An aging ruler, an oppressive police state, a restless polarized people seething with paranoia: it's a dangerous time for poets. Two of them - the great Kit Marlowe and the up-and-comer Will Shakespeare - meet to collaborate on a history play cycle, navigate the perils of art under a totalitarian regime, and flirt like young men with everything to lose. One may well be the death of the other.
Lizzie, The Musical (7/11/25-7/20/25)
The Toxic Avenger (7/24/25-8/10/25)
Pretty Filthy (7/31/25-8/10/25)
Austin Playhouse is at 405 W 22nd St, Austin.
Fat Ham (6/6/25-6/29/25)
The Accidental Producer: A cabaret evening with Marc Seriff (5/5/25-5/7/25)
Entr'acte at Austin Playhouse presents BarLine (2/14/25-2/14/25)
She Was Here (1/17/25-2/9/25)
Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (11/22/24-12/22/24)
Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins (10/11/24-10/20/24)
Arcadia (9/13/24-10/6/24)
Emma (5/31/24-6/30/24)
Austin Playhouse is a professional regional theatre, founded in August of 2000. Over fifty of Austin's leading theatre artists, administrators, and volunteers who had worked with Producing Artistic Director Don Toner to build Austin’s State Theatre Company into one of the city’s leading arts organizations, joined him in creating this new professional theatre for Austin. On November 27, 2000 Austin Playhouse was granted 501(c)(3) status by the Internal Revenue Service.
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Bye Bye Birdie
TexARTS (7/11 - 8/10) | |
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The Wizard of Oz
The Topfer at Zach Theater (8/13 - 9/21) | |
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Proof
Georgetown Palace Theatre (6/20 - 7/20) | |
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Disney's Mary Poppins
McCullough Theatre (7/24 - 8/10) | |
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Fiddler on the Roof
Bastrop Opera House (9/12 - 9/28) | |
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SWEENEY TODD, The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street, A Musical Thriller
The Wimberley Players (7/11 - 8/3) | |
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Peter and The Starcatcher
Bastrop Opera House (8/1 - 8/10) | |
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Jesus Christ Superstar
McCullough Theatre (8/1 - 8/10) | |
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