present Guilty Pleasures: Songs you hate …

Central Texas’ most well-known children’s theatre company, Pollyanna Theatre, a resident company of the Long Center for the Performing Arts, is thrilled to produce The Secret …

When an elderly secretary at the local high school confronts a threat in her office with six bullets, the local gun company responds by naming …

 Austin Shakespeare brings Chekhov’s revolutionary play The Seagull to the Rollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center from February 7 – 25, 2018. This is the first time …

Austin Shakespeare kicks off the holiday festivities with Shakespeare’s popular romantic comedy Much Ado about NOTHING, running in the intimate Rollins Studio Theatre at The Long Center …

Come along on an enchanting adventure around the world world with a young girl and her faithful companion the moon. Told through movement and heart-felt humor, this …

A fully-costumed staged reading with scenic projections of the modern classic where a flawed hero confronts adolescent sex and the hysteria of the Salem witch …

Summer Stock Austin presents ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, August 2 – 12 in the Rollins Studio Theatre. ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, Irving Berlin’s glorious wild west spectacle, …

From the creative minds of Allen Robertson and Damon Brown of the Biscuit Brothers comes A Shoe Story, a musical in which Sydney, a 13th generation shoemaker, …

Monty Python’s Spamalot, the musical comedy sensation “lovingly ripped off” from the film classic Monty Python and The Holy Grail, leaps onto the Rollins stage this summer, …

It is Iyana’s special tenth birthday, the birthday that every child in the Kingdom receives his or her magic singing shoes from her father, the …

In just a few weeks, Pollyanna Theatre Company opens Playing Possum: A Trickster Tale from Mexico May 12 – May 21. But what’s a trickster tale, and …

Austin Shakespeare seats the audience in the round for Harold Pinter’s work at The Rollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center for the Performing Arts. This …

What could be a downer of a day suddenly turns much more interesting when siblings Nick and Ally find a very odd machine in the …

Team Montopolis invites you to the Montopolis Time Machine Module on January 13, 14, and 15, 2017 at the Long Center’s Rollins Theater. Join our stellar …

Tapestry Dance Company presents Of Mice and Music – A Jazz Tap Nutcracker! December 8 – 18 in Rollins Studio Theatre “If you’re looking for something Christmas-y with a …

Austin Shakespeare brings Noel Coward’s classic comedy Present Laughter to the Rollins Studio Theatre at The Long Center for the Performing Arts from November 16, 2016 – December …

Austin Shakespeare is proud to announce its 2016 – 2017 season, which will kick off with a staged reading of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall (Part I only).  Mantel’s best-selling …

CARNIVAL is really two musicals: a heart-warming love story between two lonely souls and an exciting circus spectacular! A huge cast of talented singers, dancers …

From the creative minds of Allen Robertson and Damon Brown of the “Biscuit Brothers” comes a brand-new musical adventure full of family fun, thrills, musical …

“They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky, they’re altogether ooky!” The Broadway Muscial sensation THE ADDAMS FAMILY brings the familiar and bizarre antics of …

Central Texas’ most well-known children’s theatre company, Pollyanna Theatre, a resident company of the Long Center for the Performing Arts, presents Trouble on the Double …

River City Pops presents an exciting, choreographed production featuring iconic songs from The Beatles, Elton John, Queen, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Coldplay, Wham, and …

Set in the world of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, Clybourne Park is a razor-sharp new satire that takes a hilarious, yet unflinching …

This play is based upon the life of Frances Slocum, a young girl who is taken in the early 1800’s to live among Native Americans …

Meet the zany residents of Hyphen!  A devised multi-media narrative piece with a protagonist, a main ensemble and a secondary ensemble.  Imagine the child-like wonder of Alice …

Medea by Euripides is a 2500-year-old classic that still resonates today with its modern–day complexities of power, marriage, families and politics. Medea will plunge the audience into the …

This play is a theatrical exploration of many of the preliteracy skills needed to succeed in kindergarten. It is also a fun-filled 45 minutes when …

Tapestry’s unique and highly popular take on the holiday classic.  With an original score and live jazz music, this one-of-a-kind evening includes all aspects of Tapestry Dance …

  Considered one of the most powerful plays ever written, A Streetcar Named Desire opened on Broadway and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.  The play has since …

The B. Iden Payne Awards — named for the renowned British theater director and teacher who concluded his career at the University of Texas at …

Strings of Time  is a show produced by Agni Entertainment that combines dance and physics in a unique way to narrate the story of the …

Austin Shakespeare, in collaboration with Armstrong Community Music School, has cast familiar Austin singing actors along with new ones for their concert version of Stephen …

ARCOS Dance debuts its award-winning multimedia dance-theater production The Warriors: A Love Story—memorializing love in times of war, and the company’s first production in Austin. Inspired …

The Hideout Theatre presents Nothing and Everything: Improvised Anton Chekhov Plays at The Long Center for four evenings of boundary-pushing improvisational theatre. This 2014 sold-out …

What happens after the “happily ever after?” Take that question, a slew of our favorite fairytale characters, and Stephen Sondheim’s unparalleled score and you have Into the Woods. …

A new musical by Austin's Allen Robertson. Ancient vs. modern. Brain vs. brawn. Peace vs. war. Sacred vs. secular. Poor vs. rich. Reptile vs. mammal. …

Get ready to rock, shake and roll, because Broadway’s “perfect musical comedy” is coming to Summer Stock Austin! The Tony-winning Guys and Dolls is rocking the boat …

A young girl named Sarah is tired of no one listening to her. But when her pre-school teacher tells her that she can “become anything …

Sky Candy is thrilled to announce the world premiere of Swings Asunder, directed by world-travelled dancer Nathan Brumbaugh. This avant garde aerial dance exploration of gender identity …

In My Own Backyard is a Theatre for the Very Young performance created to engage children 1-4 years old through a visual theatre style performance …

Here comes treble! River City Pops, Austin’s premiere show choir, brings you Mixtape, featuring an eclectic blend of song and dance you could only find …

A little girl named Jimmi discovers what can happen when a seemingly unimportant but very big bolt is taken out of its intended place. This production …

Peter is a boy who follows his own drummer and enjoys doing his own thing. Peter is definitely not one of those guys who follows …

COSMICOMICS, a dazzling, romantic aerial theatre piece for the whole family, will draw from the aesthetics of silent film, commedia dell’arte and turn-of-the-century circus arts …

A rowdy musical comedy about how Borger, Texas became the most lawless town in America In the 1920s, wildcat oil strikes, sudden wealth and the …

Getting ready for the return of two of our favorite characters - PLUS and MINUS! Public performances of PLUS AND MINUS: THE VACATION ADVENTURE Opens …

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June 2008, Teatro Vivo, Austin

Wikipedia: Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604. Originally published in the First Folio of 1623 (where it was …

Wikipedia: Little Shop of Horrors is a horror comedy rock musical, by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds …

2008, Austin, Teatro VIvo

Wikipedia: Macbeth is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy, and tells the story of a brave Scottish general named Macbeth who receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one …