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.
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Austin Playhouse is at Virtual, Austin.
Describe the Night (2/10/26-2/22/26)
Peril in the Alps (11/21/25-12/28/25)
All Souls Cabaret (10/24/25-10/26/25)
The Importance of Being Earnest (9/19/25-10/19/25)
Pretty Filthy (7/31/25-8/10/25)
The Toxic Avenger (7/24/25-8/10/25)
Lizzie, The Musical (7/11/25-7/20/25)
Fat Ham (6/6/25-6/29/25)
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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