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Glass Half Full Theatre Reveals Additional Programming for 2025


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 24, 2025

Award-winning theater company Glass Half Full Theatre has unveiled the remainder of programming for 2025, in addition to its previously set run of La Maleta de Maebelle (Maebelle’s Suitcase). Learn more!...

LA MALETA DE MAEBELLE To Be Remounted In Round Rock And Austin


by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 18, 2025

Glass Half Full Theatre in partnership with Penfold Theatre Company will remount La Maleta de Maebell this spring at Penfold Theatre's new Round Rock venue and in Austin at the Dougherty Arts Center. Learn more!...

STARGAZE THEATER FESTIVAL to Feature Five Original Short Plays


by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 14, 2024

Discover the Stargaze Theater Festival in Austin, featuring five original short plays by local playwrights. Performances run in December at the Dougherty Arts Center. Learn how to purchase tickets. ...

Past Shows

Kung Fu Cowgirl: Ride Between Worlds


An original bilingual musical full of heart, humor, music, martial arts, and imagination!

La Maleta de Maebelle
La Maleta de Maebelle
4/26 - 5/4/2025


A bilingual adaptation of a celebrated & beloved Reading Rainbow picture book. Maebelle lives in her treehouse and is an incredible hat maker. She’s been ...

Stargaze Theater Festival
12/12 - 12/21/2024


The Stargaze Theater Festival returns to Austin, showcasing five original short plays by local playwrights at the Dougherty Arts Center from December 12 to December ...

Cenicienta: A Bilingual Cinderella Story


This one-time-only performance is the despedida (going-away party) and bon voyage for the debut of Mariah Fonseca as Belinda. From West Palm Beach, Florida to Kalamazoo, Michigan, ...

The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard


Get ready for The Real Inspector Hound, a Tom Stoppard classic whodunit mystery! Follow two theater critics as they watch a murder mystery unfold before ...

Murders & Moontowers
Murders & Moontowers
9/8 - 9/17/2022


A murder-mystery musical comedy based on true events in 1880s Austin.In the 1880s, a new mayor tries to stop a rash of crimes in the ...

Boomtown
Boomtown
9/16 - 9/25/2021


The Most Dangerous Town in Texas! The true story of a 1920s oil boomtown. Aided by dancehall owner Mattie Castleberry and crooked sheriff Two Gun ...

893| Ya-ku-za Virtual Screening and Q&A Hosted by Dougherty Arts Center


The Dougherty Arts Center is excited to host a special online screening of 893| Ya-ku-za, an edgy new play originally presented by Generic Ensemble Company ...

GODSPELL
GODSPELL
8/15 - 8/31/2014


The musical that began it all for the composer who brought us WICKED and PIPPIN! This wonderful telling of the story of Jesus is filled ...

Baby
Baby
10/12 - 10/28/2012


Is there anything more exciting, frightening and utterly transformational than impending parenthood? BABY is a wonderful and touching musical from the team of Maltby and ...

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The Cailloux Theater (4/9 - 4/9)
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Zach Theater (2/13 - 5/17)
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Bass Concert Hall (4/12 - 4/12)
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