Productions at Texas State Theatre Department

Feb. 06 - Feb. 11
T-Sun
San Marcos
The Liar, adapted by Ranjit Bolt by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

The Liar, adapted by Ranjit Bolt
by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

  The Liar is a farcical play by Pierre Corneille that was first performed in 1644.Ranjit Bolt's version of The Liar finds a way of …

Jan. 23 - Jan. 28
T-Sun
San Marcos
The Three Sisters by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

The Three Sisters
by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

THREE SISTERS is packed with action and emotion, including two tumultuous affairs, a fire that devastates the nearby town, and a duel that ends in …

Oct. 20 - Oct. 22, 2023
F-Sun
San Marcos
Texas State New Works Festival by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Texas State New Works Festival
by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Texas State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance presents New Works Festival Oct. 20-22 in Performing Arts Center Recital Hall.  The New Works Festival features three play-readings: 70.3 by …

Apr. 03 - Apr. 08, 2023
All week
San Marcos
Big Love by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Big Love
by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Fifty brides flee their fifty grooms (their cousins) and seek refuge at a villa on the coast of Italy; 49 of the brides murder 49 …

Mar. 05, 2023
Sun
San Marcos
Santiago by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Santiago
by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Central Texas Friends, Attend a free reading of this exciting and controversial new script! Sunday, March 5 at 6 pm in Flowers Hall 113 on …

Oct. 25 - Oct. 30, 2022
T-Sun
San Marcos
Life Sucks by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Life Sucks
by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

LIFE SUCKS enters the lives of a group of old friends, ex-lovers, estranged in-laws, and lifelong enemies who gather to grapple with life’s thorniest questions—and each …

Apr. 11 - Apr. 16, 2022
T-Sun
San Marcos
Gloria by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Gloria
by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Gloria is a dark, twisted comedy following a group of young editorial assistants for a New York magazine. The play follows these ambitious journalists as they …

Oct. 26 - Oct. 31, 2021
T-Sun
San Marcos
Yellow Inn by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Yellow Inn
by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

The owner of Yellow Inn and his wife make a deal with the sister-in-law to hand over ownership of the inn if, and only if, …

Mar. 26 - Mar. 29, 2020
Th-Sun
San Marcos
Cendrillon (Cinderella) by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Cendrillon (Cinderella)
by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

The story of Cinderella is a cultural touchstone, immortalized in film, literature and — thanks to French composer Jules Massenet — opera. His Cendrillon is …

Feb. 14 - Feb. 16, 2020
F-Sun
San Marcos
Stupid Fucking Bird by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Stupid Fucking Bird
by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Stupid Fucking Bird is a fucked-up love story full of tortured artists fighting for love, creativity and survival.      

Oct. 29 - Nov. 03, 2019
T-Sat
San Marcos
The Survivors by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

The Survivors
by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

    Based on historical documents, The Survivors/Los Sobrevivientes traces the story of a small cadre of women who survived the battle of the Alamo. …

Oct. 10 - Oct. 13, 2019
Th-Sun
San Marcos
The Harvest by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

The Harvest
by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

  In the basement of a small evangelical church in southeastern Idaho, a group of young missionaries prepare to go to the Middle East. Before …

Apr. 09 - Apr. 14, 2019
T-Sun
San Marcos
The Importance of Being Earnest by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

The Importance of Being Earnest
by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Playboys Jack and Algernon have fallen for two young women who have vowed to marry no man unless his name is Ernest. In order to …

Oct. 30 - Nov. 04, 2018
T-Sun
San Marcos
The Crucible by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

The Crucible
by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Young girls, caught dancing in a heathen ritual, turn the blame onto others. Alliances between friends and family crumble in a frenzy of allegations. Those …

Apr. 17 - Apr. 22, 2018
T-Sun
San Marcos
A Wrinkle in Time by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

A Wrinkle in Time
by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

One of literature's most enduring young heroines, Meg Murry, is back--braces, stubbornness and all. Once again, she's joining forces with Mrs. Whatsit, Charles Wallace, Calvin O'Keefe and more …

Oct. 31 - Nov. 05, 2017
T-Sun
San Marcos
Perfect Pie by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Perfect Pie
by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

After 30 years, two women reunite to face the long-concealed childhood trauma that scarred and shaped their lives. Together they unravel the painful memories and …

Oct. 28, 2017
Sat
San Marcos
The Two Orphans by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

The Two Orphans
by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Special Event! Broadway creative team Theresa Rebeck (Smash) Johnny Sheeny and Kim D. Sherman, with musical director Kimberly Grigsby (Spider Man) present their new musical with …

Aug. 05 - Aug. 06, 2017
Sat-Sun
San Marcos
The Elixir of Love by Spotlight on Opera

The Elixir of Love
by Spotlight on Opera

Average Joe Nemorino loves Adina, the richest, prettiest girl in town, but he can't compete with the swaggering hero Belcore ... until Dr. Dulcamara rolls …

Jul. 29 - Jul. 30, 2017
Sat-Sun
San Marcos
Prince Orlovsky's Ball by Spotlight on Opera

Prince Orlovsky's Ball
by Spotlight on Opera

At the sumptuous Viennese villa of an eccentric and eternally bored Russian prince, Dr. Falke sets the stage for an elaborate revenge plot against his …

Jul. 22 - Jul. 23, 2017
Sat-Sun
San Marcos
The Child and The Spells AND Trouble in Tahiti by Spotlight on Opera

The Child and The Spells AND Trouble in Tahiti
by Spotlight on Opera

Trouble in Tahiti Beneath a veneer of the perfect American suburban life of the 1950s (as illustrated by a jazzy Greek chorus), Sam and Dinah …

Apr. 25 - Apr. 30, 2017
T-Sun
San Marcos
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Five Women Wearing the Same Dress
by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

  During a wedding reception at a Knoxville, Tennessee estate, five reluctant bridesmaids hide out in an upstairs bedroom, each with her own reason to …

Oct. 31 - Nov. 06, 2016
All week
San Marcos
Ajax in Iraq by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Ajax in Iraq
by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Texas State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance is proudly presenting Ajax in Iraq by Ellen McLaughlin. The show will be directed by graduate student Rocky Hopson, …

Apr. 19 - Apr. 24, 2016
T-Sun
San Marcos
Romeo and Juliet by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Romeo and Juliet
by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Fate, consequence, social forces and feuding families cannot keep two star-crossed lovers apart. A city goes up in flames in the midst of rage and …

Nov. 03 - Nov. 08, 2015
T-Sun
San Marcos
Marisol by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Marisol
by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Texas State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance is proudly presenting Marisol by José Rivera, under the direction of Daniel Anderson, November 3-8 in the Theatre …

Mar. 24 - Mar. 29, 2015
T-Sun
San Marcos
Angels in America by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Angels in America
by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes play opens with Louis Ironson, a gay Jew, learning that his lover, WASP Prior Walter, has AIDS. Prior is visited by ghosts and an angel who …

Feb. 18 - Feb. 23, 2014
 
San Marcos
Somebody Called by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Somebody Called
by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Somebody Called is a tale of two preachers: one with feet of clay and one with a genuine calling to serve the church and not be …

Apr. 06 - Apr. 16, 2011
 
San Marcos
As You Like It by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

As You Like It
by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Wikipedia:  As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the First Folio, 1623. The play's …

Apr. 02 - Apr. 09, 2009
 
San Marcos
Macbeth by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

Macbeth
by Texas State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Film

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 …