Part of Kinetic Ensemble's series of chamber music performances in intimate venues around the city, The Strangers’ Case features a preview performance of a new work for voice and strings by composer Karim Al-Zand. Soprano Alexandra Smither will perform the excerpt, along with selections from Errollyn Wallen’s songbook. Al-Zand's "The Strangers' Case" is funded in […]
The first of two chamber music performances in intimate venues around the city, The Strangers’ Case features a preview performance of a new work for voice and strings by the phenomenal Houston composer Karim Al-Zand. Firecracker performer Alexandra Smither, who last sang with Kinetic in May 2023, returns to sing the Al-Zand premiere, along with […]
by HAROLD PINTER directed by SOPHIA WATT From the final meeting of two lovers to the inception of an illicit affair, a love triangle unfolds backward as power dynamics shift in exhilarating and unexpected ways in Harold Pinter’s masterpiece. The most fundamental axioms of love and friendship are open for reassessment, as we witness Emma, […]
book and lyric by STEVEN SATER music by DUNCAN SHEIK based on the play by FRANK WEDEKIND directed by MATT HUNE A story of adolescent anarchy, of teenagers silenced and controlled by a censoring society, and the devastating consequences of the freedom students find outside of the classroom. 'Spring Awakening,' the groundbreaking Tony Award-winning musical, […]
by ROLAND SCHIMMELPFENNIG translated by DAVID TUSHINGHAM directed by BRADLEY MICHALAKIS Christmas Eve: Bettina and her husband Albert aren’t happy. Bettina’s mother is staying for the holidays, which is awkward, not least because Bettina’s mother met a man on the train, and now she’s invited him over for dinner. 'Winter Solstice,' a razor-sharp comedy by […]
Vanya and Sonia, two middle-aged siblings begrudgingly named after Chekhov characters, are living an uneventful life in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The days are filled with predictable routines until their movie-star sister Masha arrives, accompanied by her charming (and incredibly attractive) young lover, Spike. Suddenly, their dull existence is turned upside down as old tensions resurface, […]
SHUCKED is the Tony Award®–winning musical comedy The Wall Street Journal calls “flat out hilarious!” And nobody knows funny like economists. Featuring a book by Tony Award winner Robert Horn (Tootsie), a score by the Grammy® Award–winning songwriting team of Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally (Kacey Musgraves’ “Follow Your Arrow”), and directed by Tony Award […]
University of Houston School of Theatre & Dance presents Emerging Choreographers Showcase, choreographed by UH Dance Students.
Houston Met Dance is excited to present "everyday more dystopian: entropic" playground by Creative Incubation Residency Artists, NMLY.dance under the co-artistic direction of Nicole McNeil and Lori Yuill. "everyday more dystopian: entropic playground", is a feature length multidisciplinary presentation/installation that explores themes of destruction, nature, environmental impact, and human relationships. The work invites the audience […]
The Catastrophic Theatre proudly presents LOVE BOMB by Brian Jucha and the Catastrophic ensemble, Conceived and Directed by Brian Jucha. What’s Love Bomb about anyway? It’s about “taxi dancers.” Even if it isn’t. So, what’s a taxi dancer? Early last century, taxi dancers attended dance halls, being paid in exchange for a single dance, maybe […]
Let us get nice and cozy around a Giant Black Fireplace with Marjorie and Raul. And observe an interrogation that definitely will result in Raul being buried in the Flower Garden. Who knows perhaps when Terry and Patricia get home they can help Raul stay above ground.
University of Houston School of Theatre & Dance presents Emerging Choreographers Showcase, choreographed by UH Dance Students.
