2025 Festival of Originals (The FOO) at Theatre Southwest

Don't miss Theatre Southwest's 28th annual Festival of Originals. Fondly known as The FOO, this event features the work of five playwrights from around the world, carefully selected by TSW out of thousands submitted. These five 20-minute plays, with five different directors and five different casts, are presented as a single production, performed back-to-back (with an intermission between shows 3 and 4).

The FOO runs July 25th through August 9th, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, and Sunday matinees (July 27th and August 3rd) at 3pm

All performances are at Theatre Southwest, now located at 3939 Hillcroft, Suite 160, Houston, TX 77057, at the corner of Hillcroft and Westpark.

Reservations are recommended for this very popular event; buy tickets online at https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=245399 or call 713-661-9505.

This year’s lineup includes:

Neighbor! Neighbor! by Abhisek Bhattacharya Directed by Steve Carpentier Alexis Munoz as Police Officer Brian Heaton as Max Emily Bauserman as Decker

On Bread Alone by Bob Eiland Directed by Justin Holloway Chuka Ohalete as Getty Haylee Feng as Jonna Joseph 'Chepe' Lockett as Jackie Margot Merek as Riley

Now I Lay Me Down by Carl Williams Directed by Blake Gutkowski Alex Vaughn as Karla Jody Koster as Larry Michael Barrick as Mike

Mrs. Flynn's Solution by Priscilla Anderson Directed by Vicky McCormick Cynthia Armstrong as Mrs. Flynn Helen Warwick as Mary Madison Scholl as Clarissa

Not That Ed by Mike Byham Directed by Brit Garcia Antonia Macovei as Jan James Sheahan as Ed

For more information, visit the theatre’s website at: https://tswhouston.com or call 713-661-9505.