Incident at Vichy at Theatre Southwest
Dates: 9/12/2025 - 9/27/2025
📍 Theatre: Theatre Southwest
3939 Hillcroft, Suite 160
Houston, TX 77057
Phone: 7136619505
Tickets: $22 adults; $20 seniors or students
Theatre Southwest is proud to open its 69th season on September 12 with Arthur Miller's intense and relevant drama Incident at Vichy, directed by John Patterson and produced in collaboration with the Holocaust Museum Houston.
In a quiet detention room in Vichy, France, nine men wait, unsure why they’ve been taken, what’s coming next, and who will be spared. As questions swirl and suspicions rise, a chilling truth begins to emerge: the arrests are not random. Arthur Miller’s Incident at Vichy is a tense, thought-provoking one-act play that explores complicity, conscience, and the terrifying consequences of silence. Set against the backdrop of Nazi-occupied France, this searing drama confronts how ordinary people respond when their values and even their lives are on the line. This timely revival challenges audiences to reflect on moral courage, social responsibility, and the price of inaction. Gripping and unsettling, Incident at Vichy speaks as powerfully today as it did at its premiere. Step into the interrogation room. The questions are as urgent as ever.
All ticket buyers for Incident at Vichy will also receive free admission to the Holocaust Museum Houston.
Incident at Vichy runs September 12-27, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm., and Sundays September 14 and 21, at 3 pm.
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Review: INCIDENT AT VICHY at Theatre Southwest
INCIDENT AT VICHY is a lesser-known work by the legendary Arthur Miller in which nine men wait in a quiet detention room in Nazi-occupied France, unsure why they’ve been taken, what’s coming next, and who will be spared. As questions swirl and suspicions rise, a chilling truth emerges: the arrests are not random.
Interview: John Patterson of INCIDENT AT VICHY at Theatre Southwest
Arthur built such a great crescendo that there's no stepping off the train, as, if you will, anywhere where you lose momentum by taking a break. So we just push right through the 90 minutes. Just one act, and you're out of the theater.
About the Theatre
Founded in 1957 and now in its 69th season, Theatre Southwest (TSW) has consistently maintained a reputation for offering exciting, relevant theatre. Plays by the most interesting playwrights, presented by accomplished casts and directors, set the standard at TSW. As one of Houston's premier smaller venues, TSW has successfully proven over the years that an enjoyable night at the theatre can be richly rewarding and inexpensive. Comedy, drama, classics, and original plays are all part of TSW's heritage, and each season brings new and enthralling productions, offering live theatre at its best. Recently revitalized by a move to a beautiful new home (3939 Hillcroft, Suite 160, at the intersection of Hillcroft and Westpark), TSW will continue to offer bold, thought-provoking work to Houston audiences for years to come.
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