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GASLIGHT BAKER THEATRE

216 South Main St.
Lockhart, TX 78644



Review: PRIVATE LIVES at Bandwagon Arts


by Sabrina Wallace - March 07, 2026

Bandwagon Arts gives Noël Coward’s Private Lives a modern twist at Ground Floor Theatre. Ex-spouses Elyot and Amanda collide on neighboring honeymoon balconies, and chaos follows. Quick wit, messy romance, and socialites behaving badly keep this classic comedy humming....

Review: DEATHTRAP at The Wimberley Players


by Sabrina Wallace - March 03, 2026

The Wimberley Players production of Deathtrap is a smart psychological thriller about ambition, legacy, and deception. The beautiful, restrained set supports suspense, and the strong cast shines all the way through....

Review: REEFER MADNESS, THE MUSICAL at Austin Community College


by Sabrina Wallace - March 03, 2026

Reefer Madness at ACC is a ferocious, laugh-out-loud takedown of moral panic, powered by fearless performances and razor-sharp satire. Campy, chaotic, and uncomfortably timely. Playing thru March 14th, 2026...

Review: WITCH at HYDE PARK THEATRE


by Sabrina Wallace - February 24, 2026

Hyde Park’s production of WITCH is sharp, funny, and quietly ferocious. A Devil with a grin, a witch that questions the status quo, a town built on bargains, and ambition that bites back. You’ll leave checking your own contracts. Through March 21st. ...

Review: THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL at City Theatre Austin


by Sabrina Wallace - February 24, 2026

Some plays rush. In Horton Foote’s award-winning play, The Trip to Bountiful, longing feels biblical, and patience gets tested, and City Theatre’s production reminds you how to sit still. Judith Laird is all steel beneath fragility, as an aging mother chasing the ghost of her childhood home. But...

Review: MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS at ZACH


by Joni Lorraine - February 19, 2026

What did our critic think of MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS at ZACH?...

Review: BEEHIVE: THE 60S MUSICAL at TexArts


by Sabrina Wallace - February 17, 2026

Big hair, bigger voices, and zero apologies. Beehive: The 60s Musical at TexARTS is pure jukebox joy: love songs turn into liberation anthems, wigs rise as the decade unfolds, and seven powerhouse women keep the audience laughing and singing along. Profound? No. A ridiculously good time? Abso-freaki...

Review: URINETOWN at Mary Moody Northen Theatre


by Sabrina Wallace - February 14, 2026

Urinetown now playing at MMNT - A musical so funny it hits like a warning. Corporate greed, drought, revolt—and the water still runs out. Laugh. Think. Repeat....

Review: SWING! at Georgetown Palace Theatre


by Sabrina Wallace - February 14, 2026

Swing! at Georgetown Palace Theatre proves that when the set disappears, the rhythm takes over. A bare stage, a blazing live band, powerhouse vocals, and choreography that fills every inch of space. The audience was tapping along all night, me included. Theatre adapts, communities rally, and the sho...

Review: THE LAST MATCH at FILIGREE THEATRE


by Sabrina Wallace - February 10, 2026

'The Last Match' by Anna Ziegler centers on U.S. Open semifinalists Tim Porter and Sergei Sergeyev, and their partners, blending onstage action with flashbacks and fourth-wall narration. The play explores ambition, love, and the personal cost of success....

Past Shows

Hamlet
Hamlet
Jan 30 – Feb 15, 2026

Hamlet is a thrilling, emotionally charged story of secrets, power, and the moment when everything changes. When a young prince learns a truth he can’t...

Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace
Mar 28 – Apr 13, 2025

Arsenic and Old Lace is a timeless comedic classic by Joseph Kesselring that blends murder, madness, and mayhem in the most delightful way. Set in...

Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace
Mar 28 – Apr 13, 2025

Arsenic and Old Lace is a timeless comedic classic by Joseph Kesselring that blends murder, madness, and mayhem in the most delightful way. Set in...

Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice
Feb 14 – Mar 2, 2025

Based on the novel by Jane Austen.This isn’t your grandmother’s Austen! Bold, unexpected, and brimming with energy, this modern take on Pride and Prejudice dives...

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Dec 6 – Dec 21, 2024

DETAILS SUMMARY In this hilarious Christmas classic, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids –...

Military Veteran's Tribute
Nov 9 – Nov 10, 2024

A variety and impersonation show of many famous people to say a "thank you" to our troops. Mililtary and gold star families are free....

Misery
Misery
Oct 11 – Oct 26, 2024

Misery follows successful romance novelist Paul Sheldon, who is rescued from a car crash by his “number one fan,” Annie Wilkes, and wakes up captive...

The Flick
The Flick
Sep 6 – Sep 21, 2024

In a run-down movie theater in central Massachusetts, three underpaid employees mop the floors and attend to one of the last 35 millimeter film projectors...

Something Rotten!
Something Rotten!
Jul 12 – Aug 11, 2024

Welcome to the Renaissance and the outrageous, crowd-pleasing musical farce, Something Rotten. Created by Grammy Award-winning songwriter Wayne Kirkpatrick, and successful screenwriters Karey Kirkpatrick and...

Vaudeville: Paris, Ooh, La! La!
Vaudeville: Paris, Ooh, La! La!
May 30 – Jun 2, 2024

It is time again for our annual Vaudeville Variety Show. This years theme: Ooh, la la! Get ready to be transported to the charming streets...

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Apr 26 – May 11, 2024

In a plantation house, a family celebrates the sixty-fifth birthday of Big Daddy, as they sentimentally dub him. The mood is somber, despite the festivities,...

Company
Company
Mar 1 – Mar 17, 2024

From musical theatre's most renowned composer, Company is largely regarded as a trailblazer of the dark-comedy, modern-musical genre and the winner of six Tony Awards,...

Elf
Elf
Dec 1 – Dec 23, 2023

Buddy, a young orphan, mistakenly crawls into Santa's bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole. The would-be elf is raised, unaware that...

Frankenstein
Frankenstein
Oct 13 – Oct 28, 2023

This electrifying tale of a creature cast away by his creator into a hostile world—only to wind his way back in a dangerous game of...

The 39 Steps
The 39 Steps
Feb 17 – Mar 4, 2023

Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for...

110 Stories
110 Stories
Sep 4 – Sep 5, 2021

From the first crash at the Towers to a last goodbye at Ground Zero, 110 Stories takes us through 9/11 as told by those who...

Godspell
Godspell
Jul 30 – Aug 14, 2021

"Prepare ye, the way of the Lord" as Godspell, at The Gaslight Baker Theatre in Lockhart, opens in July. Having postponed their 100th anniversary season...

Gift of the Magi
Gift of the Magi
Dec 13 – Dec 21, 2019

It is Christmas in Austin in the 1930s, but for two young lovers, Jim and Della, the prospects are bleak, as both are out of...

Lettice and Lovage
Lettice and Lovage
Feb 11 – Feb 27, 2016

Lettice Duffet, an expert on Elizabethan cuisine and medieval weaponry, is an indefatigable but daffy enthusiast of history and the theatre. As a tour guide...

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