Six new plays about gun violence. Six bold teen voices. One urgent conversation.

At the edge of the world, Prometheus serves his prison sentence for stealing fire and delivering it to humanity. Bound in eternal isolation, he endures …

Texas State University's School of Theatre, Dance, and Film (SoTDF) presents the New American Play Festival (NAPF), Sept. 1-7 on the Texas State campus. Succeeding …

Based on the stories of Damon Runyon, Guys and Dolls is a timeless tale of big-city gamblers and the women who love them. The show …

Everybody is a play written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. It is a modern adaptation of the 15th-century morality play Everyman, one of the first recorded plays …

Set in a dystopian world where academic success determines a student’s future, RANKED follows students who are publicly scored and relentlessly defined by their numbers. …

In a small fishing village in Brazil, the play follows the lives of two sisters who are forever changed when fishermen pull a mysterious man …

Feuding families, forbidden love, and the tragic consequences of youthful passion Romeo and Juliet explores the complexities of fate, family, and love. An age-old vendetta …

When disco diva Deloris Van Cartier witnesses a murder, she is put in protective custody in the one place the cops are sure she won’t …

A Colombian town along the Magdalena River plunges into chaos after a flatulent, destructive, easily offended, and adventurous hippo comes to town and wreaks havoc. …

During one hot Texas summer at a Charismatic Christian camp, an idealistic counselor works to shepherd the senior girls’ cabin along their journey to make …

Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play explores life in the quaint fictional town of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire. Hailed as one of the greatest American plays …

    Based on her own life, Erin Maya’s The Complete Picture follows the story of Kira, a 36-year-old photographer who has never confronted her donor-conceived identity. …

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In the not-so-distant future, a terrible water shortage and 20-year drought has led to a government ban on private toilets and a proliferation of paid …

In the overwhelming quiet of the woods, six runaways from city life embark on a silent retreat. As these strangers confront internal demons both profound …

THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA is set in the 1950s and tells the story of Margaret Johnson, a wealthy Southern woman, and Clara, her daughter, …

When Thou Wakest is a once-in-a-lifetime mash-up of four readily read Shakespearean plays. Adapted by faculty member Nicholas Lawson, the play focuses on the universal …

  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 rendering …

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 …

The Wolves Directed by Kathleen McDowell  

R E N T is based on Puccini’s beloved opera La Bohème, Rent follows the ups and downs of a year in the life of …

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 …

Under the direction of Jerry Ruiz, She Kills Monsters arrives on the Texas State stage in late September. The story follows Agnes Evans, an average …

PIPPIN becomes a soldier for his father's army, but is upset by the killing and murders his father to stop the war. Now king, he …

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 …

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 …

  Mala Hierba tells the story of Liliana, the young wife of a prominent border magnate. While on the surface she appears to be the perfect …

Devised and scripted by Nadine Mozon, DeMaskUs a.k.a. Running shines a fish-eyed lens on a host of broken notions, history, and ever-evolving constructs over Time. …

"The Moors" follows two sisters and their dogs that live out their lives on the bleak English moors, dreaming of love and power. The arrival …

INTO THE WOODS intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales, exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. The main characters are …

Amber Jar Chrysanthemum is an original, whimsical look at how American society could be remembered. This new work transports the audience to a world unlike …

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 …

ANTIGONE, in Greek legend, the daughter born of the unwittingly incestuous union of Oedipus and his mother, Jocasta. After her father blinded himself upon discovering …

From Pulitzer-Prize-winning playwright August Wilson comes a one-man show that chronicles his life as a Black artist in the Hill District in Pittsburgh. From stories …

  JoJo battles shame throughout the show while trying to conceal their uniqueness in the busy, conformist, and oppressive world around them. With encouragement from The …

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 …

  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time concerns the mysterious death of a neighbor’s dog that is investigated by young neurodivergent Christopher Boone. …

Texas State University’s Division of Dance presents Merge Reframed in the Patti Strickel Harrison Theatre Feb. 24 thru Feb. 26. The Merge dance company will …

Father Comes Home From the Wars Parts 1 & 2 By Susan-Lori Parks Offered his freedom if he joins his master in the ranks of …

Set in the 11th century, Shakespeare’s Macbeth charts the rise and fall of the Scottish thane as he pursues the throne with tragic ambition. The …

Hair, a rock musical, follows a politically active group of draft-dodging hippies living in New York City during the late ‘60s. Though the musical is …

Texas State’s Department of Theatre and Dance presents New Works Festival Nov. 9-14 in the Patti Strickel Harrison Foundation (PSHF) Studio Theatre. The New Works …

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, …

ReWritten follows the story of four couples from literary history through beloved musical theater works, and groundbreaking modern opera. The collaborative work negotiates the wonder …

Set amid the explosive drug wars in present-day Northern Mexico, El Nogalar is the story of the Galvin family's struggle to hold on to their …

Spring Awakening is a rock musical with music by Duncan Sheik and a book and lyrics by Steven Sater. Set in late 19th-century Germany, the …

THE LAST FIVE YEARS is a modern musical that ingeniously chronicles the five-year life of a marriage, from meeting to break-up and from break-up to …

BEEHIVE celebrates the powerful female voices of the 1960’s with such timeless hits as “My Boyfriend’s Back,” “Be My Baby,” “Son of a Preacher Man,” …

CALLING ALL EDUCATORS & STUDENTS! Please join us! Looking for a chance to engage your students in Shakespeare? Register for this FREE virtual performance of …

Mother Courage and Her Children revolves around a woman who depends on war for her personal survival and who is nicknamed Mother Courage for her …

BUNCO STATE is both a private prison and a for-profit university, and things couldn't be better business wise. But as when a clown and a …

Oedipus the King unfolds as a murder mystery, a political thriller, and a psychological whodunit. Throughout this mythic story of patricide and incest, Oedipus is …

In Arabia We'd All Be Kings is a dramatic play set in New York's Hell's Kitchen where out of work and strapped for money, the …

Follow the lives of four friends in their late 20s and their search for relationships in 21st century New York City and see why finding …

In a Perfect World, a social justice fairytale, is the perfect Halloween event for kids to watch in place of trick or treating this year. …

Desperate for funds to secure a place for his illicit gambling enterprise, Nathan Detroit offers high-roller Sky Masterson what he thinks is a safe bet. …

Directed by Will Lewis.

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

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

  His city caught in a moral free fall, the Duke of Vienna hands over power to his personnel assistant, Angelo, who enforces long dormant codes …

Directed by Holly Nanes Memory, history, and culture collide with starlit rooftop dreams as Soledad and her partner, Hailstorm, redefine family on their own terms …

Directed by Aaron Sparks

From Kaitlyn Hopkins at Texas State University: I hope you will join us for a presentation (with talk-back) of a new musical call MAZKAPAN! It …

  Based on Louisa May Alcott's life, Little Women follows the adventures of four sisters - Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March, as Jo, a writer …

Directed by Holly Nanes.

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

Opera Theatre's first DOUBLE FEATURE: LA CURANDERA (Comedy).. .The betrothed Alberto and Alba are about to board a jet for Mexico City to visit his …

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

  What exactly is reality? Do our choices affect our fate? These questions stalk and taunt Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, hapless minor characters, stumbling towards an end …

Texas State University will present a bilingual adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic farce The Comedy of Errors June 28-30, funded through a grant from the …

  In this musical adaption of Victor Hugo’s Gothic/Romantic novel, Quasimodo, the much-maligned bell-ringer of Notre Dame, falls in love with the kind and beautiful Esmeralda, …

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 …

A collection of five original, quirky ten-minute plays by Payton Russell.

  Texas State Opera Theater and Texas State Symphony Orchestra presents one of the most famous operas of all time Die Zauberflöte. This production is set …

Georgia is pudgy, awkward and desperately trying to fit in at her high school. Then she joins the swim team, falling for Savannah. Long after …

Cast away on a magical island, an exiled duke struggles to subdue his enemies and reunite his daughter with society. In this fresh look at …

Set in the desert of Barstow, California, where Gabriela, the wife of career soldier Benito, dives into a surreal fantasy world during her husband’s prolonged …

   Welcome to the Cabaret! It’s 1931 in Berlin and everyone’s having a good time. Inside the KitKat Club, a flamboyant Emcee teases our naught fun …

Directed by Allison Price.

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 …

The Texas State University Opera Theatre presents its first production of the year, Mad Scenes. Witness the madness of humanity in a collection of scenes …

Texas State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance presents the premiere ofImagine That written by Audrey Webb. The show is under the direction of graduate …

  Texas State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance proudly presents Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play written by Anne Washburn, score by Ashleigh Stone, and lyrics …

Texas State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance is proudly presenting Ragtime. Book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and music by Stephen Flaherty. …

"A Wrinkle in Time" follows Meg Murry, a young girl struggling with her father's disappearance, as she embarks on a journey through time and space …

Alien archaeologists uncover the ruins of a 1980s suburban America, and attempt to reenact what we must have been like. Tales of the Lost Formicans …

Texas State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance proudly presents Zu’s Earth by Sidney Rushing, a third year graduate student. The show is under the …

  Following the death of his wife, well-known painter Alessandro Genaro is in danger of disengaging from life altogether. Through the persistence of his daughter and …

Lydia Languish is determined to marry for love and her favorite suitor is Ensign Beverley, an impoverished officer. Her aunt, Mrs. Malaprop, will not permit …

When the Republican mayor of Salem, Oregon, is caught in a sex scandal involving underage boys and the Internet, a local high school student sits …

  Back in the day when family meant everything and self-worth was determined by more than the number of “likes” you get on an Instagram post, …

  Texas State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance proudly presents Hamlet by William Shakespeare. The show is under the direction of Liz Fisher. Performances begin …

Full Title: We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Südwestafrika, Between the …

A group of actors gather to tell the little-known story of the first genocide of the 20th Century. As the full force of a horrific …

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 …

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 …

  The Texas State University Opera Theater presents Benjamin Britten's Turn of the Screw, a 20th century chamber opera performed in English with projected supertitles in …

  Texas State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance is proudly presenting A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen and Translated by Nicholas Rudall. The show will …

Texas State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance is proudly presenting A Chorus Line. Music by Marvin Hamlisch, Lyrics by Edward Kleban, Book by James …

A bilingual (English/Spanish) adaptation of William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors performed by Austin-area professionals assisted by Texas State students. In this production, the confusion …

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

  Texas State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance is proudly presenting Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage. The show will run April 4-9, 2017 in the …

Texas State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance is proudly presenting The Marriage of Bette and Boo by Christopher Durang. The show will be Feb. …

The World According to Snoopy Receives Premiere in Texas A revised version of the musical Snoopy!!! begins a new journey Texas State University Department of …

After the death of their youngest, the Lyons seek to rebuild their lives in a new home, only to find more trouble when an unwelcome …

Texas State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance is proudly presenting Legally Blonde, based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture. …

A portrait of a young American couple's marriage sliding ineluctably into crisis begins to tear them apart in France. Zack and Abby have the perfect …

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 …

What if events happening in other countries struck closer to home? How would we respond to a shortage of AIDS drugs, child soldiers serving in …

Texas State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance is proudly presenting Tartuffe by Molière, translation by Ranjit Bolt. The show will be directed by graduate …

Lady Bird, a new opera by Sheldon Harnick and Henry Mollicone Texas State University has commissioned an opera based on the life of Lady Bird …

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 …

Texas State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance is proudly presenting A Flea in Her Ear, a new version of Georges Feydeau’s farce by David …

A group of residents shunned by the community occupy a sober house that sits on a lake in Mineola, Texas. They discover a sense of …

 TONY Award Winner and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has charmed audiences across the country with …

Full length dramatic new work written by Texas State Alumna Katherine Arthurs regarding the final stages of an 18 year old's battle against Leukemia, Directed …

Fool for Love is a play written by American playwright and actor Sam Shepard. The play focuses on May and Eddie, former lovers who have …

Texas State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance is proudly presenting Evita, under the direction of J. Robert Moore, Nov. 17-22 in the Patti Strickel …

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 …

 Texas State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance is proudly presenting Sunset Baby, under the direction of Jessica McMichael, Oct. 29 – Nov. 1 in …

"Love Letters" is a disarmingly funny and unforgettably emotional portrait about the powerful connection of love. Two friends, rebellious Melissa Gardner and straight-arrow Andrew Makepeace …

The great Arthur Miller confronts the American dream in this dark and passionate tale. In Brooklyn, longshoreman Eddie Carbone welcomes his Sicilian cousins to the …

Later in July, 2015, the Departments of English and Modern Languages in association with the Equity and Access Committee of Texas State University will present …

A musical version of William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew and the conflict on- and off-stage between Fred, the show’s director, producer, and star …

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 …

Medea, having betrayed her family and country for her captivating but arrogant husband Jason, takes revenge against him when he abandons her and their two …

In A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, Blanche DeBois and Stanley Kowalski, two of the most iconic characters in the history of …

Texas State University's Department of Theatre and Dance is proudly presenting the play A Midsummer Night's Dream, November 18-23. Experience Shakespeare's most beloved comedy in …

Texas State University's Department of Theatre and Dance is proudly presenting the play A Behanding in Spokane Nov. 6-9. In Martin McDonagh's first American-set play, …

His online profile said he was 25, single and an athlete, but showed up 45, with a beer-belly and wedding ring tan line? Your best …

Texas State University's Department of Theatre and Dance is proudly presenting the musical Rent Oct. 7-12. The Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning production by Jonathan …

 The age-old tale of Boy-Meets-Girl and the complications which ensue intrigue every audience, and no musical puts it on stage better than Anything Goes. Set …

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 …

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 …

A prequel, telling the story of the young woman who married and became Lady Macbeth

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 …