Events

Keren Peles Trio 2024 Concert

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

Join us for an unforgettable performance with Israeli singer and composer Keren Peles. Keren Peles is an award-winning Israeli singer, composer and performer who has received significant recognition and achievements in Israel. Ms. Peles’ albums have been certified gold and has been voted twice as singer of the year on the popular radio station “Galgaltz.” […]

Opera to Go!, Katie: the Strongest of the Strong

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

Opera To Go! is Houston Grand Opera’s fully staged, high-energy, 45-minute opera, sung entirely in English and designed with students and families in mind. Join HGO in the Kaplan Theatre at Evelyn Rubenstein JCC on January 28 at 2:00 p.m. for a sensory-friendly performance of this year’s Opera to Go!, Katie: the Strongest of the […]

Centerstage Presents: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

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

The irresistible family musical about the trials and triumphs of Joseph, Israel’s favorite son. Performed by two casts of elementary school students in our Centerstage program. Full performance dates/times are: - Sunday, December 17, 3:30 PM (Cast A) - Sunday, December 17, 6:00 PM (Cast B) - Monday, December 18, 6:00 PM (Cast A) - […]

Act Out Presents: Sally Cotter and the Censored Stone

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

A thrilling parody of the Harry Potter series. Performed by elementary school students in our Act Out program. Full performance dates/times are: - Saturday, December 16, 7:00 PM - Sunday, December 17, 1:00 PM

Second Stage Presents: Fame, Jr.

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

The pop culture phenomenon about the legendary New York High School of the Performing Arts. Performed by two casts of middle school students in our Second Stage program. Full performance dates/times are: - Thursday, December 7, 7:00 PM (Cast A) - Saturday, December 9, 7:00 PM (Cast B) - Sunday, December 10, 2:00 PM (Cast […]

Mainstage Presents: Something Rotten

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

A hilarious mash-up of sixteenth-century Shakespeare and twenty-first-century Broadway. Performed by high school students in our Mainstage program. Full performance dates/times are: - Wednesday, November 29, 7:00 PM - Thursday, November 30, 7:00 PM - Saturday, December 2, 7:00 PM

Book Festival: Book Banning Education Panel

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

This year’s Festival will be covering the timely issue of book banning. Books are at the center of this illuminating panel discussion on censorship and its effects on society. Each of our panelists brings his or her own unique  perspective with a collective goal of discussing this issue from a variety of angles and how […]

Book Festival: Martin J. Siegel 

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

Join us in a discussion of Martin J. Siegel's Judgment and Mercy: The Turbulent Life and Times of the Judge Who Condemned the Rosenbergs with University of Houston English/History Professor David Mikics. In 1951, the world was focused on the infamous trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg who were charged with atomic espionage. The presiding […]

Book Festival: Film

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

Can literature provide a handbook for mass murder? Adolph Hitler is better known for burning books than collecting them, but by the end of his life, he owned 16,000 books. Narrated by Academy-Award winning actor Jeremy Irons, The Books He Didn't Burn follows historian Timothy Ryback, who has studied these books for over a decade. […]

Book Festival: Richard Hurowitz

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

Join us for an in-depth conversation about Richard Hurowitz's In the Garden of the Righteous: The Heroes Who Risked Their Lives to Save Jews During the Holocaust in conversation with David Bell, former Chair of the Holocaust Museum Houston. A deep dive into the lives of ten heroic individuals, none of them Jewish, who repeatedly risked […]