2025-2026 Season, Different Stages, Austin
Different Stages 2025-2026 Season
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
By Agatha Christie
Adapted for the stage by Mark Shanahan
November 14-December 6, 2025
The Vortex, 2307 Manor Rd, Austin, Tx 78722
When Mrs. Ferrars is discovered dead from an apparent suicide, the tiny village of King’s Abbot is rocked by scandal. Her fiancé, Roger Ackroyd, the wealthiest man in town, suspects foul play. But within hours, Ackroyd too, is found dead – a victim of murder! Investigating the crime in a mansion filled with suspects - each with their own motive – has left the local police baffled. Fortunately, a mysterious newcomer who claims to be a retired detective has arrived in King’s Abbott and is on the case. From the Queen of Crime comes a thrilling tale of greed, blackmail and murder most foul.
Man of the People
By Dolores Diaz
January 9-24, 2026
Trinity Street Playhouse
901 Trinity St. First Baptist Church, 4th Fl
Austin, Tx 78701
Man of the People dramatizes the rise and fall of Dr. John R. Brinkley, a notorious 1920’s medical charlatan who claimed to cure impotence with goat gland transplants – and the Chicago doctor who tried to stop him. Set against a backdrop of early American radio and unregulated medicine, the play explores America’s deep-rooted relationship with quacks, populists, and the power of broadcast media to shape public perception.
Spring Free Reading
A Woman of No Importance
By Oscar Wilde
Date and Location TBA
Oscar Wilde's audacious drama of social scandal centers around the revelation of Mrs. Arbuthnot's long-concealed secret. A house party is in full swing at Lady Hunstanton's country home, when it is announced that Gerald Arbuthnot has been appointed secretary to the sophisticated, witty Lord Illingworth. Gerald's mother stands in the way of his appointment, but fears to tell him why, for who will believe Lord Illingworth to be a man of no importance?
Stage Blood
By Charles Ludlam
June 28-July 18, 2026
The Vortex
2307 Manor Road
Austin, Tx 78722
A family acting company continuously tours Hamlet in the U.S. Carleton Stone, Sr., once a great Hamlet, is now dissolute and playing the ghost. He tries to make his reluctant son the Hamlet he once was. Here is a Hamlet within a Hamlet within a Hamlet and a murder mystery for people with stage blood in their veins.