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#ENOUGH: Plays to End Gun Violence Comes to Mildred's Umbrella Theater


by A.A. Cristi - April 06, 2022

Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company has announced its participation in the Nationwide Reading of #ENOUGH: Plays to End Gun Violence on April 20, 2022(all day). ...

Mildred's Umbrella Presents World Premiere Of THE MOTHER PROJECT: A Collaboration To Honor Black Mothers And Their Children


by A.A. Cristi - March 24, 2022

Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company continues their 2022 season with the world premiere of THE MOTHER PROJECT: A  Collaboration to Honor Black Mothers and their Children . In collaboration with Esurient Arts, and directed by Dabrina Sandifer, the production was created by a diverse group of six femal...

Mildred's Umbrella Comes Back Live In November With EL HURACAN


by Stephi Wild - September 14, 2021

Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company launches their 2021-2022 LIVE season with the Houston premier of EL HURACÁN, by Cuban-American playwright, Charise Castro Smith. Directed by award-winning Cuban-American actor/director, Patricia Duran, the play will feature a Latinx cast and crew, and will be the f...

Mildred's Umbrella Theater Announces 2021-2022 Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 16, 2021

Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company will return to live performances with their 20th SEASON!  Once called ‘the little company that could” by the Houston Press, Mildred’s was formed in 2001 by Jennifer Decker and John Harvey in order to produce one of Harvey’s plays....

ildred's Umbrella Theater Will Present LADY GREY Next Month


by Stephi Wild - July 13, 2021

Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company continues their 2021-2022 season with the final digital project, LADY GREY (in ever lower light) by renowned playwright, Will Eno. Directed by Greg Dean, and starring Sally Burtenshaw, this production was performed on stage and filmed for a streaming audience. ...

Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company Continues 2021-2022 Season With Final Digital Project LADY GREY


by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 15, 2021

Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company will continue their 2021-2022 season with the final digital project, LADY GREY (in ever lower light) by renowned playwright, Will Eno. Directed by Greg Dean, and starring Sally Burtenshaw, this production was performed on stage and filmed for a streaming audience. ...

Mildred's Umbrella Theater Presents FEMFEST HOUSTON: VIRUS EDITION


by Stephi Wild - June 13, 2021

Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company continues their digital 2021-2022 season with the fourth installment of our reading series, FEMFEST HOUSTON, a series that focuses on new plays by women. FEMFEST HOUSTON:VIRUS EDITION will be streamed one at a time between May 24 and June 24, 2021. Tickets are free...

FEMFEST HOUSTON: VIRUS EDITION to be Presented by Mildred's Umbrella Theater


by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 02, 2021

Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company will continue their digital 2021-2022 season with the fourth installment of our reading series, FEMFEST HOUSTON, a series that focuses on new plays by women. This round will be VIRUS EDITION.. with 3 new plays by women that were inspired by the Pandemic. ...

Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company To Receive Grant From National Endowment For The Arts


by A.A. Cristi - May 14, 2021

Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company has been approved for a $10,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support HE CRIED FOR HIS MOTHER/ THE TIE THAT BINDS (working title). The project is a year-long collaboration between Mildred's Umbrella's Jennifer Decker, Patricia Duran and Elizabeth Keel, along wi...

Mildred's Umbrella Theater Presents FEMFEST HOUSTON: VIRUS EDITION


by A.A. Cristi - April 28, 2021

Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company continues their digital 2021-2022 season with the fourth installment of our reading series, FEMFEST HOUSTON, a series that focuses on new plays by women....

Past Shows

#Enough: Plays to End Gun Violence


Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company is participating for the third time in the national reading of #ENOUGH: PLAYS TO END GUN VIOLENCE, a project where theaters ...

THE MOTHER PROJECT: A Collaboration to Honor Black Mothers and their Children


In collaboration with Esurient Arts, and directed by Dabrina Sandifer, the production was created by a diverse group of six female artists in Mildreds Umbrella ...

EL HURACÁN
EL HURACÁN
11/11 - 11/21/2021


El Huracn honors four generations of Cuban-American women who navigate lifes tempests together. Valeria drifts as dementia floods her mind. Ximena sinks as unforgiveness surges ...

LADY GREY (in ever lower light)


Mildreds Umbrella Theater Company continues their 2021-2022 season with the final digital project, LADY GREY (in ever lower light) by renowned playwright, Will Eno. Directed ...

Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Presents FEMFEST HOUSTON: VIRUS EDITION


Mildreds Umbrella Theater Company continues their digital 2021-2022 season with the fourth installment of our reading series, FEMFEST HOUSTON, a series that focuses on new ...

EVERYBODY'S DEAD:A COMEDY
EVERYBODY'S DEAD:A COMEDY
5/24 - 6/3/2021


Annika is the multi-millionaire CEO of a doomsday prepper subscription box service. She is also trapped inside the massive custom bunker that she built to ...

Mildred's Umbrella Present THE DROWNING GIRLS Archival Video


Mildreds Umbrella Theater Company continues their digital 2020-2021 season with the video release of THE DROWNING GIRLS by Beth Graham, Charlie Tomlinson, and Daniela Vlaskalic. ...

Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Presents FEMFEST HOUSTON: BLACK WOMEN’S VOICES


Mildreds Umbrella Theater Company continues their digital 2020-2021 season with the third installment of our reading series, FEMFEST HOUSTON, a series that focuses on new ...

FINE WINE, a monologue series
FINE WINE, a monologue series
11/15 - 11/25/2020


Mildreds Umbrella Theater Company continues their digital 2020-2021 season with FINE WINE, a series of classic monologues written for ingenue actresses, but instead performed by ...

Oh My God
Oh My God
10/13 - 10/25/2020


OH MY GOD is a dark comedy that explores what could happen if God walked into a therapists office. Ella, a psychotherapist with problems of ...

Tooth & Tail- A Fun-Filled Digital Reading


TOOTH & TAIL is part fairy-tale, part rescue mission, part love story, and all adventure. Family friendly! TOOTH & TAIL has been developed and workshopped ...


Michal Aharoni, Anat Gov, Hana Vazana Grinwald; trans: Anthony Barris, Natalie Feinstein; dir: Jon Harvey, Elizabeth Keel, Leighza Walker....

Museum of Dysfunction XI: The Best of a Decade of Short Plays


For ten years we've been collecting new, weird short plays for Museum of Dysfunction. This year, we're going back into the files to bring you ...

The Hunchback of Seville
The Hunchback of Seville
3/28 - 4/6/2019


Travel back to 16th century Spain with this madcap re-telling of Spanish history and colonialism. Columbus has just returned from the New World, Queen Isabella ...

My Mind is Free
My Mind is Free
1/18 - 1/22/2019


MILDREDS UMBRELLA HIGHLIGHTS THE ISSUE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING WITH U.S. PREMIEREREADING OF MY MIND IS FREE BY UK PLAYWRIGHT SAM HALL In honor of Human ...

Consenting Bodies: A Reading Series


Responding to the events of the past few years, Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company (MU) is proud to present CONSENTING BODIES, a series of play readings ...

Mothers and Sons


Kicking off a series of projects geared toward raising awareness for local service organizations, Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company (MU) is bringing a reading of Terrance ...

Diana of Dobson's


DIANA follows a young working class English woman who unexpectedly comes into a large sum of money and decides to live a life of extreme ...

The Moors
The Moors
8/30 - 9/15/2018


Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company (MU) is kicking off the 2018-19 season with Jen Silverman’s critically acclaimed black comedy, THE MOORS, playing August 30-September 15 at ...

Museum of Dysfunction X
Museum of Dysfunction X
6/21 - 6/30/2018


Since 2008, Mildred’s Umbrella (MU) has celebrated the dark, quirky, and absurd with a collection of short pieces submitted by emerging and established playwrights. Now ...

Dark Matter: A Collection of Shorts by Don Nigro


Closing out a six-year tenure in Spring Street Studios, Mildred’s Umbrella (MU) is reviving a fan favorite from its days at Midtown Arts Center with ...

Well
Well
1/18 - 2/3/2018


Step into the mind of Tony-award-winning playwright Lisa Kron with this thoughtful and funny examination of how our relationships with our community, family, and friends ...

Jef Johnson in OPEN SPACE
Jef Johnson in OPEN SPACE
1/21 - 1/22/2018


Jef Johnson brings his spontaneous play, OPEN SPACE, back for two nights only! By invitation of Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company , Native Houstonian Jef Johnson ...

Tooth & Tail
Tooth & Tail
1/8 - 1/9/2018


Adding to an already exciting season, Mildred’s Umbrella (MU) is excited to share a new fantasy from local playwright and University of Houston student Elizabeth ...

Feathers and Teeth
Feathers and Teeth
10/19 - 11/4/2017


Set in a sleepy factory town at the end of the 1970’s, this horror comedy from Devious Maids writer Charise Castro Smith centers on teenaged ...

In A Word
In A Word
7/27 - 8/12/2017


Kicking off its 16th season, Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company (MU) takes a trip through memory, perception, and grief with the Houston premiere of IN A ...

Museum of Dysfunction IX
Museum of Dysfunction IX
6/29 - 7/8/2017


For the ninth year running, Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company (MU) will produce two weekends of new works at its annual Museum of Dysfunction short play ...

A Heroine Free Summer
A Heroine Free Summer
3/30 - 4/15/2017


Set amidst a family vacation at an idyllic lake house in upstate New York, A HEROINE FREE SUMMER examines what happens when a family becomes ...

The Johns
The Johns
1/19 - 2/4/2017


Mildred’s Umbrella Theatre Company continues its 2016-2017 season with the regional premiere of THE JOHNS by Mary Bonnett, producing artistic director for Chicago’s Her Story ...

Dry Land by Ruby Rae Spiegel
Dry Land by Ruby Rae Spiegel
10/20 - 11/5/2016


Mildred’s Umbrella Theatre Company continues its 2016-2017 season with the regional premiere of DRY LAND by recent Yale graduate and Susan Smith Blackburn Prize finalist ...

The Maids by Jean Genet
The Maids by Jean Genet
7/28 - 8/13/2016


Mildred’s Umbrella Theatre Company opens its 2016-2017 season with THE MAIDS by Jean Genet. Loosely based on the infamous Papín sisters who brutally murdered their ...

Museum of Dysfunction VIII: A Showcase of New Short Plays


Mildred’s Umbrella Theatre Company and Wordsmyth Theatre proudly present Museum of Dysfunction VIII: A SHOWCASE OF SHORTS. Now in its eighth year, this annual short ...

The Drowning Girls
The Drowning Girls
7/9 - 8/1/2015


Mildred’s Umbrella Theatre Company (MU) is proud to present the regional premiere of The Drowning Girls, a modern interpretation and poetic retelling of the “Brides ...

Videos


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Houston Symphony presents The Music of ABBA in Houston Houston Symphony presents The Music of ABBA
The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (6/15 - 6/15)
Sinatra & Beyond starring Tony DeSare in Houston Sinatra & Beyond starring Tony DeSare
The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (6/14 - 6/15)
Desde El Alma: Songs from the Heart starring Camille Zamora in Houston Desde El Alma: Songs from the Heart starring Camille Zamora
The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (6/21 - 6/22)
The Barricade Boys West End Party! in Houston The Barricade Boys West End Party!
The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (6/5 - 6/16)
The Bodyguard in Houston The Bodyguard
The Sankofa Collective (5/31 - 6/9)
Steel Magnolias in Houston Steel Magnolias
Cast Theatrical Company (5/31 - 6/16)
Fiddler on the Roof in Houston Fiddler on the Roof
The George Theater (6/26 - 8/4)
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