Space City Goes Steel City

The Houston Director Behind Alley’s Fences Knew August Wilson—And It Shows

Eileen J. Morris’s personal relationship with the celebrated playwright shapes her latest production at Houston’s Alley Theatre.

05/01/2026 By Trenton Butt

The Must List

Catastrophic Theatre Isn’t Out to Cure Beautiful Princess Disorder

Kathy Ng’s world premiere pairs the cartoonish with the concrete for an unforgettable exploration into mental health, the power of friendship, and existence itself.

12/04/2025 By Meredith Nudo

Decisions, Decisions

How Houston Theater Companies Pick Their Plays

From stacks of scripts to strategic decisions, Malinda Beckham of Dirt Dogs Theatre Co. reveals how she builds a season. Hint: It involves quite a bit of reading.

10/14/2025 By Holly Beretto

A Legacy That Lasts

Main Street Theater Celebrates a Half Century in Houston

For five decades, Main Street Theater has nurtured Houston talent, challenged audiences, and built an enduring stage for the city's storytellers.

09/09/2025 By Holly Beretto

The Must List

Stages’ World Premiere of a New Classic Reframes Jack the Ripper

Rather than examining the murderer himself, Maggie Lou Rader’s Let. Her. Rip. centers Whitechapel women’s fight to unionize and survive on the margins.

06/12/2025 By Meredith Nudo

Bayougraphy

The Ensemble Theatre Is Thriving Under Eileen J. Morris’s Leadership

She has worked as artistic director at Midtown's traditionally Black theater since 1990, making sure it remains a mainstay in the Houston performing arts scene.

12/23/2024 By Holly Beretto

Round of applause

Here's What Houston Celebs Were Up to Last Week

Debbie Allen announces auditions are beginning for The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker.

09/20/2021 By Shelby Stewart

Hey There, Gordy

Stages Is Welcoming Fans Back to The Gordy with a Bang

The upcoming 2021–2022 season features six world premieres and four plays written by Houstonians.

06/01/2021 By Emma Schkloven

Byte Size

At the Alley, Digital Short Plays Are Here to Stay

How Covid-19 has acted as a silver lining in helping the Alley Theatre indulge in new compact works, available through July 4.

05/26/2021 By Adrianne Reece

oh the places you'll go

Dr. Seuss Experience Brings Out the Child in Everyone

We meant what we said, and we said what we meant, you'll enjoy this whimsical playscape 100 percent.

05/20/2021 By Emma Schkloven

Happy Birthday, Alley!

Alley Theatre Announces an Action-Packed 75th Anniversary Season

The 2021–2022 season, which kicks off in October with Pulitzer Prize-winning Sweat, includes four world premieres.

05/04/2021 By Emma Schkloven

Liftoff

A.D. Players at the George Launches Apollo 8

The first play in the company's 2021 Metzler New Works Festival showcases awe and triumph.

04/30/2021 By Holly Beretto

Curiouser and Curiouser

White Rabbit Red Rabbit Is a Wild, Nerve-Racking Ride

We can’t tell you much about 4th Wall's digital production, but it’s worth a trip down the rabbit hole.

04/23/2021 By Emma Schkloven

Beneath the facade

The Alley Explores the Not-So-Glamorous Old Black & White Hollywood

Local playwright ShaWanna Renee Rivon shares what inspired her story about racial and gender inequality during the Golden Age of Cinema.

04/15/2021 By Kaitlyn Miller

2-for-1 Critics Special

REVIEW: The Alley’s New Shorts Squeeze Huge Life Questions into 20-Minute Virtual Shows

Man. Kind. and For Steve Wozniak, on His 67th Birthday are streamable through July 4.

04/13/2021 By Doni Wilson

Acting In Isolation

With Medea, the Alley Is Virtual and More Vulnerable

Elizabeth Bunch talks about filming shows at home and playing the titular role in Euripides’s play.

03/16/2021 By Rebekah Kibodeaux

“I Was Never Going to be a Saint”

Review: Main Street Theater Asks What Is True in The Book of Magdalene

The play by Caridad Svich questions connections and reality in a post-apocalyptic world.

02/22/2021 By Doni Wilson

Buttons is Back, Ya'll

REVIEW: Stages Riffs on Tradition with Innovative One-Man Panto

We couldn't be more grateful to see the company's lockdown rendition of Sleeping Beauty after this insane year.

12/17/2020 By Doni Wilson

Playing with Activism

Mildred’s Umbrella Joining Theaters around the Country in Nationwide Reading

Held this year on Dec 14, #Enough aims to promote conversations on gun violence through its middle and high school playwriting competitions.

12/11/2020 By Aarohi Sheth

Snow in Houston?

5 Things to Do in Houston This Weekend, Dec 11–13

Holiday concerts, an opera documentary, and Narnia. What more could you want?

12/11/2020 By Emma Schkloven