Events

Staged Reading of Ghetto by Joshua Sobol

Joe Frank Theatre @ the J 5601 S Braeswood Blvd, Houston, United States

Set in the Jewish ghetto of Vilna, Lithuania, in 1942, and based on diaries written during the darkest days of the holocaust, Ghetto tells of the unlikely flourishing of a theatre at the very time the Nazis began their policy of mass extermination. The play unfolds as a memory of a former artistic director of […]

Second Stage Presents: Into the Woods, Jr.

Kaplan Theatre @ the J 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX

Be careful what you wish for, as Stephen Sondheim’s and James Lapine’s cockeyed fairytale comes to life in this adaptation of their groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning musical. This lyrically rich retelling of classic Brothers Grimm fables centers on a baker and his wife, who wish to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King's […]

Second Stage Presents: Into the Woods, Jr.

Kaplan Theatre @ the J 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX

Be careful what you wish for, as Stephen Sondheim’s and James Lapine’s cockeyed fairytale comes to life in this adaptation of their groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning musical. This lyrically rich retelling of classic Brothers Grimm fables centers on a baker and his wife, who wish to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King's […]

Event Series Act Out Presents: Oz

Act Out Presents: Oz

Kaplan Theatre @ the J 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX

Reeling from her sister's death, Beth suddenly finds herself journeying through a world suspiciously resembling the film The Wizard of Oz. But with the yellow brick road sold to foreign investors after a financial meltdown, the Scarecrow reveling in his ignorant bliss, the Cowardly Lion acting like a paranoid sociopath, and the Tin Man embracing […]

Event Series Act Out Presents: Oz

Act Out Presents: Oz

Kaplan Theatre @ the J 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX

Reeling from her sister's death, Beth suddenly finds herself journeying through a world suspiciously resembling the film The Wizard of Oz. But with the yellow brick road sold to foreign investors after a financial meltdown, the Scarecrow reveling in his ignorant bliss, the Cowardly Lion acting like a paranoid sociopath, and the Tin Man embracing […]

Mainstage Presents: Beetlejuice JR.

Kaplan Theatre @ the J 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX

Lydia Deetz is a strange and unusual teenager, still grieving the loss of her mother and obsessed with the whole “being dead thing.” Lucky for Lydia, she and her father move to a new house haunted by a recently deceased couple and Beetlejuice, a delightful demon with a real zest for life. When Lydia calls […]

Second Stage Presents: Shrek JR.

Kaplan Theatre @ the J 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX

"Once upon a time, there was a little ogre named Shrek...." And thus begins the tale of an unlikely hero who finds himself on a life-changing journey alongside a wisecracking Donkey and a feisty princess who resists her rescue. Throw in a short-tempered bad guy, a cookie with an attitude and over a dozen other […]

Second Stage Presents: Shrek JR.

Kaplan Theatre @ the J 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX

"Once upon a time, there was a little ogre named Shrek...." And thus begins the tale of an unlikely hero who finds himself on a life-changing journey alongside a wisecracking Donkey and a feisty princess who resists her rescue. Throw in a short-tempered bad guy, a cookie with an attitude and over a dozen other […]

Act Out Presents: Fairy Tale Misfits

Kaplan Theatre @ the J 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX

When a mysterious talking groundhog steals young Ellie’s homework, she takes off down a hole after it and finds herself in a place where nothing is as it seems — the Land of Rejected Fairy Tale Characters. Here, Ellie meets a crazy assortment of misfits who were cut from the fairy tales we all know […]

Centerstage Presents: Shrek JR.

Kaplan Theatre @ the J 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX

Once upon a time, in a far away swamp, there lived an ogre named Shrek. One day, Shrek finds his swamp invaded by banished fairytale misfits who have been cast off by Lord Farquaad, a tiny terror with big ambitions. When Shrek sets off with a wisecracking donkey to confront Farquaad, he's handed a task […]