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.