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CONE MAN RUNNING PRODUCTIONS

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Houston, TX 77007



Review: FENCES at The Alley Theatre


by Jonathan Netek - April 23, 2026

Building Fences, Breaking Bonds: A Powerful Portrait of Family and Fallout...

Review: OTHELLO at Classical Theatre Company


by Jonathan Netek - April 17, 2026

Widely considered one of Shakespeare’s greatest works, and typically ranked alongside tragedies like Macbeth and Hamlet, OTHELLO explores themes of jealousy, racism, and the destructive nature of unchecked emotion. The play follows its title character, a Moorish general in the Venetian army, as he...

Review: AN IDEAL MAN at CONE MAN RUNNING


by Brett Cullum - April 14, 2026

AN IDEAL MAN is a fun spin on the source material, and it’s charming and affable in its delivery. I like the idea of the cast of DYNASTY suddenly being thrust into Oscar Wilde’s England via River Oaks....

Review: COMPANY at THE GARDEN THEATRE


by Brett Cullum - April 13, 2026

You really need a talented group of singers, and THE GARDEN THEATRE has put together a stacked cast of musical actors who have appeared in their shows over the last five years....

Review: SIX at Broadway At The Hobby Center


by Jonathan Netek - April 08, 2026

From Tudor queens to pop princesses, the 6 wives of Henry VIII take the mic and remix 500 years of historical heartbreak into a euphoric celebration of 21st-century HERstory. ...

Review: TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS at Stages Houston


by Jonathan Netek - April 05, 2026

The best kind of group therapy, TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS at Stages Houston...

Review: LEOPOLDSTADT at Main Street Theater


by Brett Cullum - April 01, 2026

Sir Tom Stoppard’s last play, LEOPOLDSTADT, is his most personal. He wrote a narrative loosely based on his own family, changed the location to Austria, and finally wrote a Jewish script. The show debuted in London in 2020 and ran on Broadway from 2022 to 2023. It garnered the Tony for best play t...

Review: RED MAPLE at MIGHTY ACORN PRODUCTIONS


by Brett Cullum - March 28, 2026

The whole show is well-produced, well-acted, and a lot of fun to watch. It’s endearing, funny, and it actually speaks to something deeper than you would expect....

Review: SOME LIKE IT HOT at Broadway At The Hobby Center


by Jonathan Netek - March 25, 2026

Winner of four Tony Awards, including Best Choreography and Best Costumes, Some Like It Hot is set in Chicago during Prohibition, when everyone is thirsty for a little excitement. ...

Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Alley Theatre


by Brett Cullum - March 17, 2026

Director Rob Melrose certainly knows how to pick actors and designers who know their craft and live it, while the rest merely exist....

Past Shows

An Ideal Man - A World Premiere Adaptation
An Ideal Man - A World Premiere Adaptation
Apr 10 – Apr 25, 2026

Houston, 1985. Oil money flows, reputations are polished, and secrets can destroy careers.Cone Man Running Productions and Boiling Point Players present AN IDEAL MAN, a...

The World Premiere of A Long Night by Matt Elliott & Debra Schultz
The World Premiere of A Long Night by Matt Elliott & Debra Schultz
Dec 5 – Dec 20, 2025

"A Long Night” is the story of a family harboring relationship-ending secrets and other truths they've hidden from each other. But when unexpected visitors arrive on Christmas...

4 a.m. Friends
Apr 25 – May 10, 2025

Cone Man Running Productions presents a rolling world premiere of 4 a.m. Friends, a new play by Charlene A. Donaghy. Following the enduring friendship of...

5 Minute Mile - Holiday Edition
5 Minute Mile - Holiday Edition
Feb 15 – Mar 1, 2025

Get ready for a theater festival unlike any other! Cone Man Running Productions presents the Five Minute Mile - Holiday Edition, featuring 32 short plays and...

Deck the Halls with Improv: An Ophelia's Rope Holiday Fundraiser
Deck the Halls with Improv: An Ophelia's Rope Holiday Fundraiser
Dec 14 – Dec 22, 2024

Get ready to laugh your way into the holiday spirit with Ophelia's Rope, Houston's longest running improv duo, in a special series of holiday-themed performances!...

Tales From the Cryptic Vault of the Anthologically Macabre
Oct 18 – Nov 2, 2024

Prepare for a chilling Halloween experience with the world premiere of Tales From the Cryptic Vault of the Anthologically Macabre, a haunting series of short...

World Premiere of Tales From the Cryptic Vault of the Anthologically Macabre by Bryan Maynard
World Premiere of Tales From the Cryptic Vault of the Anthologically Macabre by Bryan Maynard
Oct 18 – Nov 2, 2024

Prepare to be thrilled and chilled this Halloween season with the world premiere of Tales From the Cryptic Vault of the Anthologically Macabre, a spine-tingling...

Ophelia's Rope does a Fundraiser
Ophelia's Rope does a Fundraiser
Jun 2 – Jun 15, 2024

Get ready for an unforgettable series of performances as Ophelia's Rope, Houston's longest-running female improv duo, takes the stage to support Cone Man Running Productions....

World Premiere​ of  End of the World by Michael Weems
World Premiere​ of End of the World by Michael Weems
Feb 9 – Feb 24, 2024

Cone Man Running Productions is thrilled to announce the world premiere of "End of the World," a captivating play by renowned local Houston playwright Michael...

The World Premiere of  Surviving the Night  by Matt Elliott and Debra Schultz
The World Premiere of Surviving the Night by Matt Elliott and Debra Schultz
Nov 30 – Dec 16, 2023

The World Premiere of Surviving the Night by Matt Elliott and Debra Schultz takes on a genre not normally seen onstage—Horror. Ben, an aspiring filmmaker,...

Melancholy Play by Sarah Ruhl
Melancholy Play by Sarah Ruhl
Oct 6 – Oct 21, 2023

A contemporary farcedirected by Katherine Rinaldi and Ruth S McCleskeyStage managed by Rachna KhareTilly’s melancholy is of an exquisite quality. She turns her melancholy into...

Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution
Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution
Jul 28 – Aug 12, 2023

YOU HAVE BEEN SUMMONED FOR JURY SERVICE...Leonard Vole is accused of murdering a widow to inherit her wealth. The stakes are high.  Will Leonard survive...

An Ophelia's Rope Concert
An Ophelia's Rope Concert
Mar 11

An Ophelia's Rope concert will be our first improvised music concert. What does that mean?  We are going to make up the songs on the...

An all-female production of  The Importance of Being Earnest
An all-female production of The Importance of Being Earnest
Feb 3 – Feb 18, 2023

A trivial comedy for serious people just in time for Valentine's Day! Do you want to know how important is it to be Earnest when...

The World Premiere of CRUMBS By Daniel Ciba
The World Premiere of CRUMBS By Daniel Ciba
Jun 10 – Jun 25, 2022

The World Premiere of CRUMBS By Daniel CibaDirected by Ophelia's RopeWhat is Crumbs about? This reimagining of the Hansel and Gretel fairy tale concerns two...

Clue (Virtually!)
Clue (Virtually!)
Mar 12 – Mar 27, 2021

You know the board game! You know the movie! You know the actors!CLUEBy Sandy Rustinbased upon the works by Jonathan Lynn, Hunter Foster, Eric Price,...

Spontaneous Smattering X
Spontaneous Smattering X
Jun 17

t's back! The craziest night of scripted theatre you have ever experienced is back to not only entertain but, as always, to raise funds and...

The Show Might Go On
The Show Might Go On
Jul 7 – Jul 16, 2016

Lies, cross dressing, affairs, murder - just an average day in the theatre... What happens when you trap a group of unhappy actors, disgruntled stage...

The Armageddon Dance Party
The Armageddon Dance Party
Jan 7 – Jan 23, 2016

The Regional Premiere of THE ARMAGEDDON DANCE PARTY By David L. Williams Directed by Sam Martinez John and Michelle, a lovely young couple, are faced...

The Right Kind of People
The Right Kind of People
Jan 10 – Jan 20, 2016

The World Premiere of THE RIGHT KIND OF PEOPLE by Michael Weems In his short dating life, Tim's never gotten a written invitation to a...

Spontaneous Smattering Se7en
Spontaneous Smattering Se7en
Nov 21

What better way to start the holiday season then getting smattered with Cone Man Running Productions for their second Smattering of the year? As always,...

Give/Take
Give/Take
Aug 6 – Aug 22, 2015

Dennis’ world comes crashing down when he is told by his long-suffering wife, that he simply is not giving enough. While he handles this admirably...

The Importance of Eating Earnest
The Importance of Eating Earnest
Aug 8 – Aug 22, 2015

Ah, the struggles of being British, rich and self-absorbed. The tribulations of the wealthy can be rather difficult to manage. So serve pâté or caviar?...

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